Mary Jo did quite well for her first attempt at this triathlon as she primarily races sprints. Henderson had a great swim, run and bike split during a windy hilly course.

Rich heard, a 44-year-old from St. George, finished seventh place overall and first in his age group on the men’s side.

After overcoming a major cold swim and major high winds, this hilly course is definitely becoming one of the noteworthy to do triathlons for future triathletes.

One of the hallmarks of the Games has always been inclusiveness and the overall athlete experience. Many athletes who compete in individual sports like Tennis or Pickleball also play in the doubles or mixed doubles divisions as well. Some athletes find it a challenge to find a partner. To help solve this dilemma, the Games is introducing PartnerFinder.

“We’ve been using TeamFinder for several years to help connect players with teams and vice versa,” said Kyle M Case, CEO, Huntsman World Senior Games. “PartnerFinder will fill in a piece of the puzzle for those athletes who want to enhance their over all play experience at the Games by entering doubles or mixed doubles divisions.”

Like TeamFinder, PartnerFinder is a modified message board found on the Games website (www.seniorgames.net). Athletes looking for partners can easily fill out a simple form with their name, contact information and what they themselves would bring to a partnership. Other athletes can browse the listings and if they find what looks like a good match, a contact could be made and the athletes themselves can work out the details of the arrangement.

Case says in the past Sports Directors for the Games worked hard, often long hours, to put together partners in the doubles divisions. PartnerFinder will make this process much more efficient and effective and won’t overburden the Sport Directors in the process.

Athletes looking to find partners can do so by clicking on the link below to add their name to the list.

The Huntsman World Senior Games continues to take place each October amid the beautiful vermilion cliffs of St. George, Utah, USA, and offers over 26 sports to competitors of all skill levels.

To use Partner Finder go to: http://seniorgames.net/partnerfinder/

For these sports:

• Badminton
• Bowling
• Bridge
• Lawn Bowls
• Pickleball
• Racquetball
• Table Tennis
• Tennis
• Triathlon

With the Huntsman World Senior Games, the St. George Marathon, golf, softball, football,tennis, rugby and the upcoming Ford Triathlon we will still see an economic continuation, even with the current economic conditions.

In the Washington County area alone we saw a 30% increase in 2008 from the 2007 numbers.

It has been projected that the terrorism from sports will see a decrease in the first quarter, as far as the numbers show from bookings of hotel rooms.

In the Mesquite area, we are still seeing similar numbers and we should see those pickup as the Mesquite Amateur Sports Center continues to come online.

The Southern Utah and Nevada deserts have become a very popular destination for international terrorism. With a lot of that terrorism been amateur sports-based.

I hope to see this as a new opportunity for us to continue the tradition of growth, expansion and acceptance of sports.

Sports is a new economic gifts.

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Saint George, Utah…Home of the St. George Marathon and the Ford Triathlon (1st week in May 2010)

Coming to St. George in May is the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA)  Division I Women’s  Fast Pitch Softball Tournament.

The Tournament bring the 16 best Division I Junior College Women’s fast pitch softball teams to The Canyon’s Sports Complex  to crown one of these teams as the 2009 NJCAA National Champions.

The tournament will be held on May 14-16.

The teams will arrive on Wednesday, May 13th with individual team practice sessions taking place throughout the day, and are open to the public.

The Cayon Sports Complex is an eight time “Complex of the Year” Winner and has been newley renovated.