In the first multi-sport weekend of the 2018 Sunshine State Games, over 2,500 athletes were competing in three sports in three Florida communities. Statewide, 131 individual gold medals were awarded in Figure Skating while eight Basketball team and nine Lacrosse team medals were presented. With more than 300 figure skaters on the ice at Florida […]
The 2018 Sunshine State Games Schedule of Events features more than 30 sports in 19 different Florida communities. Now in its 39th year, the Games are an Olympic-style sports festival offering Floridians of all ages the opportunity to compete in a wide variety of sports. Competition begins this weekend with the Sunshine State Games Dominoes […]
The 2018 Sunshine State Games Super Regional featured 44 Florida-based Volleyball teams playing in Fort Myers, Saturday, April 14 and Sunday, April 15. See results below in the seven age groups where the winners qualified for the AAU National Championships in Orlando in June. The 14-Year Old Age Group winners, Tainas Volleyball Club, from Orlando (pictured […]
Registration is now open for sports of the 2018 Sunshine State Games sports taking place between April and June at www.flasports.com/ssg-sports/. Now in its 39th year of providing Floridians amateur sports opportunities, the Sunshine State Games are the longest continuously-running State Games in the U.S. First on the calendar of Florida’s Olympic-style Sports Festival is the […]
The Florida Sports Foundation (FSF), a Division of Enterprise Florida, Inc., is pleased to announce, Marvin E. Green, Jr., will join the staff as the Director of Amateur Sports and Events, on Monday, February 26. In this position, Green will plan and direct all aspects of Sunshine State Games and Florida Senior Games, the Foundation’s […]
The 2018 Sunshine State Games Schedule of Events features more than 30 sports in 19 different Florida communities. Now in its 39th year, the Games are an Olympic-style sports festival offering Floridians of all ages the opportunity to compete in a wide variety of sports. Competition begins this weekend with the Sunshine State Games Dominoes […]
Sunshine State Games Welcomes Scottish Heavy Athletics to Roster of Sports It was definitely a first in the 38-year history of the Sunshine State Games. Pitchforks and portions of trees were used as implements in Scottish Heavy Athletics during the 2017 Sunshine State Games (SSG) International Beach Games at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort. The […]
EVENT: 2017 SSG International Beach Games, an amateur, multi-sport festival, held on the sands of Clearwater Beach on the Gulf of Mexico. The Beach Games are presented by the Florida Sports Foundation, the state’s lead sports promotion and development organization, in conjunction with St. Pete/Clearwater Sports and Events and the Sheraton Sand Key Resort. COMPETITION […]
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 […]