One of the highlights of the annual Florida Senior Series Workshop, which features representatives from the state’s 22 Florida Senior Games Series Qualifiers events, is the creative awards for event printed materials, t-shirts and website design and an award for participation from series qualifiers. The Florida Sports Foundation hosted its 2016 Florida Senior Games Series […]
Congratulations to the 19 Florida Olympians who won a total of 24 medals at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. The U.S. led the medal count with 112. Below are the updated results of the 40 Florida athletes competing in the Games. Floridians earned 14 gold medals, eight silver and two bronze medals. Florida swimmers […]
Episode 703- HOW TO DO THE FLORIDA SENIOR GAMES how to Do florida, a show designed to motivate viewers to venture outdoors and experience new and exciting activities, paid a visit to the 2015 Florida Senior Games in Clearwater and made some new friends. Show host Chad Crawford spent a day with a collection of […]
This is the definitive resource for the 28 sports of the 2016 Sunshine State Games! The SSG Press Kit contains information from all seven weeks of competition between May 13 and June 26. CLICK HERE to access the information that is currently updated through the Palm Beach County Festival, June 18-19. Athletes can provide their […]
The FSF presented six awards to recognize Florida communities and sports commissions for their outstanding efforts in sports tourism in the State of Florida. The awards were presented at the FSF’s annual Sports Summit, held May 25-26 in Palm Coast. The awards presented included: Venue of the Year (Metropolitan Large Market): Ice Den, Coral Springs […]
CLICK HERE for a complete wrapup of the 2015 Florida Senior Games, held December -13, 2015, in Clearwater, Florida. The 2015 Florida Senior Games Wrapup contains stories and highlights and full results from the event which hosted 2,048 athletes age 50 and above in 24 sports over nine days of competition.
Between March 9-15, Tallahassee Senior Games athlete Bob Keller was a participant in Horseshoes, Bag Toss, Powerlifting, Swimming, Basketball Shooting, Bowling, Track and Field, and Cycling events. His sports ran the gamut using strength, endurance, speed, accuracy, and strategy. Read more about Tallahassee’s Capital City Senior Games resident rock star. http://floridasports.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Elder_Update_BobKeller.pdf
Governor Rick Scott announced that Florida’s Spring Training Baseball reached a record high per game attendance this season. The average per game attendance of the 2016 Major League Baseball Spring Training Games was 7,096, marking the first time the number has topped 7,000 in over 100 years of Florida Grapefruit League games. Governor Rick Scott […]
Since the inception of Powerlifting in the Florida Senior Games in 2006, the sport has shown an increase in participation. Florida senior athletes agree the health benefits involved in powerlifting strengthens the wrists, hands, ankles and knees, all parts of the body needed to be strong as you age. READ MORE in the March edition […]
Former Atlanta Braves outfielder Dale Murphy summed it up best as he entertained the crowd of 300 at the 2016 Governor’s Baseball Dinner at the Hyatt Regency Resort and Spa in Lee County. “The best family vacation is Spring Training Baseball in Florida,” said Dale Murphy. He should know as the father of eight children, […]