What are the Senior Games?
The Good Life Games of Pinellas County and approximately 20 other Regional Florida Senior Games create a series of year-round competitive events, for athletes age 50 and over, culminating at the yearly Florida Senior Games State Championships.
Beginning in January of each year, approximately 21 local senior games competitions around Florida begin the qualifying process for the state championships. Local senior games events run from January through March and September through November.
To compete in the 2008 Florida Senior Games State Championship, senior athletes must qualify at one of Florida's local senior games competitions during 2008.
The 2008 Florida Senior Games State Championships will be a qualifier for the 2009 National Senior Games in San Francisco, CA.
Each of the local senior games competitions are sanctioned by the Florida Sports Foundation (FSF), the official sports promotion and development organization of the State of Florida. The Foundation and Florida Senior Games State Championships, are a member of the National Senior Games Association.
Florida Senior Games
State Championships
Lee County and the City of Cape Coral
December 4-12, 2010
Over 1,700 senior athletes competed in the 2009 Florida Senior Games State Championships. Even more are expected to compete in 2010, a qualifying year for the 2011 National Senior Games, in Houston, Texas.
To compete in the 2010 Florida Senior Games State Championship, senior athletes, age 50 and above, must qualify at one of Florida's local senior games competitions.
For General Information concerning schedules and competition, please contact the FSF office at games@flasports.com or call toll free 1-866-FL-GAMES (354-2637)
 Click here for 2009 Florida Senior Games State Championships Rules of Competition
(46 page pdf document) 
National Senior Games
The next Summer Games will be June 19 - July 5, 2011 in Houston, TX. Qualifying will take place at 2010 State Qualifying Games.
 Held during odd-numbered
years, the Summer National Senior Games offers competition
in 18 sports. Participating athletes must be 50 years old or
older and must qualify in an NSGA-sanctioned state senior games
in order to compete.
Many sports require
qualifying at one of the Sanctioned Florida Local Senior Games
Qualifiers. Please see the sport specific pages of the
national rule book for qualifying rules.
The
Florida Sports Foundation defines an “OPEN” event
as one in which an athlete is not required to participate in
a Sanctioned Florida Local Senior Games Qualifier. Archery,
Lawn
Bowling, Pickleball, Race Walk, Road Race and Shooting are considered “OPEN” events.
The
Florida Sports Foundation defines a “LIMITED” event
as one in which an athlete may not find suitable opportunities
for qualification at a Florida Local Senior Games Qualifier. Softball
and Volleyball are considered “LIMITED” events. In
order to qualify in a “LIMITED” event, one must register
for that event at a Sanctioned Florida Local Senior Games Qualifier.
If competition is not available, an athlete may request to be included
as qualified by the Florida Local Senior Games Qualifier for which
they registered.
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