146970 Resource 87060 11060 11060 1162237397735 1162237397735 Controlled News Item SW Florida Lee County to host Sr Games Dec 2- 10

Racquetball to be one of the sports in Sr Games State Championships

SW Florida</place /> Lee County will host the Florida State Senior Games Championship’s December 2 to10th 2006Senior Racquetball Players (age 50 to 90) from all counties in <state /><place />Florida</place /></state />, who have qualified to compete in the 2006 State Championship Games, will travel to the <place /><placetype />Ft.</placetype /> <placename />Myers (Naples )</placename /></place /> area to compete for the Gold Medal in their sport.. Of the many sports offered, Racquetball Singles, Doubles will be held on <date year="2006" day="3" month="12" />Sunday, Dec 9th and 10th  2006</date /> at the Naples Fitness Ctr 1048 Castillo Dr. Singles competition begins on Dec 9th as early as 10AM . At stake in these games is not only the gold medal for top Florida senior in each division for 2006; but also the right to represent the State of Florida at the prestigious National Sr Games to be held in Louisville KY in June of 2007. The top three players, in each division and age bracket will be eligible to represent the State of <state /><place />Florida</place /></state />   If you would like to see some active seniors compete in this fast sport plan to attend the competition on Saturday and Sunday from <time minute="0" hour="9" />9 AM</time /> to finish.  For more info on the Sr Games click on <a href="http://www.flasports.com/">http://www.flasports.com</a>. On the 8th of December, at the Red Sox City of Palms Stadium, there will be a Senior Games Celebration, Parade of Champions, starting at about <time minute="0" hour="16" />4 PM</time />.  Tickets to attend the celebration cost $7.00 and includes a meal.My <place />Dixie</place /> Strollers Dixieland band has been hired to perform at the stadium on the 8th to welcome all comers from <time minute="0" hour="16" />4:00</time /> to <time minute="0" hour="18" />6:00 PM</time />.  Don’t miss this exciting senior event.  This is the first year that <place /><placename />Lee</placename /> <placename />County</placename /></place /> has hosted the event and will also host it in December of 2007 and 2008.Gerry FrenchPS  Would you believe, that the current RB 2005 State Champion in age group 75 to 79 in singles and doubles is non other than "yours truly". Everyone I played had the flu!!!! 10 application/xml false Racquetball Senior Games State Championships SW Florida Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 gwfrench false true false false true 87060 blog blogsite/GFE/web