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In the spirit of the Olympic Ideal, I pledge:
To Abide by the Rules of these Games,
To Respect the Officials that apply them,
To be Humble in Victory and Gracious in Defeat,
I am proud to be a Senior Games Athlete.

2016 Bay Area Senior Games | April 30 - June 4, 2016

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Dear Athletes and Friends:

The 2016 Bay Area Senior Games are in the Record Book!

First congratulations to all the competitors, teams, individuals, volunteers, staff, facilities directors, friends, families, spectators and cheering sections.

We all had a great time. Results have been posted and we continue to get photos of happy athletes - see www.bayareaseniorgames.org

The BOX SCORE

    Events Completed:
  • Triathlon
  • Pickleball
  • Badminton
  • Cycling
  • Racquetball
  • Volleyball
  • Table Tennis
  • Archery
  • Golf
  • Water Polo
  • Soccer
  • Swimming
  • Basketball
  • Rugby
  • Racewalk
  • 5 K Run
  • Track & Field
  • Feats of Strength

As always, thanks to our great sponsors - Sports Basement, Humana, Bay Area Sports Organizing Committee, San Mateo Community College District, City of Palo Alto, Stanford Athletics, 23andMe, Asset Management and numerous volunteers!

A few items of note:

Two National Swimming records and 7 Pacific Swimming Records were set on May 22nd at Avery Pool at Stanford.

We doubled our number of golfers – and expect to double again in 2017!

43 Soccer teams – including 6 teams in the age 70 Plus division competed!

23andMe – the genetic testing service, distributed 150 testing kits to Track & Field Athletes.

Photos: We are happy to show many of the photos produced by the Stanford Continuing Studies Photography Class members who were at the Soccer/waterpolo/swimming/rugby weekend and track and field. Here is the link: http://www.bayareaseniorgames.org/photo_gallery

Also, many of you have sent us photos and those are posted as well – look at each sport landing page and you will find the photos.

We have some – mostly women’s – great orange event shirts – "10 years and still playing" – available for sale at $5.00 each if they are picked up at our Palo Alto office or $10.00 if you request mailing. Send us your information.

Here is one of my favorite comments…."Thank you for sending my 3rd place medal for the Discus event at Track and Field on May 29, 2016. As a first-time competitor, it was a wonderful experience for me: and I look forward to continuing to participate in future Senior Games."

Finally, we continue to discuss the feasibility of organizing the ENCORE Games – a second chance to qualify for the 2017 Summer National Senior Games.. As I mentioned to many who asked, the issue is raising enough money to bridge the gap.between athlete fees and the cost of producing the games.. Looking for $15,000 –any ideas? Crowd funding?

In the meantime, best to all. Have a wonderful summer… let’s all keep playing..and cheering for our athletes in Rio!

In the spirit of the Games…


Chair, California Senior Games Association
2016 Bay Area Senior Games Chair
1960 Olympian – USA