Maureen Gallina, age 75, is going to the Houston National Senior Games on June 23, 2011. Maureen plays on a women’s 75+ league in the St. Petersburg/ Clearwater, Florida area in the winter months.
Maureen is an active member of the Clinton Township Senior Adult Life Center since she joined 10 years ago. She works out in the Bill and Toni Lee Fitness Room and is involved in aerobic exercise classes Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays every week.
Please help us inspire others over the age of 55 not to hang up the towel. Being active at any age is important. The Clinton Township Senior Adult Life Center offers something for everyone over the age of 55. Arthritis or Active – we have classes and sports activities to suit a variety of needs.
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Sterling Softball Player Headed to National Senior Olympics
Click on the link below to see the article that appeared in the Sterling Heights Source newspaper!!
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75 Year Old Woman Still Slugs Away On Softball Field
Click on the link below to see the interview that aired on Channel 4 News!!
http://www.clickondetroit.com/video/28114291/index.html
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The Freedom Spirit senior women's softball team has been playing in national tournaments together since 1997. The team has won numerous gold medals in various tournaments across the country. And the club has been especially successful at the World Senior Games, where it won three straight gold medals between 2001 and 2005.
The team, which now competes in the 70-years-and-over category, added another gold medal to its collection this month at the World Senior Games in San Jose, Calif. After going 4-1 in pool play, the Freedom Spirit defeated the Golden Gals from the Villages in the semifinal and the Golden Girls from Virginia to win the championship.
The team is based at Eddie C. Moore Complex in Clearwater but has players from all over the state. There are 19 players on the roster, but a good part of them are from Pinellas County. The local players are Del Bowyer (Largo), Chrysta Davidson (Dunedin), Beverly Eggert (Largo), Elaine Fisler (Clearwater), Maureen Gallina (St. Petersburg), Ethel Lehmann (Largo), Shirley Smith (St. Petersburg) and Jean Toberman (St. Petersburg). The coach, Jan Ellis, is from St. Petersburg.
"We're not little grannies out there," Smith said. "We've got some ladies that can really play."
Most of the players have played together for several years.
Lehmann, 78, is an especially talented player. When she isn't playing for the Freedom Spirit, she plays for the Kids-N-Kubs 75-over team at Northshore Park in St. Petersburg. She is the only woman in that group. And last year Lehmann was inducted into the Softball Players Association Hall of Fame in Tennessee.
Maureen Gallina, age 75, is going to the Houston National Senior Games on June 23, 2011. Maureen plays on a women’s 75+ league in the St. Petersburg/ Clearwater, Florida area in the winter months.
Maureen is an active member of the Clinton Township Senior Adult Life Center since she joined 10 years ago. She works out in the Bill and Toni Lee Fitness Room and is involved in aerobic exercise classes Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays every week.
Please help us inspire others over the age of 55 not to hang up the towel. Being active at any age is important. The Clinton Township Senior Adult Life Center offers something for everyone over the age of 55. Arthritis or Active – we have classes and sports activities to suit a variety of needs.
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Sterling Softball Player Headed to National Senior Olympics
Click on the link below to see the article that appeared in the Sterling Heights Source newspaper!!
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75 Year Old Woman Still Slugs Away On Softball Field
Click on the link below to see the interview that aired on Channel 4 News!!
http://www.clickondetroit.com/video/28114291/index.html
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The Freedom Spirit senior women's softball team has been playing in national tournaments together since 1997. The team has won numerous gold medals in various tournaments across the country. And the club has been especially successful at the World Senior Games, where it won three straight gold medals between 2001 and 2005.
The team, which now competes in the 70-years-and-over category, added another gold medal to its collection this month at the World Senior Games in San Jose, Calif. After going 4-1 in pool play, the Freedom Spirit defeated the Golden Gals from the Villages in the semifinal and the Golden Girls from Virginia to win the championship.
The team is based at Eddie C. Moore Complex in Clearwater but has players from all over the state. There are 19 players on the roster, but a good part of them are from Pinellas County. The local players are Del Bowyer (Largo), Chrysta Davidson (Dunedin), Beverly Eggert (Largo), Elaine Fisler (Clearwater), Maureen Gallina (St. Petersburg), Ethel Lehmann (Largo), Shirley Smith (St. Petersburg) and Jean Toberman (St. Petersburg). The coach, Jan Ellis, is from St. Petersburg.
"We're not little grannies out there," Smith said. "We've got some ladies that can really play."
Most of the players have played together for several years.
Lehmann, 78, is an especially talented player. When she isn't playing for the Freedom Spirit, she plays for the Kids-N-Kubs 75-over team at Northshore Park in St. Petersburg. She is the only woman in that group. And last year Lehmann was inducted into the Softball Players Association Hall of Fame in Tennessee.