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12,000 senior athletes expected
Summer Senior Games Set to Kick-off in Pittsburgh on
June 3
 Feb.
2, 2005 With only four months to go, the Summer National Senior Games
(Senior Olympics) is set to go in Pittsburgh on June 3, after the
community raised close to $2.5 million to fund the event. More than
12,000 senior athletes (50 and older), representing their states, are
expected to compete in 18 sporting events.
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The Summer National Senior Games
June 3-18, 2005
The Summer National Senior Games - The
Senior Olympics is held every two years and is an 18-sport
competition for men and women 50 and over. The 2003 Summer Games
were held in Hampton Roads, Virginia.
To take part in the 2005 Summer Games, an
athlete must qualify by competing in local and state
competitions held by the 50-member state organizations.
Learn more about qualifying
in your state.
The National Senior Games
Association (NSGA) is dedicated to promoting healthy
lifestyles for adults through education, fitness, and sport. The
NSGA strives to assist adults 50 and over in achieving greater
value and quality in their lives by staying healthy, active, and
fit.
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Registration of eligible athletes for this 10th
anniversary of the games opened in Pittsburgh on Jan. 31 for the events
that will take place between June 3 and June 18. There are more than
30,000 seniors who qualified by finishing in first or second place in
their state competitions.
The University of Pittsburgh's Petersen Events
Center will serve as headquarters and site of some competition. Pitt,
CMU, Schenley Park and North Park will be the primary competition
locations.
Pitt and CMU will offer dormitory living and
cafeteria food to the athletes, and hotels throughout the area are
expecting athletes.
Gary Rotstein, writing for the Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, says, Officials of the Pittsburgh Local Organizing
Committee are vowing the games will be the best since the national
Senior Olympics became an every-other-year event in 1987. The National
Senior Games Association, which accepted Pittsburgh's bid from among 19
cities, believes the local effort has been better organized than any of
the recent games.
Greg Moore, the association's director of national
games, who has been making monthly visits to monitor progress, told
Rotstein, "I think they are ahead in just about every area.
The national organization sets the rules for the
games, but the local group and competitors pay the expense of the games.
The athletes pay a registration fee of $90 for one sport, more for
multiple sports, a portion of which supports the local committee's
budget. They also must pay for their own transportation, food and
lodging costs.
The $2.5 million budget includes staff salaries,
office expenses and any other necessities for which donations aren't
available, says Rotstein.
David White, the local committee's executive
director, told Rotstein in early January that it is near its goal of $1
million in corporate contributions, and he remains hopeful of cobbling
together another $1 million from state sources. He expects $500,000 in
in-kind donations.
Kate Phillips, spokeswoman for Gov. Ed Rendell,
told Rotstein that the state plans to contribute $250,000 from
Pennsylvania Lottery marketing dollars, $250,000 from the governor's
discretionary funds and $50,000 each in grants from the departments of
aging and community development.
The only admission charges will be for special
events, such as a Celebration of Athletes ceremony to be held midway
through the games at either Mellon Arena or Heinz Field.
For the complete story in the Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette
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More information can be found at
www.2005seniorgames.org.
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