Forever Fit 50 & Beyond: Jacksonville Senior Games

Posted on November 8, 2012 By Editor Neighborhood News

: Martha Poitevent registers for women’s singles tennis with Alice Checorski

: Above: Lindy Green and Sandy Wedge won women’s doubles tennis

The clay courts at Avondale’s Boone Park served as the venue for the singles and doubles tennis matches of The Forever Fit 50 & Beyond: Jacksonville Senior Games on Oct. 6. Although turnout was disappointingly light and many entrants won by default, the tennis competition rounded off a week of events at other locations including mental challenges in bridge and mahjong, singles and doubles in table tennis, bowling and pickle ball, and other competitions in power lifting, golf, line dancing, cycling, racquetball, croquet, horseshoes, swimming and basketball.
The Olympic-style event series designed for seasoned athletes to participate on a competitive level and novice athletes to participate for their own enjoyment is sanctioned by the Florida Sports Foundation and is a qualifier for the Florida Senior Games State Championships to be held in Lakeland in December.