Athletes competing in New Hampshire Senior Games
The New Hmaphire Senior Games were covered by WMUR Channel 9 on August 5, 2018.
A group of athletes are proving you’re never too old to be active. The 2018 New Hampshire Senior Games are going on through Labor Day. On Sunday, 35 athletes from across New England competed in table tennis matches at the Boys and Girls Club of Manchester.
Participants are aged 40 and older. Some were into their 90s. “I'm better than some and not so good as others,” said Solon “Buzz” Kanakis, 97, who admitted he sometimes lets his opponent win. “Table tennis – we think of it as a game, but it's really a sport,” said Bob Neidorff of the New Hampshire Table Tennis Club. “It's athletic, and it's a great way to keep your mind in shape as well as your body.”
The National Senior Games will be held next June in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
About the New Hampshire Senior Games
The mission of the Granite State Senior Games, Inc. (GSSG) is to promote, organize and effectively develop physical challenges, as they relate to the New Hampshire senior athlete and the 50+ population of the state of New Hampshire, undertake related activities benefitting the well-being of adults as appropriate and focusing on the development of active and healthy lifestyles. Our mission is accomplished by encouraging fitness and by providing athletic competition in a variety of sports, clinics and creative pursuits.
Founded in 1987, Granite State Senior Games, Inc. is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) and New Hampshire Registered Public Charity all volunteer sports and fitness organization governed by a Board of Directors. The Granite State Senior Games' (GSSG's) sporting events are known as the New Hampshire Senior Games (NHSG). We are New Hampshire’s premier multi-sport event for the 50+ population. NHSG is the only New Hampshire organization in the state to be sanctioned by the National Senior Games Association (NSGA) to qualify senior athletes for participation in the National Senior Games held every other year in odd-numbered years. To learn more, please visit www.nhseniorgames.org.