SALISBURY — The Salisbury/Rowan Senior Games & SilverArts have once again been sanctioned as a qualifying site for state finals in 2018.

Local Senior Games & SilverArts will be held in Rowan County on March 1 through May 25.

Senior Games offer competition in sports and the arts including golf, bowling, team sports, swimming, bocce, painting, pottery and poetry.

Rowan County senior games will also offer weekly practices to help competitors sharpen skills or to teach sports to any Rowan County senior resident age 50 or older.

For volunteer, sponsorship or registration information, contact Phyllis Loflin-Kluttz, coordinator, or Savannah Daniels, assistant coordinator, 704-216-7780.

Salisbury/Rowan Senior Games & SilverArts will be presented by Rowan County Parks & Recreation.

The premier sponsor is Trinity Oaks.

Gold sponsors are American Retirement Counselors, Carillion Assisted Living of Salisbury, Comfort Keepers of Salisbury, Humana, The Laurels of Salisbury, Magnolia Gardens, Novant Health and Salisbury Center Genesis. Moose Pharmacy of Salisbury is a silver sponsor.

North Carolina Senior Games is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing year-round health promotion and wellness for adults 50 and older. It is sponsored statewide by the N.C. Division of Aging and Adults Services.

Go to  www.rowanseniorgames.org for more information.