Photos: Senior Olympic Festival
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Bocce ball and tennis competitions were held today, part of the month-long 2018 Tucson Senior Olympic Festival. Nearly 100 events for men and women aged 50 and over are held at several venues in Tucson.
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Carolyn LaPotin readies to roll a bocce ball in the women's bocce ball competition at the Sunflower Community Center.
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Harry Thompson, 82, serves up a shot in the mixed doubles tennis match at Reffkin Tennis Center.
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Lucy Read, right, laughs with mixed doubles opponent Ruth Wright in-between sets at Reffkin Tennis Center.
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Spectators watch the game play out in the women's bocce ball competition.
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Jim Abrahamson, center left, and his doubles playing partner Bob Johnson bump fists with opponents Pat Jacobs, in white, and Dick Baillargeon.
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Frank Graeber, right, serves up a shot with doubles playing partner Peter Harley in the foreground at Reffkin Tennis Center.
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Christine Schaefer rolls her bocce ball in the women's bocce ball competition at the Sunflower Community Center.
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Frank Graeber returns a shot in a men's doubles tennis competition at Reffkin Tennis Center.
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Carolyn LaPotin, right, gets a congratulatory hug from Christina Schaefer after LaPotin's team won the women's bocce ball competition.
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Don Wright tracks down a shot to his right in a mixed doubles competition.
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Henry Kong returns a forehand in a mixed doubles tennis match at Reffkin Tennis Center.
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Jean Aboud talks with match director Dave Blackwell, right, before she played in the mixed doubles competition.
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Shirley Anderson, left, attempts to roll her bocce ball closest to the pallina (ball at left) at the Sunflower Community Center.
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Peter Harley, left, bumps fists with men's doubles opponent Rod Derby, right, at Reffkin Tennis Center.
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Jean Aboud, right, talks with mixed doubles opponents Gary Evans and Alice Howard, left.
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