Senior Olympics-- Nationals and Huntsman Games

I really want to share my adventures.  Not every woman over 65 has the opportunity to travel and compete as I do.


In May my volleyball team, LEGACY, won another National title in the 65+ division at the US OPEN in Dallas. and two weeks later the CELADRIN TIGERETTES, my basketball team won their 7th US National Championship at the Senior National Games in Houston, Texas.  If you haven't seen it, check out THE AGE OF CHAMPIONS, the documentary about the athletes of the 2009 Sr. Games in California in which we are featured.


My homelife was also eventful this summer as Poul accepted a software engineering job at Electronic Arts in Burnaby.  The renovations to our home in Nanoose took a backseat as we focused on setting up headquarters in Burnaby.  But a broken foot and the unexpected return of Lyme Disease brought us back to the Island to recover.

The past two weeks have been exciting.  LEGACY won the 65+ division over 14 teams at the Huntsman Senior Games in St. George, Utah.  My 60+ team, FLOORPLAY60, placed 9th out of 18 teams which means more recruiting and reinforcements before the US OPEN which is in Salt Lake City, Utah in May.
LEGACY had good competition but managed to get through the winners bracket without a loss.  FLOORPLAY60 had several setbacks...Texas Crude, Friends, ServeAces and several challenging games to a large-in-numbers, but short-in-stature, Japanese team.  The style was very different from the North American style and they were very quick with nothing dropping to the floor.

On our Sunday off, Norm who played on one of the Men's teams, took a car cavalcade of athletes to explore the geological formations surrounding St. George.  We ended up hiking to a look-out in Zion Park saturated with facinating information .

I love competing in these games.  I love seeing friends with whom I have much in common. Sunny days in October are not too bad either.  But it is always great to come home.

I'm back now, playing basketball with a bunch of drop-in ladies on Monday night.  My daughter, Cori , plays there too as my granddaughters shoot hoops at the side baskets. I gave Talis a basketball for her 9th birthday and she LOVES to score.

On Thursday night I compete on a team in the Nanaimo women's volleyball league.  Monday, Wednesday and Friday offer aerobics classes just 5 minutes away.

But there isn't enough energy to go around sometimes.