The BAJ is an organization for men 55 years and over who want to participate once again, or for the first time, in sports for fitness and good natured competition with a spirit of friendship. Click here to read what our members say.
Open to ages 55 and above
No membership dues (facility use fees in golf and volleyball )
Play once a week or once a month, no team demands
All events held in Bloomington but we welcome men who live outside Bloomington (currently, we have attendees from Eden Prairie, Plymouth, Shakopee, Apple Valley, Burnsville, Richfield, Minneapolis, Bloomington, and Edina)
Come and watch any activity anytime and participate as often as you like. New sport for you? Try it anyway! Feeling too old? Never! Current participants range in age from 55 to 94+
Each sport has a volunteer or two who you can contact for information:
BICYCLING
Richard Schugel 612-866-2248 richard5000pro@hotmail.com
Lyle Abeln 952-693-6956 lyleabeln@gmail.com
BOCCE BALL
Dave Gustafson 612-247-9449 dgusta2834@aol.com
Tom Tosney 612-236-6179 tom.tosney@gmail.com
BOWLING
Dick Oestreich (Tuesday morning league)952-881-2597 Oestreichrichard277@gmail.com
Tom Backstrom (Thursday afternoon league) 952-465-8970 thomasgbackstrom@hotmail.com
GOLF
Terry Thompson: 612-860-3446 tjack1020@icloud.com
Kirk Vogland: 952-884-6094 kvogland@comcast.net
PICKLEBALL
Gary Ubl 952-484-0346 garyubl@msn.com
SOFTBALL
Bill Borchers 952-831-0069 borchersbj@comcast.net
Bob Wandberg bwandberg@comcast.net
TENNIS
Dan Kampa 952-854-0898
VOLLEYBALL
Brian White 612-812-5806 bjwhite1776@charter.net
Mark Sando 612-709-7965 msando@frontiernet.net
***For GENERAL QUESTIONS, please email us
The "Born Again Jocks" would like to thank the Parks and Recreation department of the City of Bloomington for their ongoing support.