Special Olympics Greater Canberra Club in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | Sports club

Special Olympics Greater Canberra Club

Locality: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Phone: +61 2 6251 4250

Address: Sports Hub Building 2617 Canberra, ACT, Australia

Website: specialolympics.com.au/index.php/canberra

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25.01.2022 Our dinner dance was a fantastic night, with our athletes letting their hair down and having a fun night! Thanks to everyone for coming along.

25.01.2022 Tenpin Bowling is Tuesday at 6pm this week. Hope to see a few new faces!

25.01.2022 Hi athletes, families and carers, Just a quick update on our Club Committee. Our wonderful Membership Officer Mary Runting has decided to step down. Thanks Mary for all your hard work over many years. Vanessa Crowe has kindly offered to step into this crucial role. Thanks Vanessa. As you know, our Chair position is vacant, as Rob has been removed by SOA. Allister Peek is doing a great job as Interim Chair. Our Treasurer, Nathan, has also stepped down (after continuing to vol...unteer even after he left Canberra). We’ve had a few expressions of interest in the Chair and Treasurer positions. If you are interested, please get in touch via the link below. Thanks, Leanne (Secretary) https://www.volunteer.com.au//club-leadership-team---treas https://www.volunteer.com.au//club-committee-position---ch

25.01.2022 Calling all swimmers for the upcoming Hunter Valley Inter-club swim meet being held at Cessnock on December 1.

24.01.2022 Thanks to the Southside and Northside swimmers and families who joined in our club race night at CISAC last night. It was great to see our swimmers back into racing and having fun, ahead of International Day for People with a Disability today. Well done everyone. Training will continue for another 2 weeks then we’ll take a break. Leanne

24.01.2022 Hi tennis athletes, families and carers, As the weather is getting hotter, tennis training will now be at 9:30am- 11am on Saturday’s at Eastlake Tennis Club.

24.01.2022 Information regarding Coronavirus - https://mailchi.mp/8658d3/information-regarding-coronavirus

23.01.2022 On Saturday we had our club tennis tournament at Eastlake Tennis Club. Well done to all who participated, it was a great turnout

22.01.2022 Bush Dance Fundraiser - https://mailchi.mp/db0bf6b477c8/bush-dance-fundraiser

21.01.2022 Please contact [email protected] for registrations and membership information.

21.01.2022 Let's all band together and get through this - https://mailchi.mp//information-regarding-coronavirus-4152

21.01.2022 For the first time in the last 5 years, Greater Canberra club sent a tenpin bowling team to an away competition. Our boys placed in both singles and doubles in their divisions. We’re excited to have more of our athletes competing at future events. Congratulations guys on your performance today!

20.01.2022 Hello Everyone, With our Mother’s Day Dinner Dance on Saturday 11 May, we are reminding you to purchase your tickets to avoid missing out! The ticket sales will close at 4pm on Wednesday May 8, so the time is now to secure those tickets. We have two packages on offer:... $30 for dinner and dancing $10 to come along and dance To book tickets, follow the link below: https://www.facebook.com/events/320655231956529/ Payment is to be made to Special Olympics Greater Canberra Club by Direct Deposit: BSB: 032078 ACCOUNT: 717016 Please leave your name as a reference and email [email protected] to let us know that you have payed. As a final note, we are calling out for volunteers to help decorate the club for the dinner dance. Anyone and everyone are welcome to help out many hands make light work! If you are interested in helping, please contact [email protected] Get your yoyos and gogo boots this is an event not to be missed!

20.01.2022 Spread the Word: Inclusion Day is this week! Will you sign the Pledge to Spread Inclusion? http://bit.ly/2020-Sign-the-PledgeToInclude... For us, we will spend 4 March, not just bringing awareness to the stigma of a hurtful word, but building an inclusive future, rooted in peoples' willingness to pledge their support. #ChooseToInclude

20.01.2022 Our very own tenpin bowling league - https://mailchi.mp/215f5/our-very-own-tenpin-bowling-league

20.01.2022 ANNUAL SPORT AWARDS NOMINATIONS: Don't forget to get your votes in for the Annual Sports Gala Awards night! Here's the link.... https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SOGCC2019Awards

20.01.2022 Just a reminder that our Bush Dance is on this Saturday night! Please register if you can, and hope to see you all there.

19.01.2022 Basketball training begins next week on Friday, 14 Feb from 6-7pm. No practice this week as Coach Daniel is away.

17.01.2022 Calling all Bowlers for the upcoming Mid North Coast Inter-Club Bowling Competition being held in South Kempsey on February 15 & 16.

17.01.2022 AGM and more - https://mailchi.mp/f1c227eece62/agm-and-more

17.01.2022 Thank you to the Law Enforcement Torch Run (NSW) for Special Olympics for their kind donation of PPE kits for our return to sport. Greatly appreciated by all athletes and families at the Greater Canberra Club.

17.01.2022 Congratulations to all the golfers who participated in the Mother’s Day golf competition. It was a fantastic day Thank you to the Braido family and Mary for putting on a great bbq and morning tea, and to Al and Joyce for running the golf event. Thanks to our sponsors, Woolworths Majura Park, Bunnings Tuggeranong and GG’s Flowers.

16.01.2022 Well done Team ACT. Special mention to our three SOGCC members Charlotte, Rebecca & Olivia.

15.01.2022 Just because we can't train and compete, doesn't mean we can't get through this COVID-19 crisis a bigger and better club - https://mailchi.mp//our-plan-to-get-through-the-covid-19-c

15.01.2022 New Year's Eve - Bush Dance - https://mailchi.mp/d70ef9c6cd60/new-years-eve-bush-dance The Monaro Folk Society has invited us to their annual News Year Eve Bush Dance tomorrow night at the historic Yarralumla Woolshed, Cotter Road. Our good friend, Colin, will be the caller and would especially like our Special Olympics community to come along. He's even offered to teach the dances we did back in September.

15.01.2022 Hey everyone, Please check out this opportunity shared by our basketball manager, Vanessa. A free netball come and try event in two locations.

14.01.2022 Calling all Basketball players for the upcoming Leon Burwell Shield Competition Round 4 being held in Gwynnville NSW.

14.01.2022 What a great shot from Joe Maloney on the weekend. Straight out of the textbook!

14.01.2022 Special Olympics and Table Tennis ACT are joining forces to host the 2020 Table Tennis Competition this Sunday!

13.01.2022 Don’t forget there is Tenpin bowling training tomorrow night in Tuggernong Zone Bowling at 6pm. If you haven’t signed up for the Canberra bowling competition, please send your forms in as soon as you can.

12.01.2022 May Sports Update - https://mailchi.mp/ba14f4609f51/may-sports-update

11.01.2022 Update from the Chair - https://mailchi.mp/1ea64e866410/update-from-the-chair

10.01.2022 This is one of our basketball athletes, Rana Istambouli. She’s been keeping fit and healthy by playing basketball nearly everyday. While Special Olympics is paused, let us know how you’re keeping fit and healthy!

09.01.2022 Reminder: Basketball training is still on for the next 3 Fridays from 6-7 pm. Get in touch if you have any questions.

08.01.2022 We have Rebecca, Charlotte & Olivia from SOGCC representing ACT. Good luck girls, go Team ACT!

08.01.2022 We also had five of our swimmers compete at the Sydney South inter-club swim meet on Saturday. Congratulations team!

08.01.2022 2019 National Awards Program - https://mailchi.mp/3ee3451a127c/2019-national-awards-program

08.01.2022 Call for Junior National Games Volunteers - https://mailchi.mp//call-for-junior-national-games-volunte

07.01.2022 Hi folks! I am starting a fun weekly group fitness program this Saturday morning at 8am. The emphasis will be on fun and there will be music and dance! Anyone from Special Olympics can come for free. Hope to see you there! Rob

07.01.2022 Welcome to the Special Olympics Greater Canberra Club Instagram and Facebook page! Here are some of the things that have been happening this month. The Greater Canberra Club had a stall at the Connect & Participate Expo at Kingston. It was a great opportunity to connect with potential athletes and volunteers in the community. Thanks to Nathan and all the volunteers who helped on the day.

07.01.2022 Introducing our new Sport Coordinator - https://mailchi.mp/c7/introducing-our-new-sport-coordinator

07.01.2022 The Chief Minister Inclusion Awards (CMIAs) are now open! These awards acknowledge the outstanding achievements of businesses, organisations and indivduals who ...have demonstrated their commitment to encourage, welcome and support people with disabilty in their workplace, business and community. Joyce and Albert have been doing this for 10 years. They turn up to the Narrabundah Golf Course everyweek to ensure that the golfers get to practice their game. Apply now: http://actinclusion.com.au/awards/2019-awards/ Special Olympics Greater Canberra Club Andrew Barr ACT Chief Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith MLA

07.01.2022 Hi athletes, families and carers, Good news!!!! Basketball training is returning Tuesday, 13 October at the ACT Basketball Courts, 42 Oatley Court Belconnen from 6:00pm 7:00pm with Coaches Sarah, Daniel & Vickii. We will be adhering to the SOA COVID19 rules for training. Each athlete must bring along their own towel, drink bottle and basketball. Please email Vanessa at [email protected] Monday afternoons if you intend to train so you can be added to the weekly attendance list email. Looking forward to seeing our regular athletes and also some new athletes.

06.01.2022 February Sports Update - https://mailchi.mp/dac04741bdac/february-sports-update

05.01.2022 Happy New Year Everyone! This year we are keen to get tenpin bowling back up and running each week. We are just in desperate need of someone to help run/coach the training sessions. If you know of anyone who may want to get involved, please have them get in touch at [email protected]

04.01.2022 Come along next Saturday to the International Day of People with Disability event at Raiders HQ in Bruce! Our Special Olympics club will be in attendance, and there will be many fun activities and games for everyone to enjoy.

03.01.2022 Update on when we will be returning to training - https://mailchi.mp//our-plan-to-get-through-the-covid-19-c

03.01.2022 Congratulations to our golfers for beating the New Zealand team!

03.01.2022 Unified Tenpin Bowling is still on for tonight! Come spend the Queen's Birthday by knocking down some pins. Everyone is welcome to join! 6pm at Belconnen Bowling Zone

01.01.2022 July Sports Update - https://mailchi.mp/80c8e33718ec/july-sports-update