Tucson Senior Olympics Festival and Tucson Senior Olympic Activity Series

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Welcome to the 24th Annual Senior Olympic Festival—
a week of fun, friends and memories!

Senior Olympic Office

Registration Discount

New Registration Option

Age Divisions Change

Doubles Sports
Event Fees

T-Shirt/Pin Pick-Up

Participation Policies

Medal Eligibility Result Ties

Non-Registered Participants

Replacement Participants

Late-Arriving Participants

General Policy Guidelines

Senior Olympic Office
Our office is located at 4208 S. Santa Rita Ave, Tucson, AZ 85714. From Park and Ajo travel 1 block south on Ajo to Palmdale. Turn east on Palmdale, follow Palmdale around until it becomes Santa Rita. The Southwest District Senior Olympic office is on the right. Look for the American flag!
Phone: 520/791-3244; Fax: 520/791-5914

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Registration Discount
Note: There is no longer early registration discount.

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New Registration Option
In addition to mail-in and walk-in registration, there is now a new option of registering on-line or by phone. See Registration Information for details.

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Age Divisions Change
The 80+ category will be divided into 5 year increments (80-84, 85-89, 90-94, etc.)

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Doubles Sports
Partner sports (Badminton, Croquet, Pickleball, Shuffleboard, Table Tennis and Tennis only) are now considered a team sport and you must register as a team. Team Entry and Waiver Form required.

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Event Fees and Venues
Event fees are located on the event briefs.
Some venues have changed. Please check your event's 2008 venue on event locations.

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T-Shirt/Pin Pick-Up
Pre-purchased t-shirts and pins will be available during the Activity Fair/Torch Lighting Ceremony at Reid Park/DeMeester Outdoor Performance Center, Saturday, January 19 from 9am-2pm.
Confirmation sheets will need to be shown in order to claim t-shirts and pins. If you are unable to attend the Torch Lighting Ceremonies, you may pick-up your t-shirts and pins at the Senior Olympic Festival office located in the Southwest District between January 22-31 from 9am-4pm.
NOTE:T-shirts will only be available at Opening Ceremonies, event sites, and at the Southwest District.

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Participation Policies
The following participation policies have been formally established—

Medal Eligibility

In order to be eligible for a medal you must compete in at least one heat of your event. Being the lone participant does not guarantee you an award.

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Result Ties
Result ties shall be resolved by the events governing Sports Rules. If the tie cannot be broken then all the participants involved in the tie situation will be awarded same place medals.

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Non-Registered Participants
Non-registered participants who do not appear on the Coordinator's Registration List will not be able to compete. A walk-on participant who presents his/her confirmation receipt shall be allowed to participate only if his/her addition into the competition does not have a negative impact on the timely administration of the event.

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Replacement Participants
Replacement participants who are participating in place of a registered participant shall be allowed to participate only if, he/she is same gender of original participant (gender divisions only), he/she is in the same age group (age divisions only), he/she is registered in another event or will have the opportunity to complete a registration form prior to participating.

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Late Arriving Participants
Late arriving participants shall be allowed to participate only if his/her arrival does not have a significant negative impact on the event. Event descriptions and schedule of events indicate an arrival time of a ½ hour prior to event.

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General Policy Guidelines
These are general policy guidelines to be followed. The Senior Olympic Office reserves the right to review individual situations to provide final determinations as it deems appropriate.

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We look forward to your involvement in this year's Senior Olympic Festival!

4208 South Santa Rita Avenue Tucson, Arizona 85714 Phone: 520/ 791-3244 Fax: 520/ 791-5914