Participant Eligibility
1. To be eligible to participate in OSGA 55+ events you must be a resident of Ontario, a current member of the organization (April 1st to March 31st) and must be of age (55+, 65+, 75+, etc.) or older by midnight December 31st in the year of competition.
2. Participants must limit their competition to one District (based on their residency called their “Home District”) for each set of Games (summer or winter) with the exception is participants may register in a District that borders your “Home District” to play with a partner/team and/or event(s) availability. Districts accepting participants from outside their District must confirm with the participants “Home District” they are eligible.
3. Participants may only represent the District in which they participated in and qualified for to compete at the Regional and/or Ontario 55+ Games with priority to be given to the winners of your District Games in order of how they finish based on their desire to move on to the next level.
4. Participants may enter more than one event/category at the District level at the discretion of the District Committee.
5. Participants may only enter one event/category at the Regional and/or Ontario 55+ Games.
Summer Events and Winter Events are the rules for events that are presently included in the Ontario 55+ Games.
Other Events include rules for events Districts or Regional Games may play in their local games.
Bid Euchre (Oct/17) 4-handed Rules in French - Click Here Open Doubles Each team can be comprised of two (2) males, two (2) females or a mixed team. |
Singles Men 55+, Women 55+. |
Open Doubles Each team can be comprised of two (2) males, two (2) females or a mixed team |
Open Doubles Each team can be comprised of two (2) males, two (2) females or a mixed team |
Rules in French - Click Here Each team can be comprised of two (2) males, two (2) females or a mixed team |
Rules in French - Click Here Each team can be comprised of two (2) males, two (2) females or a mixed team |
5km Prediction 10km Trime Trial |
Doubles Men`s, Women`s, Mixed |
Rules in French - Click Here Each team can be comprised of two (2) males, two (2) females or a mixed team |
Singles OpenTeam of 5 |
Floor Shuffleboard ( Oct/17) Open Doubles Each team can be comprised of two (2) males, two (2) females or a mixed team |
Golf (Oct/15) Callaway Men`s & Women's 55+, 65+, 75+ |
Mixed Doubles Mixed Triples |
Pickleball (Oct/15) Doubles Men`s, Women`s, Mixed |
Competive Mixed Recreational Mixed |
Swimming (Jan/16) Three (3) Divisions: Prediction Event (3 distances): Men, Women Open Sprint :
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Tennis (Oct/17) Doubles Men and Women, Mixed 55+, 65+
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Walk/Run (Oct/17) Prediction Walk Nordic Walk Prediction Run |
Alpine Skiing (Oct/17) Men`s and Women`s |
Badminton (Oct/15) Doubles |
Curling (Oct/15) Mixed Team |
Duplicate Bridge ( Sept/14) (ACBL Life Master 300+ points) Novice |
Ice Hockey (Oct/17) Men 55+ Men 65+ Women 55+ |
Nordic Skiing (Oct/15) Prediction 5K Timed Trial 5K |
Skating (Oct/15) Prediction 3K Prediction 1.5K |
Table Tennis (Oct/15) Doubles Men`s, Women`s, Mixed |
Ten Pin Bowling (Oct/16) Singles Team of 4 |
Volleyball (Oct/17) Men's 55+ |
The following are event information sent by Districts. They are not standard events in the Ontario 55+ Games but may be of interest to Districts for their District Games.
If your District has any other samples, please send a copy to info@osga55plus.ca
Horseshoes (2014) Crokinole (2015) Scrabble (2015)
Solo (2015) Five-Handed Pepper (2015) Six-handed Pepper (2016)