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28th Annual Bucks County Senior Games
If you have participated in Senior Games in past years, then come on back and join your friends. If not, here is your chance to have fun and meet new people with the same interests as you. Participants, for this great event, come from all over the County. This year’s Bucks County Senior Games will be held in June, and over 400 seniors participate each year. The Games are held for seniors 50 years and older. There are 22 events with something for everyone including: golf, tennis, bowling, swimming, badminton, track and field, table tennis, plus much much more! The purpose of the Games is to encourage seniors to stay healthy and active, and become more health-conscious. In addition to the sports activities, there will be a Health Expo featuring a Fashion Show and Entertainment. The Games are co-sponsored with the Bucks County Area Agency on Aging, Bucks County Dept. of Parks and Recreation and Independence Blue Cross/Keystone Health Plan East.
Activities will be held at various locations throughout the county, check the listing below. Registration before May 3 will be $10 per person. Registration after May 3 will be $13 per person. To all previous participants, you will get a 50% discount on your registration if you bring a NEW participant to the Games. There will also be a 50/50 raffle with the drawing at the Awards Ceremony.
Listed here are some of the major events and locations.
- June 1 to 4 - Tennis, Core Creek Park, Woodbourne Road, Langhorne, will offer 8 a.m. play for ages 60 and above. At 5:30 p.m. evening play at Central Park, Doylestown Township for those 50 to 59 only.
- June 3 - Health Expo – 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Delaware Valley College, Rt. 202, Doylestown. This event will feature health screenings, giveaways, seminars, entertainment, fashion show, bingo and refreshments. Also included that day will be men’s and women’s bocce beginning at 9 a.m.
- June 4 - Bowling, 8:00 a.m., Brunswick Zone Lanes, Street Road, Feasterville
- June 5 - Opening Ceremonies at Central Bucks West HS, War Memorial Field, Doylestown 9 a.m to 4 p.m. with events such as track and field, darts, badminton, etc.
- June 7 - Golf, 6:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fairways Golf Club, Rt. 611, Warrington (Rain date June 11)
- June 8 - 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Central Bucks Family YMCA, Lower State Road, Doylestown
- June 9 - 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Northampton Senior Center, Township Road, Richboro.
- June 11 - Awards Luncheon – 12 noon to 2 p.m. - Dining Hall, Delaware Valley College, Rt. 202, Doylestown
For further information and event days and times call the Bucks County Department of Parks and Recreation (215) 489-5132 or the Bucks County Area Agency on Aging (215) 348-6116. Applications will be available beginning March 1 at the two co-sponsoring agencies and at ALL 13 Senior Centers in the County. Information and a registration form are also on the B.C. Area Agency on Aging web page at www. buckscounty.org/AAA.htm
2010 Senior Games Entry Form
2010 Senior Games Brochure
WANTED - VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO HELP AT THE SENIOR GAMES.
For further information call Jill Unger at (215) 489-5132. |
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