Online registration is now open for the 2017 Florida Senior Games, to be held December 2-10, in Clearwater and Pinellas County. Senior athletes, age 50 and over, can find registration and competition information for the 24 sports of the 26th Annual Florida Senior Games at www.floridaseniorgames.com. Entry fees vary by sport and the online registration […]
The Florida Sports Foundation welcomes Angela Adams Suggs as its new President and Senior Vice President of Sports Development for Enterprise Florida beginning August 7. She brings a wealth of experience and an excitement to lead the Tallahassee-based Florida Sports Foundation as it continues working to support Florida’s $57 billion sports industry. Suggs comes to […]
With the 2017 National Senior Games being in such close proximity, nearly 900 Florida Senior Athletes traveled to Birmingham, Alabama and made their presence known, winning a total of 576 medals and setting 17 age group records. It was the second highest total of athletes representing all 50 states competing in the biennial games, held […]
The final Sunshine State Games event of the month of June, the Water Polo Championships, features 57 teams playing in eight divisions, this weekend at the Coral Springs Aquatic Center and Pompano Beach Aquatic Center, including one team with an Olympic Gold Medalist on the roster. Suiting up for one of the five Riptides Water […]
In sports it’s all about the numbers. The Sunshine State Games is no different with 16 sports in competition this weekend leading to a bunch of numbers. Over 2,100 athletes either stepped on to a mat or playing field, climbed in a ring or boat, lifted a bar with weights, dove into a pool, picked […]
The State of Florida will have its best showing at the National Senior Games since 1999 with a total of 870 athletes over the age of 50 competing in 19 sports of the 2017 National Senior Games in Birmingham, Alabama. The biennial event begins Saturday, June 2 and concludes on Thursday, June 15 with over […]
May 24-25, 2017 Jupiter Beach Resort and Spa The 2017 FSF Sports Summit brings together representatives from Florida’s 27 Sports Commissions and Sports Events Rights Holders from around the country. More than 30 presenters from a variety of sports will share their information with Florida’s finest sports tourism promoters throughout the day on Thursday, May […]
The State of Florida’s $57 billion sports industry was on display at Florida Sports Day at the Capitol Courtyard, Thursday, April 20 as many of the sports entities that make Florida the top sports tourism destination in the country, hosting over 3,000 events per year, were on hand to celebrate the occasions. Talking sports in […]
The NCAA awarded the State of Florida with 51 Men’s and Women’s Championship events in Divisions I, II and III to be held from November, 2018 through May, 2022. The 51 championships are among 30 events comprised of eight different sports to be held in nine Florida host communities. The NCAA received more than 3,000 […]
For the 15th time in 18 years, Florida Spring Training Baseball total attendance surpassed the 1.5 million mark. Over the course of those 18 years, since 2000, over 28 million fans have attended Major League Baseball Spring Training Games in the State of Florida. Over the course of 37 days between February 24 and April […]