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Special Olympics Sydney Northern Beaches

Locality: Narrabeen, New South Wales, Australia

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10.05.2022 Last Sunday our SOSNB bowlers were back on the lanes competing in the SO Sydney West Bowling Competition. After a very long break from competing, they did very well with some great scores and some personal bests. Congrats to Michael Lynch, Harry Werner, Brooke Crossingham, Lisa Vineburg, Bernadette Lawler, Kathy Martin and thank you to Cathy Vineburg, Lorraine Clark and Andrea Werner for supporting them on the day.

20.04.2022 SOSNB are hosting a fundraiser Movie Night - Top Gun Maverick, on Tuesday 7th June 6pm for 6.30pm screening at Hoyts Warringah Mall. Tickets are $30 each and includes a chance to win a lucky door prize. All monies raised go towards supporting our weekly training program as well as supporting our 16 athletes who have been selected as part of the SO NSW team competing at the SOA National Games in Launceston in October 2022. Click on the following link to book https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=906718&

23.01.2022 SOSNB athletics has their last training session on Friday with a fun Christmas theme. There was relay races with Bon Bons as batons and lots of great Christmas clothes. Each athlete received a certificate outlining their personal achievements over the year at training. Thanks to our amazing coaches Anne Maree, Gabriela, Dani and Chelsea!

23.01.2022 Calling all SOSNB athletes - let’s get behind this great initiative!

22.01.2022 Check out this Surf Lifesavers Association promotion video starring our very own SOSNB athletes - Zac Fry and Mitch Bryne who also do swimming and basketball with SOSNB. Well done guys! https://youtu.be/OVUkTv_FO3g

22.01.2022 The SOSNB Ten Pin Bowlers had a great time today with their Halloween themed bowling. There was some great costumes with the parents and carers getting into the theme too! Congrats to Anna Harston for best Female Costume and Joshua Surace for best Male Costume. Thanks also to Joy and the Zone Bowling DY team for their goodie bags and great support of our bowling program.

21.01.2022 We are thrilled to have our amazing Lorraine Clark recognised in this way for her great work of many years! We will be watching the awards ceremony!

21.01.2022 Love this photo. Shows that Special Olympics basketball is for all ages and sizes. Here is Tom Ragen-Nath who is 19 and Brandon Liong who is 10

21.01.2022 Dressed to Impress!! Our fabulous dance team have new shirts and are looking very professional and ready to perform! They will soon be featuring in a promotional video for a well known clothing brand so watch this space for more information!! GO TEAM!! If you know any community groups who might want some live entertainment from our dancers please let us know. Email [email protected] or speak to our Dance coordinator Bev Hull.

21.01.2022 Hope all our SOSNB athletes, volunteers and coaches enjoyed Fathers Day. Thank you to all our Dads who have supported, volunteered and coached. Here are some lovely photos of our SOSNB community with their dads. Feel free to post your favourite Dad photo too.

21.01.2022 We are delighted to announce that Bronte Kelly, our dance coach for the SOSNB Dance group has been awarded Special Olympics Australia Coach of the Year! Congratulations Bronte for this well deserved recognition of what a wonderful job that you do. Also recognised was Cathy Vineburg as a finalist in the Volunteer of the year. Cathy has the most impressive list of achievements as a volunteer for SOSNB and SONSW with her roles as Sports Coordinator for our Bowling, multiple med...ical team roles with the NSW team and always there helping with our sporting meets, fundraisers, social events and Festival of Sport. Please click on the link below to see more details on all the awards https://specialolympics.com.au/awards Thank you Bronte and Cathy for all the hard work you do!

20.01.2022 We are so proud of Lorraine for this well deserved recognition. Congrats Lorraine Clark and thank you for all your hard work.

19.01.2022 SOSNB Tennis has started. Here are our athletes Juliet Liddy, Joshua Surace, Lewis Crawford and Harry Werner with Coach Lisa Catto from Tennis2Day and Steve Manley from Tennis Australia

19.01.2022 James Summerhayes- James is one of the true gentlemen of our basketball squad! His passion and enthusiasm for basketball and his Special Olympics mates is second to none. Here are his great answers to the questions that Lorraine Clark had asked our players to consider in regard to their lives during the past eight months of COVID. * How did you keep in touch with your team mates? As soon as COVID hit, the club stayed connected with Zoom group catch ups. This was a brillian...t way to keep in touch with each other. One of the things I love about this club is the mateship we have as a team. * Did you reach out to friends to see how they are feeling? Yes I did over the phone and through Instagram and Facebook. *What was a fun thing you did during the NO SPORT time? I think of my favourite things I did was the blogs on Instagram on farm life. This for me was a huge success because it got lots of positive feedback and people loved me showing the things I do on the farm. *What did you learn about yourself these past six months? I learnt to be careful with making the right decisions. With more time to myself, it made me reflect on things in the future. *How do you feel about being back at training? Love being back involved with club at trainings and training as a group again. I look forward to future basketball competitions. Check out James with his entry for our Crazy Photo competition we held over the COVID lockdown - He was Farmer James! See more

18.01.2022 SOSNB tennis finished with a great lesson and a Christmas party afternoon tea. Congrats to Roman Bendikov for best score on the Round Robin and Juliet Liddy for the Sportsmanship Award. Thanks to Coach Lisa from Tennis2Day for a great year!

17.01.2022 Andrew Unicomb - Andrew is a new member of the basketball squad having moved from SOUNS. Check out his amazing effort with getting fit and healthy over COVID! Here are his great answers to the questions that Lorraine Clark had asked our players to consider in regard to their lives during the past eight months of COVID. * How did you keep in touch with your team mates? I didn’t’ keep in touch with team mates as I am new to SOSNB Basketball but I kept in touch with friends o...n one on one basis coffee, lunch etc. I was able to go out with disability support workers one on one as well. * Did you reach out to friends to see how they are feeling? I kept in touch via phone and text messages and Facebook *What was a fun thing you did during the NO SPORT time? With the help of my family I embraced a healthy diet and lost 15kilo! I went on lots of walks and swam *What did you learn about yourself these past six months? I learnt about healthy eating, exercise. I liked watching the news to learn about COVID-19. I got Trump and Scomo confused! *How do you feel about being back at training? I am enjoying being at basketball. See Andrews photo of him out cycling in Manly keeping fit and active. See more

16.01.2022 Beautiful words from Lorraine Clark regarding Judy Buckley - who was our golfing coach for many years.

13.01.2022 We wish all our school age athletes and families a relaxing school holidays. Note that golf is the only sport still training over the next two weeks as all other sports take a break with the start back dates as follows: Swimming - Week starting 12 October Dance - Thursday 15th October Athletics - Friday 16th October Ten Pin Bowling - Saturday 17th October... Basketball - Sunday 10th October Tennis - Monday 12 October TENNIS - New Enquiries are welcome! More spaces available for Monday afternoons 4-5pm at Tennis2Day Centre located at Christian Covenant School, Belrose PLUS - Expressions of interest welcome for Wednesday afternoons 4-5pm If you are interested, please email Andrea at [email protected] SWIMMING - New Enquiries welcome! Coach Tom and his team of coaches are inviting new enquiries for both midweek and Sunday sessions - Both for "learn to swim" and squad training. For more information please contact Helena on [email protected]

13.01.2022 Sydney Northern Beaches are honoured to be part of the LETR Global torch run. This amazing organisation has law enforcement people make donations to support our SO athletes across Australia and world wide. Here are our basketballers taking part on the global torch run #globaltorchrun

12.01.2022 See our younger basketballers saying thank you to LETR for their amazing support of all the SO Athletes with the LETR Virtual Global Torch Run on Sunday.

12.01.2022 The SOSNB dance group danced so beautifully last Thursday for a film crew that is filming a Christmas campaign for a Australian major retailer! So stayed tuned for the final results of this which we will post on our Facebook! Exciting!

09.01.2022 We know you are all missing competing and attending our social events so we are going to feature some photos from past competitions and social events. See if you can recognise your fellow athletes and friends. Feel free to send us your favourite photos too

07.01.2022 SOSNB athletics program is up and running! (Excuse the pun). Our amazing coaches Anne Maree and Laurie has ten enthusiastic athletes at the Friday afternoon training. So much energy and focus was inspiring.

07.01.2022 Tom Ragen-Nath - Another of our basketballers with his terrific answers to the questions that Lorraine Clark had asked our players to consider in regard to their lives during the past eight months of COVID. * How did you keep in touch with your team mates? I really loved the Zoom Meetings we had each Sunday as it gave me a chance to catch up with everyone and also we played some fun games which everyone enjoyed * Did you reach out to friends to see how they are feeling? I t...alked to other friends by messaging them and we would talk together as a group on the phone. *What was a fun thing you did during the NO SPORT time? I was really happy when the NRL came back on as I organised a tipping competition with all my family and I would phone them to get their tips. It was a great way to follow the footy and have lots of fun. *What did you learn about yourself these past six months? I learnt the importance of having good friends and making your own fun. *How do you feel about being back at training? I am very excited about being back at training as it is good exercise and keeps me fit. It makes me feel happy and I am looking forward to when the competitions start again. See Tom's photo of his entry into the Crazy Photo competition we did during the lockdown! He is a mad keen Tigers Supporter. See more

06.01.2022 Please see below a message from Rex Langthorne, our SOSNB Chair. Dear Special Olympics Sydney Northern Beaches athletes, family members, carers and volunteers, On behalf of your Sydney Northern Beaches committee I extend compliments of the Season to you all.... 2020 has been a most difficult year and more so due to what we are experiencing with the current lock down. However, I am confident if we all follow the government directions and health practices we will come through this and be able to enjoy our regular activities with each other again. So please enjoy your Christmas celebration, whatever that might be on this occasion, and perhaps take time to reflect on some of the good times you have had in the past, as I am sure they will return. Stay healthy and I look forward to seeing you at our Awards Lunch on February 6th. Rex Langthorne AM Chair Special Olympics Sydney Northern Beaches

06.01.2022 Congrats to Lorraine for this well deserved recognition of all she has done and continues to do for Special Olympics and the athletes!

05.01.2022 Brandon Liong - Brandon is a youngest member of the basketball squad at 9.5 years old! But don't under estimate him as he can absolutely hold his own with his older and taller team mates! Here are his great answers to the questions that Lorraine Clark had asked our players to consider in regard to their lives during the past eight months of COVID. * How did you keep in touch with your team mates? Still just getting to know everyone, I enjoyed a lot of family time and sibli...ng bonding. * Did you reach out to friends to see how they are feeling? There were some Zoom meetings for school and sometimes with Grandparents *What was a fun thing you did during the NO SPORT time? I played ball and balloon play with my brother. We also did a lot of Just Dance and trampoline. *What did you learn about yourself these past six months? I am happy in most situations if I have some family and siblings around, its important to have active activities even if I’m at home. *How do you feel about being back at training? I love being at Basketball. I feel independent and enjoy watching my older teammates. I feel a part of a team. Check out Brandon in the photos of him doing Just Dance and balloon play! See more

04.01.2022 Happy New Year to all our athletes and families in Sydney Northern Beaches. Thinking of our families in the Northern region - stay safe and look after yourself. We look forward to seeing each other in person soon.

02.01.2022 We are missing our Sunnyfield athletes as they still are not attending the SOSNB sporting programs but this doesn’t mean they are not keeping busy and their bowling skills up. Here are some photos of the Hakea House at Belrose holding their own bowling competition. Well done! Would love to see photos from other Sunnyfield residences on what they are up to. #sunnyfield

02.01.2022 Thanks IGA for this generous support and thank you to our SOSNB athletes for going along to our Local IGA at Balgowlah Heights to say thanks in person!

01.01.2022 Such fun photos from a past SOSNB Halloween Dance. Let us know if you can guess who all the scary and spooky people are!