58 Qualify for Masters Games of Alabama

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

Jackson County

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

Limestone County

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

Madison County

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

Marshall County

No participants

Cullman County

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

Lawrence County

No participants

Morgan County

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