How far will you go? Fast or slow doesn’t matter.

Non-Competitive Walking –Walking is good medicine! It builds “staying power” and improves heart and circulatory system health, lowers blood pressure, and reduces the risk of stroke. Walking on a regular basis can significantly improve your quality of life. Even a few minutes of walking per day can get you on the road to improved health.

What better venue for a nice walk than our hallways? For fun and fitness on the opening day of the Seniors Games, we’ve got a full kilometre marked out for anyone wanting to go the distance (special recognition for the distances completed). Encourage your neighbours, meet the water table VIPs, and exchange “When Life Gives You Lemons…” sayings. With lively music to keep you motivated, you might even find  yourself dancing your way through the halls!

Participants receive a complimentary t-shirt to wear during the week and ribbons to display their badges of completion.

Boulez-Vous? The first National Medal rolls into the Seniors Games with Pétanque.

Pétanque atout – This low impact sports requires concentration and strategy. Also known as boules, the traditionally French social sport encourages camaraderie and gets you moving. A wonderful centerpiece to any camp or social gathering, the goal of the game is for each team to get the most boules closest to the but/cochon.

The aim of the game is to be the first player/team to score thirteen points. Points are scored by having one or more of your boules closer to the target than those of your opponent, after all boules have been thrown.

Bean Bag Toss –Relax, get social, and feel the satisfaction of watching the bean bag slide home. There’s never a dull moment. A simple game with big benefits, tossing a simple bean bag is an effective means of exercising your body and maintaining motor skills. By aiming at a target, hand-eye coordination and throwing skills are put to the test.

Medals – Local Gold, Silver & Bronze medals will be presented in each Residence at a special presentation end of day. All medalists will be entered in the national finals with the top three in the nation receiving National Gold, Silver, or Bronze medals during Closing Ceremonies.

Rise Through the Ranks with These Fun, Accessible Sports.

Cornhole – Cornhole addicts around the world know that there’s a lot more to cornhole than just chucking a bean bag at a slanted board and into a hole. A harder variation of bean bag toss, the game is a fun way to get some physical activity and improve various aspects of health from hand-eye coordination, balance, to flexibility.

Ladder Ball / Golf – It’s said that early games used 2 golf balls joined by a string. Whether you know it as ladder ball, horsey golf, monkey ball, or ball rope, Ladder Golf is fun and easy to play! The object of the game is to wrap your two balls attached by string (bolas), at a target called the ladder. The ladder consists of 3 steps, a top, middle and a bottom step.

You need physical activity at every age and stage of life! Get a more focused mind, a stronger, and fitter body by playing Ladder Golf.

Medals – Local Gold, Silver & Bronze medals will be presented in each Residence at a special presentation end of day. All medalists will be entered in the national finals with the top three in the nation receiving National Gold, Silver, or Bronze medals during Closing Ceremonies.

Time-honoured sports that have been played for centuries around the world.

Boccee  – Did you know that, next to soccer and golf, bocce is the third most participated sport in the world? The basic principle of the sport is to roll a bocce ball closest to the target ball, which is called a pallina. It may sound easy, but our players work on their strategy all year! Bocce fantastic way to  get social, develop physical fitness, and to gain confidence.

Shuffleboard – our shuffleboard tournaments have a large turnout of both participants and cheering squad. Easy as one, two, three, pucks will be sliding in for the win on this fourth day of friendly competition.

Card Games – Unleash Card sharks! Competitive card games offer numerous benefits for seniors, beyond just entertainment. Engaging in card games can stimulate cognition, promote social interaction, and provide stress relief.

Stretch your mental muscles with passive sports.

Both physical and mental activity are integral parts of overall wellness. The ASC Seniors Games have been created to stimulate both. Unique to each residence, competitive card games and board game activities have been scheduled so that there is a little something for everyone.

Jeopardy Challenge – Welcome to everyone’s favourite question and answer game! Did you know that the Jeopardy theme song is called “Think”?  Challenge your memory in history, sports, food, nature, or music. The biggest challenge will be resisting the urge to shout out the answers!

BINGO – Everybody loves BINGO!  Increasingly popular with all ages, the excitement of a BINGO game can be stimulating, while also helping to improve memory and other cognitive skills. So get focussed, dust off your competitive spirit, and have some fun,