TALLAHASSEE Fla. - Attention amateur athletes age 50 and over, registration is now open for the 2014 Florida International Senior Games & State Championships, to be held December 6-14 in Lee County and the City of Cape Coral.
Visit https://events.clearthunder.com/FSG2014 to register for the 23rd Annual Olympic-style Sports Festival for athletes age 50 and over. The 2014 Florida International Senior Games & State Championships is a qualifier for the 2015 National Senior Games, to be held, in Minneapolis/St. Paul/Bloomington, Minnesota in the summer of the 2015.
Entry fees begin at $11 per event and vary by sport. Sports with multiple events carry additional charges per event. Team sports have a team entry fee. The deadline for online registration is Friday, November 21.
The Florida International Senior Games & State Championships feature 24 sports and events over nine days of competition. Some sports and events require a qualifying performance at a Local Senior Games event to participate at the State Championships. Those sports include; 3-on-3 Basketball, Basketball Shooting, Bowling, Cycling, Golf, Horseshoes, Pickleball, Shuffleboard, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis and Track and Field.
Sports that are open to all athletes without a qualifying performance at a Local Senior Games include Archery, Bag Toss, Billiards, Bocce, Croquet, Fencing, Powerlifting, Power Walk, Race Walk, Racquetball, Road Race (5K and 10K) and Volleyball.
With the beginning of the Palm Coast and Flagler Beaches Senior Games this weekend, seven Local Senior Games qualifiers remain. The Pensacola Senior Games began on September 8 and continue through September 21.
*Florida Sports Foundation
