Northern Senior Games Launches for 2026
The Senior Games is a multi-sport event for all members and customers of Better centres aged 60+! The event includes timed swim, timed cycle, badminton, walking netball and more!
Active ageing is a major public health priority as it promotes improved physical and mental health whilst helping reduce social isolation in the UK’s older population. The ethos of the games is for older people to come together in a social and friendly environment, play competitive sport and encourage them to be active in later life. Growing on our current senior session’s we want to offer more across Better’s North of England Partnerships!
Since its inception in 2006, the Better Club Games has become a major annual event across Better Leisure Centres in London. The fun-filled, sociable but competitive event brings together our senior members and customers aged 60 and above, to represent their local Better Leisure Centres; battling it out against other partnerships across London, for the much-coveted Club Games trophy. This year sees the first Northern Club Games taking place. The 2026 event will be the 20th anniversary of the Better Club Games and we want to make it bigger than ever before!
The Northern Club Games will see the Carlisle, Gateshead, Newcastle, Preston, York, and Westmorland and Furness Partnerships compete to take the Northern crown. The event will take place at Penrith Leisure Centre on Wednesday 21st October from 10am to 5pm with free transport provided from centres not in the Westmorland and Furness partnership.
The Northern Games will include:
- Pickleball
- Group Cycle
- Scrabble
- Badminton
- Dominos
- Darts
- Short Mat Bowls
- New Age Kurling
- Table Tennis
- Walking Netball
- Boccia
- Timed Swim (please note this will take place before 21st October within York)
Entry is just £4.50 and you will get refreshments and a competitor t-shirt in your team’s colours!
To register your interest please visit here or for more information on Better Active Ageing in your area please visit https://www.better.org.uk/what-we-offer/activities/senior-activities