Nutmeg State Games/Connecticut Masters’ Games Banquet Set

NEW BRITAIN—On February 28, 2019, The ShopRite® Nutmeg State Games and the Connecticut

Masters’ Games will hold their 25th Annual Directors Club Banquet at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville, CT on Monday. Over 300 people from across the state are expected to attend to raise funds to support this year’s events. This year’s Master of Ceremonies is comedian Kevin Flynn and the Keynote Speaker is Jim Calhoun, the legendary former basketball coach at UConn who currently directs the University of Saint Joseph men’s team.

The ShopRite® Nutmeg State Games as well as the Connecticut Masters’ Games are designed to promote healthy active lifestyles in their athletes, as well as foster leadership and sportsmanship skills. Each summer, thousands of athletes of all ages and skill levels travel from all areas of Connecticut to participate in numerous team and individual competitive sport competitions in state games events.

Tickets to the Director’s Club Banquet are available by calling 860-788-7041 or registering online at www.nutmegstategames.org/directors-club-banquet. Tickets are $250 per person or $2,500 to reserve a table of 10. All proceeds from the evening will go to support the ShopRite® Nutmeg State Games and the Connecticut Masters’ Games. For more information about the “Games” please go to: www.nutmegstategames.org or www.ctmastersgames.org.

About the Nutmeg State Games

The ShopRite® Nutmeg State Games is celebrating its 31st Anniversary in 2019 of uniting Connecticut’s residents in the common bond of amateur sport and the Olympic spirit. The ShopRite® Nutmeg State Games is recognized by the US Olympic Committee and the National Congress of State Games as the Official State Games of Connecticut.

Medalists in this event are eligible to compete at the State Games of America. The ShopRite® Nutmeg State Games is a 501(c) (3) organization dedicated to providing a forum that initiates and encourages camaraderie between different ages, socioeconomic and cultural groups through athletic competition and the Olympic spirit. The event assists in the development of physical fitness and promotes positive healthy activities for the participants, their families and the communities where they live.

About the Connecticut Masters' Games

The Connecticut Masters' Games is the largest senior/masters amateur multi sport Olympic-style sporting event in Connecticut for athletes ages 30 through 90+. The “Games” are proud to be celebrating 40 years of uniting Connecticut’s residents in the common bond of amateur sport and the Olympic spirit. The Connecticut Masters’ Games is recognized by the US Olympic Committee the National Senior Games Association as the Official Senior Games of Connecticut. Medalists in this event qualify bi-annually to participate in the National Senior Games.

—Staff Reports