Erickson retirees compete in national Wii bowling tournament

October 4th, 2007 by tim finin

The Catonsville based Erickson company develops and manages retirement communities and currently has 20 campuses that are home to more than 20,000 people and employ more than 11,000. Earlier this year Erickson introduced Nintendo’s Wii into its communities and found it to be very popular.

“For the past nine months, Erickson’ s campuses have been overtaken by the Wii Wave, “Our residents have been enthusiastically playing Wii bowling, tennis, golf, and baseball,” said Mel Tansill, senior director of public affairs for Erickson. “Most of our residents had never before never picked up a video game controller in their lives, but they now have found a love for Wii Sports.” Nearly 200 Erickson residents have played Wii Sports to-date, according to Tansill.”

Now four bowling teams from Erickson Communities across the nation are competing to be Erickson Sports’ first Wii Bowling Tournament Champions and bring the inaugural Erickson Sports trophy to their home states and communities. Here’s a video of game one of the tournament.

You can read more about how Erickson’s residents are enjoying the Wii at the Erickson Tribune.

Posted in Events, Wii |

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One Response to “Erickson retirees compete in national Wii bowling tournament”

1. Pat wrote on 10/4/07 at 4:09 pm :

   That’s so cool to know that someone is willing to set up a bowling tournement for the elderly who may not actually be able to bowl because the ball maybe to heavy for them.
   xxxPat.

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