The sixth annual Go for Life Games will be held in the DCU on Saturday 10th June, from 10am to 4pm. 24 Teams from will participate in various games especially adapted for older people.
The Go for Life Games is a celebration of physical activity. On 10th June, it will bring together over 300 older participants along with their supporters for a festival of fun sporting activities. The teams represent older people’s groups from 22 counties in Ireland.
Each county will have teams taking part in three games which are based on some of the activities played by Go for Life groups around the country - ‘Lobbers’ (a target game adapted from petanque and boules), ‘Flisk’ (adapted from boccia and horseshoe pitching), and ‘Scidils’ (an adaptation of ten pin bowling with one skittle).
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You can view the highlights from the 2015 games in the video below: