Growing Bolder Community

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 old age group. He’s tired of having to play against younger competition. You know, in the 80-85 age group. John is planning on qualifying...

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 to finish. But they are finishing and that's what matters most. I received the following Orange County Register article from my sister...

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 Senior Games State Championships score Inverness’ John Shultz wins Table Tennis medal for 16th consecutive year Naples Senior...

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 competing in her first Senior Games.She wanted to know how many athletes were registered in her age group. When I told her there were only three, she...

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 to share with you an activity of my own that I've been enjoying for the last few months. Disc Golf. Over the years, I've experienced the same...

This is a couple of months old but the Florida Senior Athlete contingent that traveled to the San...

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 the 2009 Florida Senior Games State Championships. Read on and let me know if their efforts inspires you and your spouse to try something...