Australia to Host Inaugural Asia Pacific Games

Special Olympics Australia is proud to announce that it will host the inaugural Special Olympics Asia Pacific Games in Newcastle in 2013.

The event will see Australia welcomemore than 1,700 Special Olympic athletes, 600 coaches, 4,000 volunteers andapproximately 200,000 spectators from 25 nations across the Asia Pacific region.

Representing your country insport is a great honour and a wonderful experience.  To ensure that you are eligible for selection it is important that you compete at regional and state Special Olympics competitions.  All athletes are notified of competitions via email so keepan eye on that subject heading and who knows - maybe you will be an Australian representative in 2013!

St Ives Awareness Day

We had another successful Awareness Day at St Ives Shopping Centre on 10th March. We raised $1,484.75 - a great job!

I would like to thank our wonderful athletes - Lucy, Michael, Harry, Shane, Shaun and Bridget for once again giving up their spare time and helping to raise funds for our region. Without the help of athletes we would not raise nearly as much as we do. Congratulations to you all, you did a great job as usual.

It is very disappointing that we cannot get more athletes to come along to help out. These awareness days not only raise funds for SOSUNS, but also help an athlete’s self esteem. I love organising these days as I have seen athletes come along, who first time are quite shy and quiet, but after doing more and more of these days grow significantly in confidence.

I will be organising another awareness day in the near future at Macquarie Shopping Centre and hope that we can get a few more athletes along.

Thanks

Karen Bender

SOSUNS Movie Night

Bring family, friends, neighbours andworkmates for a great night out. 

Enjoy the highly reviewed movie ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ 

When: Thursday 22nd March - complimentary supper from 7pm

Where: Roseville Cinema

Cost:  Tickets are just $25 each and include a complimentary supper from 7pm

Why:  All profits will go towards the SOSUNS weekly sports program for our athletes. 

Click on this link for the SOSUNS Movie Night Invitation for further information including how to purchase tickets.

For further information contact SOSUNS Fundraising Chair, Janene Cook on janenecook@hotmail.com

SOSUNS Athletes - 1st and 2nd at Basketball Carnival

Sunday 26th February saw dozens of very excited basketball athletes descend upon the Thornleigh Brickpit ready to display a years worth of hard training and their resulting improved skills.  Athletes came from SOSUNS, Illawarra, Inner West and Sydney East and had a  great time meeting up with old friends, making new ones and of course playing a few games of basketball.

SOSUNS teams achieved two second places and a third place in some very close, hard fought matches. 

Thank you very much to Anthea Karseboom for single handedly organising the carnival and to the volunteers and referees.  Young Riverview College volunteers, Nick, Nick and Will also did a great job.  Thank you also to Hornsby Spiders for making the courts available.

Steph Proudly Completes Triathlon

SOSUNS athlete Stephanie Walker recently joined the Bupa Heroes team of Special Olympics athletes who participated in the Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids Tryathlon along with thousands of other Aussie kids.  Read more

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