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Meet the first couple of the Florida Senior Games in Lee County
The Florida Senior Games has quite a few husbands and wives working together to stay active and healthy, but the first couple of the Florida Senior Games in Lee County has got to be Danny and Neva Weisskopf who have registered for a combined 14 events in...
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One more round of applause for Florida's Senior Athletes at the National Senior Games
This is a couple of months old but the Florida Senior Athlete contingent that traveled to the San...
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My own almost Senior Games activity
Over the last couple of weeks, I've been posting stories of encouragement from a variety of Senior athletes who participated in the 17th Annual Florida Senior Games State Championships in Lee County and the City of Cape Coral. For this post, I'm going...
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Florida Senior Games allows Toni Gibbs to Grow Bolder
Over the course of 10 years working at the Florida Senior Games State Championships, the staff has fielded a myriad of calls about a variety of things. One such call came in during our early years, either 1999 or 2000, from Toni Gibbs, a cyclist...
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Headlines from the Florida Senior Games State Championships
The Games began on Saturday, December 6 and here’s a few of the headlines from the first five days of competition. Villages Golfer Corkey Nydle wins sixth gold in seven years Englewood golfer Robert Nichols shoots record setting Florida...
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Senior athletes everywhere have great attitudes
One of the greatest personality traits of the senior athlete is the "Don't give up," attitude. To most, it doesn't matter who finishes ahead or behind them. At the Games, you will find a lot of the loudest cheers are for those who may be the last...
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Two very experienced Senior Games athletes
How many times do you have the opportunity to talk to someone who is 102 years old? I had that pleasure when I called to check in on John Donnelly, my favorite over-100 years old athlete. His first comment to me was if we had created a 100-105 year...



