POCATELLO — The Senior Games in Pocatello provide participants, 50 years and older, opportunities for competition, camaraderie and fun. With high expectations and personal goals, seniors will come together July 12 to 20 and compete in venues throughout the area. The chance to get a medal takes commitment and participants prove no one is ever too old to go for gold.

The Senior Games has something to offer for every interest and fitness level. Less physical games include billiards, bowling, croquet, chess, horseshoes, miniature golf, shuffleboard, darts, disc golf and Wii bowling. There are a variety of card games: bridge, Hand and Foot, Mahjong and pinochle. Higher level of fitness includes pickleball, basketball shoot, track and field, tennis, table tennis, archery, bocce ball, softball, swimming, racquetball, trap shooting, cycling and the Fun Walk/Run. Golf offers nine or 18 holes. Then there are dance competitions — couples and line dancing of all sorts!

Portneuf Medical Center has been a supporter since the Games started in 2003 and in 2014 they became the Naming Sponsor. The Games also have loyal sponsors and supporters: Albertsons Stores, Area Agency on Aging, Bank of Idaho, Barrie’s Ski and Sports, Big 5 Sporting Goods, Bio-Freeze, Blue Cross of Idaho, Chubbuck and Pocatello’s Brookdale, Butterburr’s, Cable One, Citizens Community Bank, Clif Bars, Coca Cola, Farm Bureau Insurance, FORE Golf, Fred Meyer Stores, Wendy Fullmer, Hirning Buick GMC, Helping Hands Home Health, Idaho Central Credit Union, Idaho Skin Institute, Idaho State Journal, Intermountain Gas, J R Simplot, Jamba Juice, Japanese American Citizens League, KPVI Channel 6, Lava Hot Springs, McDonalds, Mountain View Event Center, Mutual Insurance, Nuclear Care Partners, Perkins Restaurant and Bakery, Pizza Pie Café, Pocatello Chamber of Commerce, Pocatello Eye Care, Pocatello Senior Activities Center, Gold’s Gym, Quail Ridge Assisted Living, Quinn Meadows, Ridley’s Food and Drug, Texas Roadhouse, Roy McKee, Sandpiper Restaurant, Sawtooth Supply, Shaver Pharmacy and Compounding, Tastee Treat, U.S. Bank and Wilks Funeral Home. Thank you all so very much; the Games wouldn’t be possible without their support.

All events are $4 each plus the $25 registration fee. Those who register before June 28 receive the early bird special. For more details see www.seidahoseniorgames.org or email southeastidahoseniorgames@gmail.com. The Senior Games office is inside the Senior Active Center, Room 6, 427 N. Sixth Ave. in Pocatello. Hope to see you in July.