Category Archives: 2009 National Senior Games

Day 5: 2009 National Senior Games, Palo Alto, CA Archery

Even though there was a rather large mishap with our parking permits and are now each $111.00 poorer… I had A TON OF FUN today. Clayton and I went to the stadium for archery after we figured out that our parking permits were useless. We got there and started getting acquainted with the setup at...

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Day 4: 2009 National Senior Games, Palo Alto, CA, Badminton

Today, I was assigned to Badminton. I was expecting it to be slow, boring and just like I remember playing it in my backyard…. It was actually incredibly intense, these 50+ year olds were smashing the crud out the shuttlecock. The problem is, I have never shot it and it is incredibly hard to capture...

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Day 3: Coverage of the 2009 National Senior Games, Palo Alto, CA

Well lets start off with that photo I promised earlier today. I ran into Pamela Miller, the “shepherd of the flock,” of several athletes coming from Willow Valley Retirement Community in Lancaster, PA. She was incredibly excited to introduce me to a 80 year old man from Lancaster, PA while shooting the practice on Friday...

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2009 National Senior Games, Swimming, Interview

Interview that I promised to post this morning… Here it is. She is an incredible character and even at 71 years old, she has a ton of energy and is running the Torch this evening. You can see a couple photos of her in my previous post at http://swanny338.com/2009-national-senior-games-palo-alto-ca/ Cute lady who is incredibly excited...

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