By Nathan Mayberg
MONTICELLO — September 3, 2004 – The 13th Annual Sullivan County Senior Games were held this week in Monticello.
The four-day competition began on Monday and ended yesterday with an awards luncheon.
Approximately 130 men and women ages 55 and older participated in the senior games.
Coordinated by Betsy Conaty and the Village of Monticello Parks and Recreation Department, the games included several events. The senior athletes competed in bingo, bocci, bowling, cribbage, darts, putting, horseshoes, ping pong, pinochle, scrabble, shuffleboard and a 1-mile walk.
Village of Monticello Mayor James Barnicle and Village of Monticello Manager Richard Sush presented medals to the winners of the events at yesterday’s luncheon.
Those winners were as follows:
1-Mile Walk
Women – Eugenia Lipschitz
Women 71 and Older – Kelly Desmond
Men – John Twomey
Men 71 and Older – Bernard Hayman
Shuffleboard
Mixed – Frank and Jen Lawyer
Women 55-64 Age Group – Eugenia Lipschitz
Women 65-70 Age Group – Ann Campbell
Women 71-80 Age Group – Palma Avery
Women Age 81 and Older – Leah Karasik
Men – Frank Lawyer
Men Age 81 and Older – Albert Kammert
Bocci
Men – Ray Seeley
Men 71-80 Age Group – Erskine Keary
Men 81 and Older – Ralph Feller
Women – Margaret Paden
Women 71-80 Age Group – Claire Miller
Women 81 and Older – Margaret Rubin
Ping Pong
Women – Eugenia Lipschitz
Women 71 and Older – Eileen Morganstein
Men – Ray Sprague
Cribbage – Jim Coffey
Putting – Ray Sprague
Darts
Men – Ray Fernekes
Women – Eugenia Lipschitz
Horseshoes
Men 55-70 Age Group – John Twomey
Men 71-80 Age Group – Bill Mallmer
Men 81 and Older – Nat Pamasatto
Women – Isabel Ackerley
Women 71 and Older – Nancy Mays
Bowling
Men – Jim Coffey
Women – Palma Avery

Scrabble – Vera Kischer

Pinochle – John Twomey