TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Sports Foundations announces the appointment of Kim McDougal to its board of directors. McDougal’s appointment expands the board to 24 directors. A seasoned education policy expert with almost three decades of experience, she has served in multiple leadership roles at the Florida Department of Education, including Governmental Relations Director and Senior […]
Photo Gallery Results CLEARWATER, Fla. — The 2018 Florida Senior Games, presented by Humana, Mixed Doubles Tennis 70-74 age group featured an interesting match-up on its opening day Wednesday at Innisbrook Resort and Spa. Multiple gold medal winners, Judi and Aubrey Whitaker, of Lake Wales, were paired on the courts against Michelle and Julian Rainwater, […]
Photo Gallery Results CLEARWATER, Fla. — The fourth day of the 2018 Florida Senior Games, presented by Humana, started wet and cloudy at Countryside Country Club for the Golf competition. The clouds cleared by midday for the 177 golfers and then returned in late afternoon with a drop-in temperature. By 5:15 p.m., light was fading […]
Photo Gallery Results CLEARWATER, Fla. — A Paralympic Athlete who has competed in Table Tennis competitions all over the world in destinations such as London, Venezuela, Slovenia and Brazil, only had to drive 40 miles to compete in the 2018 Florida Senior Games, Presented by Humana. Tara Profitt, of Apollo Beach, competed in the 1984 […]
Photo Gallery Results CLEARWATER, Fla. — Over the first weekend of competition in the 2018 Florida Senior Games, presented by Humana, over 800 athletes competed in eight sports in various locations in Clearwater and Pinellas County. Over nine days of competition, the 27th annual Olympic-style Sports Festival for athletes age 50 and over will see […]
Photo Gallery Results CLEARWATER, Fla. — First-time Florida Senior Games, presented by Humana, athlete, Ginger Barbacovey, from Cantonment, had a big day at Seminole Lanes winning a Women’s Doubles Gold Medal with partner Theda Hicks, of Pace, and a had a fourth place Mixed Doubles finish with partner Lawrence Draeger. In the Women’s Doubles 60-64 […]
EVENT: 2018 Florida Senior Games, presented by Humana, is an Olympic-style competition for athletes age 50 and over. In its 27th year, the Florida Senior Games, presented by Humana, is a program of the Florida Sports Foundation that serves as the state’s lead organization in promoting and developing Florida’s sports industry and tourism opportunities. COMPETITION […]
The 2018 Florida Senior Games, presented by Humana, in Clearwater, December 1-9, 2018 is proud to announce opportunities for registered athletes to participate in the Senior Athlete Fitness Exam (re. SAFE) at multiple Clearwater locations. The SAFE measures athlete health and fitness by assessing cardiovascular risk, strength, flexibility, and balance. After completing the assessment, athletes […]
These days in basketball gyms around the country, Harry Carothers steps behind an arched line 19 feet and 9 inches away from a goal and launches a three-point satellite toward the basket. More times than not, he’s successful. His days of launching three-point satellites began long before he began competing in Florida Senior Games basketball […]
A term used in describing a handful of Florida Senior Games sports is, “It’s a game for life.” Translated, there’s not many chances an athlete in that sport will sustain career-ending injuries. The Florida Senior Games offers sports where athletes rely on the elements of focus, accuracy, and strategy and not a lot of physical […]