Headlines from the Florida Senior Games State Championships

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Added: Thu. Dec 11, 2008 11:11am
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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 16^th consecutive year

 

Naples Senior Games Bowler misses Men's Singles all-time high score by one pin

 

37 age group Swimming records set during two days of competition

 

Men’s Doubles team rolls record-breaking score of 1453

 

 

Leading up to the 2008 Florida Senior Games State Championships, a check of the registration database found that 746 athletes, or 37%, of the total registration were 70 years or older. 

 

Of the 2,028 athletes registered, 580 were between the age of 70 and 79.  The database showed 157octogenarians. And seven athletes were 90 or over. 

 

That’s a pretty impressive number that will only continue to grow.

 

 

Pickleball is one of the newer sports of the Florida Senior Games State Championships and definitely one of the most talked about because of its unique name. 

 

Because of its uniqueness, we set up a court in the parking lot of WFTX in Fort Myers and show it off with the host of the Fox Morning Blend, Bill Wood.

 

Take a look at what happened:

 

http://www.fox4morningblend.com/tabid/3530/story/27871/Default.aspx

 

 

Find out who did what every day during the Florida Senior Games State Championships by checking http://www.flasports.com/page_seniorgames_resultsnews.shtml