{"id":897982,"date":"2026-09-16T14:10:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T14:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/897982\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T14:10:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T14:10:40","slug":"for-mental-and-physical-fitness-it-really-is-good-for-this-age-group-55-plus-bc-games-underway-in-kamloops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/897982\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018For mental and physical fitness, it really is good for this age group\u2019: 55-Plus BC Games underway in Kamloops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>About <a href=\"https:\/\/cfjctoday.com\/2026\/06\/30\/last-call-for-participant-registrations-at-2026-bc-55-games-in-kamloops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">3,000 participants are in town for the Games<\/a>, with about 900 volunteers signing on to make sure 25 events proceed swimmingly across the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789567840_593_indicator-big.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor mental and physical fitness, it really is good for this age group, and it\u2019s good to be able to strive to be your best still at this age,\u201d said Ron McColl, president of the Games host society.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf people want to come down and see pickleball, swimming, archery at Albert McGowan Park, tennis at the tennis club, there are things to do everywhere in the city.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CFJC dropped by Hillside Stadium to catch\u00a0runners crossing the finish line in track-and-field events, while table-tennis players squared off inside the Tournament Capital Centre.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s my first time, but I think people are here to enjoy themselves \u2013 want to win, as well, but not at all costs,\u201d said David Blackwell, a lawn bowler from Kamloops.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For some, the Games are about pushing themselves in competition. Socializing and fun are goals for others.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got suckered into it, talked into it, just for the fun of going out and doing lawn bowling,\u201d Laurel MacKay of Kamloops said. \u201cIt\u2019s enjoyable.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Added Everett Jensen: \u201cCompetition is competition, but it seems to be different when you get older. Everybody\u2019s so friendly and supportive.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Competition wraps up on Saturday, just in time for DeWald\u2019s birthday celebration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a great pep rally last night,\u201d she said. \u201cOh, we\u2019re going to have so much fun and we\u2019re just beginning.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Go online to <a href=\"https:\/\/55plusbcgames.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">55plusgamesbc.org<\/a> to find the events schedule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"About 3,000 participants are in town for the Games, with about 900 volunteers signing on to make sure&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":897983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[49,48,407,84],"class_list":["post-897982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fitness","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=897982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/897983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}