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2012 Palm Desert International Sports Festival and Senior Games

The 12th Annual Palm Desert International Sports Festival and Senior Games is taking sign-ups and spots are filling up fast. People who want to participate have until February 3rd to sign up for their favorite event in order to secure their spot.  The Sports Festival will take place February 15-20, 2012.
The Palm Desert International Sports Festival started in 2000, and has attracted participants from all over Southern California and beyond. Participants are able to compete in events like basketball, running and walking races, golf, track and field, handball, lawn bowling, paddleball, volleyball, pickleball racquetball, squash, shuffleboard, soccer, hand cycle, softball, swimming, table tennis and regular tennis. Participants are broken up in to appropriate age divisions where they will compete with other enthusiasts at their level. Some who have participated over the years have been well in to their 90’s in events like basketball and track and field and gave the younger participants a run for their money.
The Desert Recreation District has been putting on this event annually in cooperation with the City of Palm Desert since 2000. Each year between 800 and 1,000 people participate in the festival.
Individuals wishing to sign up for the Palm Desert International Sports Festival and Senior Games can do so online at www.myrecreationdsitrict.com or www.desertseniorgames.org. If they wish to sign up in person, participants are able to do so at the Palm Desert Community Center located at 43-900 San Pablo Avenue in the Palm Desert Civic Center Park. Participants are also able to call (760) 541-4184.
Sign-ups for the 12th Annual Palm Desert International Sports Festival will end on February 3, 2012. Potential participants can visit the Palm Desert Community Center, enroll on www.myrecreationdistrict.com or www.desertseniorgames.org or phone (760) 541-4184.

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