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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 16th consecutive year Naples Senior...

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

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...

This weekend, some of the best athletes in the world will be duking it out in Florida -- as part of the Florida Senior Games State Championships. It's going to be an incredible 9 days of competition, in events like basketball, cycling, swimming, tennis, and track and field. And if that's too intense for your tastes, there are also events for bowling, bocce, pickleball and table tennis (think...

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...