Senior Games
Senior Games is a year-round health promotion program for adults ages 50 plus. Activities include sports and games competitions/tournaments, social activities, and the SilverArts - including visual, heritage (wood working, basket weaving, ceramic glass and etc), as well as local and state competitions.
For more information about the Orange County Senior Games, contact Myra Austin, Orange County Senior Games Coordinator, at 919-245-2020.
To register online for the OC Senior Games, visit https://www.ncseniorgames.org/find-your-local-games, click on the Orange County Senior Games logo to register for the local games.
2021 ORANGE COUNTY SENIOR GAMES
Aging Well; Living Well...Keeping Active!
Sports events dates: April 19 - June 1, 2021
SilverArts virtual show dates: Friday, June 9 – Wednesday, June 23
(SilverArts entries may be viewed during this time)
Something for everyone 50 years and better!
Orange County Senior Games (OCSG) is much more than a friendly competition in athletics and arts. Participate, stay active, renew old skills, learn new ones and exercise a positive outlook on life. You can choose from numerous athletic events or Silver Arts.
Early Bird Fee: $13.00 by Friday, March 12 and $16.00 if received by the final deadline, Friday, March 26, 2021. (SilverArts registration deadlines are the same as for Athletic events.)
Cost includes: Registration Fees (Sporting Events & SilverArts), participant gift, medals, SilverArts performance and reception and closing celebration event.
Celebration of Artists and Athletes • Wednesday, June 9, 4:30
Robert and Pearl Seymour Center, 2551 Homestead Road, Chapel Hill, NC
No additional cost for registered participants of the Senior Games
For more information and registration form, contact: Lee Schimmelfing or Myra Austin;(919) 245-2020.
- Download and share the flier here: 2021 Orange County Senior Games
- Download the 2021 OCSG Game Schedule
- Download the 2021 OCSG Entry Information Packet
- Pick up a hard copy registration form, schedule and entry packet at the Passmore Center, Seymour Center, Carrboro Recreation & Parks, Chapel Hill Parks & Recreation, Orange County Parks & Recreation
- To register online visit https://www.ncseniorgames.org/find-your-local-games, click on the Orange County Senior Games logo to register for the local games.
SPORTING EVENTS
- Archery
- Badminton
- Basketball Throw
- 3 on 3 Basketball
- Billiards
- Bocce
SILVER ARTS
Heritage:
- Basket-Weaving
- Crocheting, Knitting
- Jewelry
- Needlework
- Quilting (hand-stitched)
- Pottery (hand-built and thrown)
- Stained glass
- Tole/Decorative Painting
- Wood Carving,
- Wood-turning
- Woodworking
- Bowling
- Cornhole
- Croquet
- Cycling
- Golf
- Horseshoes
Performing:
- Cheerleading
- Comedy
- Drama
- Dance
- Instrumental
- Line Dance
- Vocals
- Pickleball
- Shuffleboard
- Swimming
- Table Tennis
- Tennis
- Track and Field
Visual:
- Acrylics
- Drawing
- Mixed Media
- Oil Painting
- Pastels
- Photography (Digital and Film)
- Sculpture
- Water Color
About the Orange County Senior Games
Orange County Senior Games are coordinated by Orange County Department on Aging and the Recreation and Parks Departments of Carrboro and Chapel Hill. They are part of the North Carolina Senior Games, a year-round health promotion program for adults ages 50 plus. Each spring, thousands of North Carolinians compete at local events. Winners of local events move on to compete at the state-level and those winners then go on to compete nationally. For more information about NC Senior Games, visit North Carolina Senior Games.
National Senior Health and Fitness Day Celebration: Every year, on the last Wednesday in May, the Department on Aging hosts activities in honor of National Senior Health and Fitness Day.