Capital City Senior Games
Tallahassee Florida will be hosting a Senior Games in 2010!
Senior athletes age 50 and over need to mark their calendars for the weekend of May 20-24, 2010. It’s going to be a landmark Five days in Tallahassee sports history.
Register Online today for the Tallahassee Senior Games and Book your hotel at a special rate.
That’s the weekend the Capital City Senior Games will begin competition in 17 sports at a variety of venues around Tallahassee. Start now and begin preparing that training program to compete in the 5K Run, table tennis, horseshoes, volleyball Basketball Shooting and 3 on 3 competition , the Cycling Time Trials or a variety of swimming events.
Senior games athletes from Tallahassee have been sparse at the State Championships over the last decade. The main reason is athletes have to travel to other local senior games around the state to qualify. Up until now, the closest local games to Tallahassee are Jacksonville, Pensacola and Gainesville. Now the Games will be in our own backyard.
”This is a wonderful opportunity for people to come out and compete and have some fun,” said Bill Tharpe, a Tallahassee resident who has been competing in the Florida Senior Games State Championships since 2003. “I think there will be a lot of people who may have been involved in a sport at some point in their lives and this will give them a chance to do it again. It’s a different way to stay in shape. If someone has been thinking about doing something like this, come on out. You might really like it.”
Not only will the 2010 Capital City Senior Games give local athletes a chance to qualify for the 2010 Florida Senior Games State Championships in Lee County and City of Cape Coral in December, 2010, but will provide a starting point for the opportunity to advance to the 2011 National Senior Games. The 2011 National Senior Games will be held in Houston, Texas in the summer of 2011.
The City of Tallahassee Parks , Recreation and Neighborhood Affairs Department recently threw its full support in the corner of the Capital City Senior Games providing quality venues around Tallahassee.
Not only will the Capital City Senior Games involve the finest athletes age 50 and over in North Florida, but expect to compete against athletes from South Georgia and Alabama as well.
Be a part of history as the Capital City Senior Games in Tallahassee Leon Count the event kicks off in May, 2010. As more information comes available, it can be found at www.visittallahassee.com/seniorgames or call the Tallahassee Parks , Recreation and Neighborhood Affairs Department at 891-3866 (FUNN).
