COMMUNITY
The 2008 Vogue Optical 55+ Provincial Summer Games take place at Cavendish Resort Area June 17 to 21. Opening celebration ceremony is Fri evening at 6 pm at the Friendly Fisherman.
The first event will be lawn bowling held at the Sherwood Greens on June 17. On June 18 the golfers will be at the Eagles Glenn Golf course—first tee off time is scheduled for 2 pm. Tennis will be played at the Victoria Park. On Thursday mixed 5 pin bowling is at 9 am and at 1 pm there is singles 5 pin bowling at the North Rustico Lions Club. Thursday night at 7 pm darts will be played at the North Rustico Legion. On Friday morning the games will be mini golf at Black Magic (indoor or outdoor), cribbage, cycling road time trial, and a predicted walk. On Friday afternoon there will be crokinole, auction 45’s, 2km run, 5km run, horseshoes, and the ring/washer toss. On Saturday morning starting at 9 am the scrabble and track and field events will take place. At 10 am the 8.8 km cycling trail will begin. Contract bridge will start at 2 pm on Saturday afternoon. Also starting at 2 pm on Saturday is the 55+ open team softball, bocce, floor shuffleboard. The nature and history walk will start at 2 pm. Auction 45’s, cribbage, scrabble, and contract bridge are played at the Stanley Bridge Women’s Institute. The cycling road time trials, 2km run, 5km run, nature and history walk, 8.8km cycling trail, and the 3.9 km predicted walk are all being held at the Municipal Office. Crokinole will be played at the North Rustico Seniors club. Horseshoes and the Ring/Washer toss will be at the Bay Vista Motor Inn. Floor Shuffleboard will be played at the Sunset Campground. Bocce will take place at Shining Waters Fun Park and Slow Pitch Softball will be played at North Star Arena field. .
The deadline for registration is June 9. Forms are available at Access PEI locations, Cavendish Resort Area office, Sport PEI, golf courses, town offices, PEI 55+ Games Society and at www.pei55plusgamessociety.ca.
To volunteer contact Brenda at , resort@pei.aibn.com or 963-2698. Info: Kelsey McIntosh at 368-4208, 1-800-247-6712, kmcintosh@sportpei.pe.ca or www.pei55plusgamessociety.ca.