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58 Qualify for Masters Games of Alabama

July 3, 2024

While world athletes are gearing up for the start of the Summer Olympics in Paris later this month, 58 seniors from the TARCOG and NARCOG regions have qualified at the district level to compete in the Masters Games of Alabama in September.

Masters Games of Alabama is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting healthy lifestyles for active adults ages 50 and older through social, mental, and physical activities. The games are similar to the Olympics structure.

North Alabama seniors from District 2 — comprised of Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, and Morgan counties — earned 107 medals during the 2023 competition with 39 participants.

To compete at the state games, participants must qualify at a district games competition. Those games were held during June at different venues in Athens, Decatur and Huntsville. The state competition will be held in Valley, near Auburn, September 23 – 26.

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Those who qualified for the 2024 Alabama Masters Games include:

DeKalb County

  • Bobbie Lingerfelt, 3rd Softball Throw
  • Brenda Womack, 1st Cornhole
  • Carmie Pettry, Qualified Bowling
  • Charles Simmons, Qualified Bowling
  • Christine Ashley, 2nd Shuffleboard, Table Tennis
  • Connie Green, 1st Frisbee Throw, 2nd Domino Doubles, Shuffleboard, 3rd, Cornhole, Table Tennis
  • Debbie Daniel, 1st Basketball Free Throw, Frisbee Throw, Nerf Throw, 2nd, Shuffleboard, Table Tennis, 3rd Cornhole and Softball Throw
  • Debbie Busby, 1st Basketball Free Throw, Domino Doubles, Domino Singles, 2nd Rook
  • Dee Vaughn, Qualified Basketball Free Throw, Billiards, Bowling, Cornhole, Shuffleboard, Softball Throw
  • Denise Harris, 1st Nerf Throw, Rook, Shuffleboard, Table Tennis, 2nd Basketball Free Throw, Bowling, Cornhole, Frisbee Throw, Softball Throw, Qualified Billiards
  • Dianne Manning, 1st Cornhole, Shuffleboard, 2nd Bowling Frisbee Throw, 3rd Nerf Throw
  • Dot Twilley, 2nd Throw, Rook, Qualified Domino Doubles
  • James Manning, 2nd Cornhole, Frisbee Throw, Nerf Throw, Shuffleboard, Softball Throw, Qualified Bowling
  • Janine Sims, 1st Domino Doubles, Shuffleboard, Table Tennis, 2nd Basketball Free Throw, Cornhole, Rook, Softball Throw
  • Joann Carter, Qualified Basketball Free Throw, Cornhole, Domino Doubles, Domino Singles, Frisbee Throw, Nerf Throw, Shuffleboard, Softball Throw
  • Patsy Griggs, 1st Basketball Free Throw, Nerf Throw, Table Tennis, 2nd Domino Doubles, Domino Singles, Rook, Softball Throw, 3rd Frisbee Throw
  • Wanda Henderson, 1st Cornhole, Rook, Softball Throw, 2nd Table Tennis, 3rd Basketball Free Throw, Frisbee Throw, Nerf Throw, Shuffleboard

Jackson County

  • Roxie Wright, 1st Cornhole, Frisbee Throw, Nerf Throw, Shuffleboard, Softball Throw, 2nd Basketball Free Throw, Qualified Domino Singles, Rook.
  • Wilma Shortt, 1st Basketball Free Throw, 2nd Cornhole, Frisbee Throw, Nerf Throw, Shuffleboard, Softball Throw, Qualified Rook

Limestone County

  • Amy Golden, 1st Domino Singles, 2nd Cornhole, Domino Doubles, Softball Throw, 3rd Basketball Free Throw, Qualified Frisbee Throw, Nerf Throw, Rook, Shuffleboard
  • Ann McLemore, 1st Rook, 2nd Cornhole, Domino Singles, Qualified Domino Doubles
  • Barbara Randolph, 2nd Basketball Free Throw, 3rd Cornhole
  • Betty Bolton, Qualified Rook
  • Claude Marks, Qualified Rook
  • Debra Collins, 1st Cornhole, Softball Throw, 2nd Basketball Free Throw
  • Dwight Hill, 1st Rook, 2nd Cornhole
  • Eugene Smith, 1st Basketball Free Throw, 2nd Rook, Shuffleboard, Qualified Domino Doubles, Domino Singles
  • Johnnie Rogers, 2nd Bowling, Domino Singles, Nerf Throw
  • Johnny Smith, 2nd Shuffleboard, Qualified Domino Singles
  • Lillian Adell, 2nd Basketball Free Throw, Rook, Softball Throw, Qualified Domino Doubles
  • Linda Black, 1st Billiards, Domino Singles, Frisbee Throw, Rook, 2nd Table Tennis, 3rd Softball Throw, Qualified Domino Doubles
  • Michelle Roberson, Qualified Basketball Free Throw, Cornhole, Softball Throw
  • Patricia Southard, 1st Domino Doubles, 2nd Billiards, Domino Singles, Rook, 3rd Frisbee Throw, Nerf Throw, Shuffleboard, Qualified Softball Throw
  • Paul Irons, 1st Domino Doubles, 2nd Domino Singles
  • Regina Emerson, 1st Billiards, Cornhole, Domino Singles, Rook, Softball Throw, 2nd Domino Doubles, Frisbee Throw, Nerf Throw, 3rd Basketball Free Throw
  • Roger Bedingfield, 1st Cornhole, Shuffleboard, 2nd Domino Doubles, 3rd Billiards, Qualified Basketball Free Throw, Table Tennis
  • Tony Thornock, 1st Nerf Throw, 2nd Basketball Free Throw, Domino Doubles, Frisbee Throw, Softball Throw, 3rd Cornhole, Qualified Billiards, Domino Singles, Rook, Shuffleboard
  • Willie Mae Baker, 1st Domino Doubles, Softball Throw, Table Tennis, 2nd Billiards, Cornhole, Rook, 3rdShuffleboard

Madison County

  • Annette Jiles, 1st Bowling
  • Austin Baker, 2nd Billiards
  • Donna Hill, 1st Basketball, Domino Doubles, 2nd Domino Singles, 3rd Cornhole, Qualified Bowling
  • Donnie Higgins, 2nd Cornhole, 3rd Softball Throw, Qualified Bowling
  • Ernest Atwood, 1st Billiards
  • Gene Ross, 1st Shuffleboard, 2nd Basketball Free Throw, Qualified Billiards, Cornhole, Frisbee Throw, Nerf Throw, Softball Throw
  • Huey Anderson, 3rd Billiards
  • Norm Hill, Qualified Bowling
  • Stephen Woodall, 1st Billiards
  • Wanda Higgins, 1st Bowling, 3rd Basketball Free Throw

Marshall County

No participants

Cullman County

  • Cecil Miller, 1st Rook
  • Rick White, 1st Basketball, Cornhole and Softball Throw
  • Fred Ponder, 2nd Billiards
  • James Hartness, 1st in Frisbee Throw, 2nd in Nerf Throw and Qualified for shuffleboard competition
  • Mary Ellen Hartness, 1st in Softball Throw, 3rd in Cornhole, and Qualified for Frisbee Throw, Nerf Throw and Shuffleboard
  • Sue Miller, 1st Rook
  • Winfred Seay, 2nd Billiards

Lawrence County

No participants

Morgan County

  • Earnest Lee, 1st Billiards, Cornhole, Domino Singles, Frisbee. Throw, Nerf Throw, Shuffleboard, Softball Throw, Qualified Basketball Free Throw, Domino Doubles, Table Tennis
  • Jean Porter, 1st Basketball Free Throw, Domino Singles
  • Alice Miller, Qualified Basketball Free Throw, Billiards, Cornhole, Domino Doubles, Domino Singles, Frisbee Throw, Nerf Throw, Shuffleboard, Softball Throw, Table Tennis