Welcome To The San Diego Senior Olympics!
Couples have A Ball Competing
Written by Tanya Sierra, Union Tribune Monday, 14 September 2009 17:00
Fun and challenges are found during Senior Olympic events
Ron Joy and and Janet Battey danced in the Senior Olympics in El Cajon. (Eduardo Contreras / Union-Tribune)Takeo and Mariko Sakakibara barely got back to their seats before the couple's names were called to receive another gold medal during the ballroom dance competition of the 22nd annual Senior Olympics yesterday.
After a four-year hiatus, ballroom dancing returned to the Senior Olympics — albeit with sparse participation — at the Cottonwood Golf Club. Four couples from the Fred Astaire Dance Studio competed in the ballroom competition.
For about two hours, the Sakakibaras and three other couples glided from one corner of the dance floor to the other using techniques that they have been perfecting in dance classes.
COMMUNITY SPORTS: Senior hoopsters still have game
Written by Greg Ball, North County Times Wednesday, 09 September 2009 20:01
Grace Larsen of Oceanside, left, and Dolly Scott of Encinitas are on an 80-plus basketball team that recently won a gold medal at the National Senior Olympics. (Photo by Jamie Scott Lytle -
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)Dolly Scott has six children, nine grandchildren and five great-grandkids, but you wouldn't guess it based on her shock of deep auburn hair and her surprisingly effective jump shot.
Grace Larsen admits to being in her 80s, but her lockdown defensive tactics on the basketball court make onlookers question how an octogenarian manages to move her feet so quickly.
Scott, an Encinitas resident, and Larsen, of Oceanside, are both members of a San Diego-based basketball team for women 80 and older. That they play basketball in their eighth decade on earth (both declined to give their exact age) is a feat in itself, but their story is even more compelling because their team recently won a gold medal at the National Senior Olympics.
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Gold-medal grandma
Written by Bill McMillen, The Daily News Sunday, 23 August 2009 00:00
FORT MOHAVE - Judy Gray is glad she won three medals at the recent Senior Olympics. It worked out well that way.
“My medals ... go to my grandchildren,” said the 68-year-old Fort Mohave resident, who harvested a gold and two silvers at the recent Games in Palo Alto, Calif. “It's a good thing I won three because I've got three grandchildren. They'll each get one.
“Every time I see them, they ask what (medals) I've got for them. They hang them in their rooms. It doesn't matter what place, they just want the medals.”
Welcome To The San Diego Senior Olympics!
Written by San Diego Senior Olympics Sunday, 19 July 2009 01:37
The San Diego Senior Games Association (SDSGA) encourages lifelong fitness for the 50+ population. SDSGA offers a series of competitive and recreational events, luncheons, educational seminars, intergenerational projects and partnerships to help increase activity in the 50+ population.
Our biggest event of the year, the San Diego Senior Olympics takes place annually in September. SDSGA is a local affiliate of the California State Games Association (CSGA) and the National Senior Games Association (NSGA).
SDSGA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. To further our mission while keeping our events affordable, we rely on grants, business and community partnerships and personal donations.
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