WSCGA Partners with

SC Senior Sports Classic

September 2022

Together, We Can Grow

The WSCGA and the South Carolina Senior Sports Classic have joined forces to continue to encourage and support our members by embracing opportunities that create and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

The South Carolina Senior Sports Classic is a 4 - weekend competition in 28 sports for men and women 40 years old and older. The event has both ambulatory (standing) and non-ambulatory (sitting) athletes. The event competitions are grouped (flighted) by your age as of December 31, 2022. All events are held in the following 5-year age increments: 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-84, 85-89, 90-94, 95-99, 100+. There are team events as well.

The 2022 South Carolina Senior Sports Classic will be hosting the women's golf competition on Friday, October 21 at Traces Golf Course in Florence with a 9:00am start. The winner of each division will earn a spot to compete at the National Senior Sports Games on July 7- 18, 2023 in Pittsburg, PA.

2022 South Carolina Senior Sports Classic

The Traces Golf Club

Florence, SC

October 21, 2022

Entry Fee: $79 per person

($55 to register for the games)

($24 for golf event)

Includes: Gift, Golf, Meal Functions

**Gross Event Flighted by age

Click Here for More Information and Register

List of all 28 events open to both men and women

Team Volleyball

Team Softball

Golf

Pickleball Mixed Doubles

Tennis Mixed Doubles

Pickleball Singles

Tennis Singles

Pickleball Doubles

Shuffleboard Singles

Shuffleboard Doubles

Bocce

Bocce Doubles

Bowling Mixed Doubles

Corn Hole Singles

Badminton Singels

Table Tennis Singles

Bowling Singles

Corn Hole Doubles

Pocket Billiards

Track & Field Events

5000M Race Walk

1500 M Powerwalk

Discus Men

High Jump Women

50 M Dash

800 M Run

400 M Run

100 M Dash

200 M Dash

High Jump Men

Discus Women

Standing Long Jump Women

Javelin Men

Running Long Jump Women

1500M Race Walk

Standing Long Jump Men

Running Long Jump Men

Javelin Women

Shot Put Men

Triple Jump Women

Shot Put Women

Triple Jump Men

Corn Hole Women's Doubles

Badminton Doubles

Table Tennis Doubles

Corn Hole Mixed Double

Badminton Mixed Doubles

Table Tennis Mixed Doubles

Cycling 5K

Triathlon

5K Run

Horseshoes

Disc Golf

Cycling 10K

Bowling Doubles

Racquetball Singles

Re-Curve, with sights

Bare-bow re-curve with no sights

Compound fingers with sights

Bare-bow Compound with no sights

Compound Release

Racquetball Doubles

Racquetball Mixed Doubles

Triathlon Relay Teams

Free Throw

Spot Shooting

Team Basketball

Swimming

100 yard Butterfly

200 yard Freestyle

50 yard Breaststroke

100 yard Backstroke

400 yard IM

100 yard Breaststroke

200 yard Backstroke

100 yard IM

50 yard Freestyle

200 yard Butterfly

50 yard Backstroke

200 yard IM

50 yard Butterfly

100 yard Freestyle

200 yard Breaststroke

500 yard Freestyle

History of South Carolina Senior Sports Classic

The Senior Games in South Carolina began in 1985 when Fulton Hines, a former Harlem Globetrotter, walked into the Recreation Department of the City of Florence to inquire about Senior Athletic Programming in the area. He had just returned from an Invitational Sports Festival in St. Louis and he wanted to know if SC had a similar event. The Recreation Director at that time, Debbie Wall, researched senior athletics across the state and had to tell Mr. Hines that there were no similar programs. But right then and there the seed was planted for a program that would become one of the best in the country. What started as a one day event for fifty, 60-70 year olds in the Florence area has blossomed into over 3000, 50 - 100 year olds enjoying Spring and Fall Local Games around the state and a 4 day State Games Celebration in May. For the past three decades, the State Games have been held on the beautiful campus of Francis Marion University. Every other year, South Carolina qualifies 300 – 400 elite athletes for the National Senior Games, where 12,000 -15,000 competitors from across the globe go for the gold.

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