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Florida Orange Blossom Summer Classic Dates: 8/14 – 8/15 Venue: Simpson Park Community Gym (Lakeland) 1725 Martin L King Jr Ave, Lakeland – (863) 834-2577 – The Florida Orange Blossom Summer Classic will bring in over 100 participants and their families to Polk County for the two day table tennis event – For more information on [...]

It is never too early to start planning to participate in the Polk Senior Games. The Games just released their registration information and participants can begin registering in January. More than 2,500 men and women, 50 and over, are expected to participate in 82 Olympic-style events including: Badminton, Basketball Shooting and 3 on 3, Billiards, [...]

Here is the impressive list of Polk County medal winners at the 2009 Sunshine State Games that were held in just a couple weeks ago. More than 4,000 athletes from around the state competed and many Polk County athletes came out on top. Archery Central Florida Bowhunters, Fort Meade ADULT MALE COMPOUND RELEASE 1. William [...]

When the 2008 Florida Senior Games State Championships begin in Lee County and the City of Cape Coral this Saturday, with over 2,000 athletes competing during the nine-day event, Polk County will be represented by 143 individual athletes and two teams. The opening day of the 17th Annual Florida Senior Games State Championships, Saturday, December [...]

The countdown is now over and the 2008 Florida Sunshine State Games is now underway in Polk County. Florida’s only Olympic-style Sports Festival began last weekend with Flag Football and  the games continue this weekend all over Polk County.  More than 5,000 of Florida’s finest amateur athletes, between the ages of 4 and 88, will compete in over 20 sports [...]

Play ball, gentlemen start your engines, time for kickoff….the list of clichés could go on and on, but that wouldn’t be a good way to kick off (just one more time doesn’t hurt) the first entry for Polk County’s newest sports blog. We host more than 200 sporting events each year in Polk County and [...]