Sports and Events

Trap Shooting

Tentative date for the Trap Shooting event in the Alaska International Senior Games is Wednesday, August 17th, 2011.

Trap Shooting is open to new or experienced trap shooters! The Fairbanks Trap Shooting Club is on the corner of Hagelbarger and the Old Steese. Take the Steese Highway north from town and take a left at the Hagelbarger / Steese intersection. Follow Hagelbarger to the end and take a right at the intersection. Take an immediate right into the Trap Club.

Competitors will be shooting from the 16 yard line, 5 people per squad. New shooters who are not club members will sign the waiver and receive a short safety briefing and instruction on trap shooting. There are 5 shots at each of the 5 posts for a total of 25. If possible, bring your own 12 gauge or 20 gauge shotgun. There are a couple of loaner guns available. You may purchase ammo from the club if you don’t bring your own. Trap is a fun sport for all ages and we have shooters aged pre-teen to 80′s who regularly come out and shoot. Please come join us! For more information contact Trish Yocum at 488-2667.

Indoor Shooting

The Indoor Shooting Events will be held at the ADF&G Hunter Education Range on College Road.

Competitors will be grouped by age. They must be able to safely handle and shoot .22 caliber firearms. They should be able to provide their own safe firearms and ammo.

There will be two events and competitors may participate in one or both. The first event is rifle shooting and will be conducted from a bench rest position. Two stages will be fired with 10 shots each on a A-32 target at 25 feet. Ten minutes will be allotted for each stage. The second event is pistol shooting and will be conducted using a standing, one or two hand position. Two stages, up to ten minutes each, will be fired with 10 shots each on a B-2 target at 25 feet.

If you have questions, call Rick Briggs at 907-389-2001 or e-mail him at rickbriggs@aol.com

Information is also available on the counter at the ADF&G Range, which is open 5:00-9:00 PM M-F.

5K Road Race from Jane Lanford

The 2009 Alaska International Senior Games 5K road race will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday evening, July 29, starting at Woodriver Elementary School.  The race route follows the Chena River Run course, winding through the University West area on residential streets and the bike path, over the Chena River bridge, and circling under the bridge to end at the Princess Hotel.  The course is paved and flat – except for the bridge, which gives a great view as you cross the river.  Please arrive at Woodriver school by 6 p.m. to sign in.  The event was moved from its originally scheduled weekend date so it wouldn’t conflict with other running events.  Runners and walkers are welcome!  Please join us!  For more information, contact Jane Lanford, race commissioner, at jane@usibelli.com or 687-0769.

Bowling from Charlotte Perotti

Come bowl with us!

Bowling is contested on 3 days of the Alaska International Senior Games. The first day (July 28) is singles play.  Bowlers may choose either the 2 PM or the 6 PM squad or the bowler may bowl both but must pay the fees for both.  The second day (July 29) is doubles play.  These teams are either 2 men or 2 women.  If the bowler needs a partner, the commissioner of bowling will assist.  Again the bowler may bowl either shift or both.  The bowler may bowl with different partners each shift.  The teams are entered in the age bracket of the younger bowler, so any ages may bowl together.  The third day (July 30) is mixed doubles play.  These teams consist of 1 man and 1 woman.  The same rules apply as with the doubles on Wednesday.

This is not a sanctioned tournament so the bowlers do not need previous averages.  Arctic Bowl has house balls for use and rents bowling shoes for $2.50 a session.  Register for the Senior Games and just come and have fun with us. For more information contact the Commissioner, Charlotte Perotti, at 457-1332 or clp@mosquitonet.com.

Triathlon from Ed Callaghan

The 2009 Triathlon for the Senior Games is a sprint distance triathlon consisting of a 400 yard swim in the Patty Center indoor pool at UAF, immediately followed by a 20k cycling road race, and concluding with a 5K running race, both beginning and ending outside the Patty Center.  Times will be measured from start of the swim to the conclusion of the running race without interruption.  This means that transition times between events are included in the total time, so plan accordingly.  Bike helmets are mandatory and no swimming aids are allowed. Teams of two or three individuals completing individual portions of the race will be allowed to compete unofficially. For more information contact the Commissioner, Ed Callaghan at echa@ptialaska.net or 479-4917.

Table Tennis from Diann Darnall

Join us for the Table Tennis Senior Games July 25!  All skill level are welcome; you just have to have 50 winters under your belt.  Warm-ups will start at 9:30 am at the Student Recreation Center at UAF.  Men’s & Women’s singles will take place in the morning and Men’s and Women’s doubles and mixed doubles will be in the afternoon.  Both the doubles and mixed doubles teams will be paired by a random draw method to help balance the teams.  If there is an odd number of participants, priority will go to the earliest registration date.  Early registration is encouraged!  For every new participant you sign-up and put your name on their registration form, you will get a chance for the $50 cash drawing!

Added Bonus, at 6:00 pm on July 25th there will be a pot luck at the Commissioner’s home.

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