Association News NSGA Welcomes Wilson Game Ball Sponsorship    NSGA is pleased to announce that Wilson Sporting Goods will be a new sponsor for the 2015 National Senior Games Presented by Humana. Wilson will be the Official Game Ball for baseball, basketball, racquetball, softball and tennis for The Games in Minnesota. Chicago-based Wilson Sporting Goods

Association News 2013 Games Earns SportsTravel Top EventAward  We are proud to report that the 2013 National Senior Games Presented by Humana was voted best multi-sport event of the year in the prestigious SportsTravel Awards. NSGA CEO Marc T. Riker (center, rear) was on hand with other category winners at the awards luncheon at the

Game On! 2015 Registration Begins Roll Out by State The online registration process for the 2015 National Senior Games presented by Humana begins November 19! As of this date, email notifications and postcards are in the process of going out to athletes who qualified in the following states: AK, CA (Pasadena), IN, ME, MI, MS,

Association News NSGA Prominently Featured in 2014 President’s Council Annual Meeting  The Senior Games Movement received significant attention at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition, held last month in Washington, DC. The four hour gathering, streamed online and facilitated by PCFSN Co-Chair and Olympic gymnastics legend Dominique Dawes, featured a

Association News Personal Best Tour Visits New Mexico and New Jersey  If you follow the “National Senior Games” page on Facebook, this photo of 94 year old cyclist Larry Johnson standing on his head is familiar. Johnson astounded nearly 1,200 attendees to the New Mexico Conference on Aging opening plenary session by showing what is

Association News VOTE and SHARE – 2013 Games Up For Best Amateur Multisport Event Award The 2013 National Senior Games Presented by Humana is nominated for “Best Multi-Sport or Multi-Discipline Event” in the 2014 SportsTravel Awards poll hosted by prestigious SportsTravel  Magazine. The SportsTravel Awards recognize excellence in the organization and management of sporting events at the amateur,

Association News Show Me State Hosts NSGA Personal Best Tour The NSGA Personal Best Tour traveled to Columbia, MO on June 20 to help celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Missouri State Senior Games and to spotlight 65-year old Jane Kaiser of St. Louis. Kaiser keeps busy as a clinical nurse and speaker, and has

Association News NSGA Personal Best Tour Goes Coast to Coast  Portland, Maine – Jerry LeVasseur On May 31, Maine Senior Games held a kickoff luncheon where we recognized 76 year old Jerry LeVasseur with a Personal Best Award. While we recounted his harrowing experience surviving life threatening burns from a famed circus tent fire that

Celebrate Older Americans Month 2014 Association News New NSGA Spotlight Video Debuts Visitors to NSGA.com can now view a brief “spotlight video” that explains NSGA’s health and wellness mission and promotes the unique status of the National Senior Games as the largest multi-sport event for people 50+ in the world. The video was made possible with

Association News NSGA Annual Conference Discovers “Minnesota Nice” More than 90 people dedicated to the Senior Games Movement converged on Minnesota for the NSGA Annual Conference to meet, interact and learn through meetings and workshops designed to help with common topics shared by state games organizers. This year was also an opportunity for states to