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| Here's a general view of the pickleball courts inside the 220,000 sq. ft. Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex. Source of screen clip: http://abc3340.com/news/local/national-senior-games-kicks-off-in-birmingham |
The National Senior Games (NSG) take place every two years. In 2017, the NSG event is taking place in Birmingham, Alabama. The 2019 NSG will be in Albuquerque. About 10,000 Senior athletes are participating in this year's NSG, including 900 pickleball players.
The NSG pickleball competition got underway June 3 with Women's Doubles being the first events. Men's and Mixed Doubles are also scheduled as well as singles.
About half of the pickleball competitors are aged 70 or less. In men's singles, for example, there are about 200 competitors. In that category, the 70 and above contingent is well represented with about 75 players. Very few competitors are aged 80 or above. Only 18 of those are aged 80-84. Eight are 85-89 and a mere four are aged 90-94.
In Women's Singles, there are only 5 entrants in the 80-84 age bracket with just 3 in the 85-89 bracket and none any older.
In Men's Doubles, there are 14 pair entered in the 80-84 age range and just six in the 85-89 age bracket. In Women's Doubles, there are a mere six pairs in the 80-84 category and only two in the 85-89 bracket.
In Mixed doubles, there are eight pairs entered in the 80-84 bracket and five in the 85-89 age range.
The full roster of pickleball players comprises 75 pages. Yo can look it over here:
http://www.nsga.com/media/documents/participant-lists/2017-Pickleball-Athlete-List
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