Simply outliving the competition is part of a 95-year-old javelin thrower's strategy to get onto the podium in the Canada 55+ Games.

Javelin thrower Florence Storch says she has outlived her competition in the over-85 division of the event at the Canada 55+ Games. (CBC)Florence Storch of Hanna, Alta., will have six chances to toss her way onto the podium for the over-85 javelin division at the games in Dieppe, N.B., on Friday afternoon.

"Now I've outlived them all, I have no competition," Storch said. "In fact, so many of my friends have died, I'm in a class by myself."

Known as "Fierce Flossy the Ninja" by her local sports association, Storch placed fourth in the 2006 games in Portage la Prairie, Man., and said she expects to do better this time around.

The Canada 55+ Games are held every second year and allow seniors to compete in 19 events that include golf, bowling, bridge, track and field, swimming, hockey, curling, lawn bowling, badminton, slo-pitch softball and horseshoes.

More than 1,500 athletes from across the country have converged in Dieppe for the six-day sporting event.

Storch's 64-year-old son, Ed, is also competing in the track and field events at the games and has won gold in the 100- and 200-metre races.

"She's a great inspiration for me," Ed said. "It's astounding, you know, the fact that she raises a garden and goes to the farmer's market, helps her earn money for the trips she likes to take."

Storch said a lot of people tell her she doesn't look 95. "I say, why, do you think I look 101?"

Ninety-five-year-old javelin thrower Florence Storch takes a practice toss. (CBC)She said she'd like to see more seniors get up and move and try a new sport or activity in their retirement.

"It's so easy to retire and sit down and play cards or Scrabble and retire and live in a manor or a lodge or whatever," Storch said.

Storch still lives on her beef farm and stays involved in sports in her community. She said it might be her Scottish genes that have kept her going.

"If you've got red hair and freckles, you've got lots of courage and you stick with it," she said. "Endurance, that's what it's called, and fire."

When she steps onto the field, Storch said she'll just do her best. "And I'll stick right with it for the whole six [tosses]," she said.