Sporty pensioners are rolling back the years to showcase their skills at this summer’s Golden Games festival.
The 2017 event launched yesterday, and will feature almost 85 activities at more than 30 venues across the city.
The festival was created to get a greater number of over-65s active and give them a chance to get out and meet people.
Almost 400 people took part in last year’s festival, and nearly 1,800 bookings have been made for the various activities this time round.
Tony Dawson, chairman of the Active Aberdeen Partnership said: “The Golden Games is now in its seventh year and we hope this will be its most successful yet. The festival is a key part of Aberdeen’s event calendar and is always eagerly anticipated by our participants.
“The Active Aberdeen Partnership aims to make Aberdeen the most active city in Scotland by 2020. The Golden Games plays an important role in showcasing the opportunities that are available around the city for our older residents to take part in physical activity no matter their ability.
“I hope everyone taking part has a great time and that they continue to be active beyond the eight-day programme.”
There will be a full day of activities today including bowling, dancing, Qigong, squash, swimming, Zumba gold and climbing and abseil sessions at Transition Extreme. Old favourites such as table tennis, yoga and health walks feature throughout the programme in addition to exciting new activities such as diving, skiing, floatfit, footgolf and an I-zone interactive fitness session.
The schedule will also feature the popular Care Home Pentathlon at its new venue, Westburn Outdoor Centre.
