- This year we’re going to win gold, says Jessica Martin from Harbison Care Homes.
- No, the gold is staying here, counters Cathrine Eliassen, team captain of the two-time world champions Old But Gold.
Road Worlds for Seniors is a competition that attracts global engagement. In 2025, teams from as many as 13 countries took part, and the competition continues to grow each year.
- It’s incredibly exciting that RWS generates so much engagement - not just across national borders, but across continents. But I never imagined that this enthusiasm would result in spy trips from Australia to Hvaler. That it creates a bit of ‘beef’ when they meet is only natural. After all, it is a competition, says RWS President Jan Inge Ebbesvik.
Never won
The two teams from the Harbison Care Home group in Australia, Moss Vale and Burradoo, have for many years been among the very best in the world in RWS. However, they have yet to reach the very top.
In their early years, their biggest competition came from a Canadian team. In the past two years, it has been a team from Hvaler, Norway, that has denied them the world championship title.
Perhaps it’s no surprise that they arranged a “spy trip” to Hvaler and Norway to meet the two-time world champions.
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From 6 to 80 cyclists
The Australian delegation also learned about the steadily growing engagement around Motiview and how it has helped improve the health of seniors living at home, delaying the need for institutional care.
In spring 2021, there were six cyclists - now there are 80 active cyclists, with waiting lists to join the group cycling sessions.
It should be noted that the trip to Norway was part of a larger study tour for Australian nursing home providers - initiated by Harbison. In addition to visiting care homes and activity centers in the Oslo area and the World Champions from Hvaler, the delegation also visited the Netherlands.