IOWA SENIOR GAMES
News and Updates
HOTEL ROOM BLOCKS AND DEADLINES
The Iowa Senior Games and TBD Sports have partnered together to make your hotel reservation experience much easier. See multiple hotel options all in one location! If you prefer to call for a reservation, all room blocks are listed under “IOWA SENIOR GAMES“.
The Iowa Senior Games (ISG) is an Olympic-style sports festival for men and women who are at least 50 years of age.
The ISG offers opportunities to compete for medals in 30 sports and skill contests with nearly 100 events. Please join us for athletic/recreational games focusing on fellowship in a fun and exciting environment. Age groups are broken into 5 year brackets (50-54 / 55-59 / etc) with Gold, Silver and Bronze medals awarded for each age group.
Physical activity can improve quality of life in many ways for people of all ages. Active lifestyles provide seniors with regular occasions to make new friendships, maintain social networks, and interact with other people of all ages. Improved flexibility, balance, and muscle tone can help prevent falls – a major cause of disability and it has been found that the prevalence of mental illness is lower among people who are physically active.
The benefits of physical activity can be enjoyed even if regular practice starts later in life. While being active from an early age can help prevent many diseases, regular movement and activity can also help relieve the disability and pain associated with common diseases including arthritis, osteoporosis, and hypertension.
OBJECTIVES
- To encourage adults, 50 and above, to undertake and/or continue participating in a healthy and fitness-oriented lifestyle.
- To provide adults a statewide Olympic style championship where they may compete with themselves and their peers in an atmosphere of friendship and support. Participants will receive recognition; including Gold, Silver and Bronze medals, for their efforts and achievements.
- To focus public attention on the importance of regular exercise, competition and social interaction as ways to achieve and maintain better physical and mental health, and to serve as role models for people of all ages.
- Expand the awareness and opportunities for Wellness and Healthy Living by providing the Iowa Senior Games as a target or goal for all seniors.
- To provide the opportunity to advance to the National Senior Games and from there to World Competition.
HOTEL ROOM BLOCKS
The Iowa Senior Games and TBD Sports have partnered together to make your hotel reservation experience much easier for our 2025 events. The link provided above allows you to see multiple hotel options all in one location! If you prefer to call for a reservation, all room blocks are listed under “IOWA SENIOR GAMES“.
Please be mindful of the deadlines to book that the hotel provides in the links below.
Volunteer Opportunity!
The Iowa Senior Games (ISG), an annual competition in West Des Moines, is dedicated to opportunities for competition and a healthy lifestyle for Iowans 50 and over. The ISG provides opportunities by hosting athletic, recreational, and socially interactive competitions. ISG strives to encourage eligible participants to undertake and/or continue participating in a healthy and fitness-oriented lifestyle by providing an Olympic-style event. The ISG allows athletes to compete with themselves and their peers in an atmosphere of friendship and support and receive recognition for their efforts and achievements. In 2022, athletes competed nearly 3,000 times in thirty (30) sports and nearly one hundred (100) events. Over 2,000 Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals were awarded to the athletes.
A major part of the reason for that success is the enthusiastic support of our volunteers. In order for this event to happen successfully, volunteers are needed to serve as Event Directors and general event volunteers. It is preferred that Event Directors have specific knowledge about the event that they are directing, but general event volunteers require no specific skills – just a desire to make the Iowa Senior Games a great event for the participants!
Over 250 volunteers stepped up to help host over 900 athletes for the 2023 Iowa Senior Games. The 38th Annual Iowa Senior Games in 2024 will be another outstanding weekend of the Games, and you can help! Whether you are an expert official or just want to greet people and hand out information, the assistance you provide allows us to put on this great event. To sign up or learn about volunteer opportunities, view the links to the right.
Your gift will go toward this initiative to give older adults in Iowa the opportunity to stay healthy and active through particpation in sports and recreation. If you are able, please consider making a donation today. Gifts of any size truly make a difference in the lives of our participants and in our communities.