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WADSA Aquatics

Athlete Leadership Program

Special Olympics Western Australia August 2012

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TMA Sports Lunch

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Junior National Games Pre-Camp

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The 2012 Special Olympics Junior National Games Team enjoyed

an overnight camp as a prelude to the upcoming Games to be held

in Newcastle, NSW in December.

The 21 athletes and 9 officials commenced the training camp with

an afternoon of skills in their respective sports, basketball, aquatics

and athletics.

The team were then transported to Pt Walter Recreation Camp in

Bicton for team bonding activities, soccer skills, kite making and

fun and games.

The weekend was strongly supported by Variety. Many thanks

Variety for your continued support to our members and to our great

team of coaches, volunteers and team support.

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Sports

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Above: SOWA member Dylan Coop with Master of Ceremony Peter Rowsthorn. Dylan delivered a speech to the crowd of 150 guests. Below: Bronwyn Russell with special guest speaker Adam Gilchrist.

Swimmers from Perth Metro and Kalgoorlie converged at Challenge

Stadium for the annual WADSA Aquatics Championships. The

biggest contingent of swimmers was supported by SOA CEO, Ms

Gill Stapleton who visited WA. 84 swimmers competed fiercely

during the afternoon of friendship, fellowship and fun.

B Below: SOWA Junior National Games team at the conclusion of the training camp.

Below: Adam Gilchrist with SOA CEO Gill Stapleton and Athlete Leadership members.

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Everybody’s Game Carnival

Therapy Focus Showcase

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JNG Fundraiser Movie Night

Muscle Machine Saturday 6 October Main Arena

Perth Royal Show

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Bunbury Regional Tenpin Bowls

On the 4th

to 6th

August, Special Olympics Perth Metro North took a team of 36 tenpin bowlers and 12 officials to the WADSA Regional Tenpin Bowling tournament in Bunbury. The team stayed at Koombana Bay and a lot of fun was had by all. On the trip down, one of our buses got a flat tyre so a big thank you to our resident mechanic and handy man, Kim Armstrong, for changing the tyre to ensure we all arrived safely in Bunbury. The games were played in a competitive but fun spirit and the following Metro North athletes collected an award.

Every Monday afternoon,

approximately 20 young children

participate in a SOWA Showcase of

sports, supported by Therapy Focus.

Every two weeks, a new sport is

introduced to the children aged

between 6 and 16 years.

A huge thanks to SOWA coaches

Rose Hartley, Tim Breadmore, Gerard

Gomez and Lesley Poole for

supporting the program.

Athletics Season bolts from the

starting blocks

The 2012 / 2013 Athletics season commenced in August. Opportunities to learn skills, gain confidence, meet friends, compete and travel are only a phone call away!! Come and learn how to run, jump and throw! Special Olympic coaches will be on hand to help you improve your skills. The 2012/2013 season promises to be exciting with some great events planned!

Tuesday 5pm to 6pm Athletics WA Stadium, Mt Claremont

To register your interest to participate or for any enquiries, contact Lesley Poole on 0416 465870

Basketball WA once again

hosted the “Everybody’s Game

Carnival” at Basketball WA

Stadium. Tim Breadmore, Head

Basketball Coach at the SOWA

Mirrabooka SHS program,

extended the invitation for his

players to participate and

compete. A great afternoon was

had by all with visiting players

from Wildcats appearing at the

carnival and meeting all the

players from the various

programs. Well done guys.

Left Left: SOWA Junior National

player, Emilie Davies

Athlete Leadership Program

The Athlete Leadership Program members met for the quarterly training session held at St. George’s College. The guest speakers, Kelly Van Nelson and Fiona Gardener from Ajilon addressed the forum and spoke about the process of preparing resumes, applying for jobs and interview stages. It was a most informative subject and one which both athletes and mentors benefited from. Thanks Ajilon.

Help our Junior National Games Team to get to Newcastle

Ace Cinemas – Hay St, Subiaco

Tuesday 4th September

5.30pm onwards Movie @

6.40pm

Cost: $20:00 per ticket Includes a glass of wine & cheese

Contact Jo 0417964690/93021574

to book tickets.

1st

Place Singles – Brad Doust 3

rd Place Singles – Mark Lippi

Sportsman’s’ Award – Robert Tremain A big thank you to Genine Hunter and her team of volunteers for making the annual trip to Bunbury possible. We can’t wait until next year!

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Bulletin Board

2013 Canberra Centenary Swimming Competition

Canberra, ACT 5th April – 7th April 2013 More than 300 athletes from Special Olympics Australia

representing their regions and Special Olympics China,

Japan, New Zealand and Timor-Leste will be attending the

competition and will be supported by 115 officials, coaches,

and volunteers.

Special Olympics Perth Metro North is sending a team of

athletes to attend these games to participate in the

swimming competition.

The approximate cost for the event will be $1500. This will

cover airfares, accommodation, meals, and uniform and

support personnel to travel with the athletes. Funding

opportunities to assist players attending will be sourced,

however not guaranteed.

If you are interested in participating in these games as a

competitor or official, contact Metro North office on 9309

4003 or specialo.wa@bigpond.com before Friday 7th

September 2012 to receive an Expression of Interest.

Athletes and officials will be chosen as per the SOA

National Athletes Selection Policy by the State Selection

Committee.

S p e c i a l O l y m p i c s W A 2 0 1 2 S t a t e G a m e s

Aquatics, Athletics, Equestrian, Soccer, Softball, Gymnastics,

Saturday 29th September / Sunday 30th September

Landsdale Farm School, Darch

Please note that the 2012 State Games will be qualifying events for the 2013 Asia Pacific Games and the 2013 Canberra Centenary Swimming Competition. If you have not already received nomination forms, please contact State Office at 9321 3207 or dib@specialolympics.com.au. N.B Registration forms are due no later than 8th September, 2012.

2 0 1 3 A s i a P a c i f i c G a m e s

Earlier this year Special Olympics Australia announced that Newcastle, Australia had won the bid to host the Inaugural Asia Pacific Games in December 2013. Australia will be sending a team with athletes competing in the following sports: Athletics, Aquatics, Basketball, Football and Tenpin Bowling. Athletes from across Australia will be selected from State games that have been identified as qualifying events. In Western Australia they are:

Basketball – 2nd November, 2012 Tenpin Bowling – 10th November, 2012 Football, Athletics, Aquatics – 29/30 September 2012

Selection Criteria for Asia Pacific games will be;

All registered members are eligible for selection

Must be over the age of 16 for selection

Records reflecting ongoing training and competition and registered on our data base

Results from the nominated qualifying events

Information relating to the upcoming games will be made available in future newsletters

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V o l u n t e e r R o l e

BASKETBALL ASSISTANT COACH

Due to rising numbers in basketball, an Assistant

Coach is required to support the Head Coach at the

Joondalup program.

The role requires some experience in basketball,

however past coaching experience is not crucial. To

ensure a quality sports program all of our coaches

are accredited by the relevant National Sports

Organisation and we can assist with obtaining

accreditation.

You will need to commit to weekly coaching sessions

during the months of March and November, as well

as travelling to competition intrastate, interstate or

overseas.

For further details, please contact Julie Williams on

9409 5171.

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SOWA Calendar

PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY

SEPTEMBER

6th Sept Multi Sports Ribbon Day Santa Maria College

7th Sept State Board Ribbon Day Midvale

7th Sept Golf WADSA Challenge Melville Golf Course

8th

Sept Soccer Development Squad Training Gibbney Reserve Maylands, 11.45am to 12.30pm

11th

Sept State Board Board Meeting Sirona Capital, Level 2, 7 Havelock St, West Perth

14th Sept Cricket Skills Day Joondalup

15th Sept - 16th Sept Equestrian RDAWA State Games State Equestrian Centre

19th Sept Aquatics Time Trials Craigie Leisure Centre

25th Sept Multi Sports Ribbon Day Endeavour Education Support Centre

29th Sep - 30th Sept Multi Sports SOWA State Games Landsdale Farm School

OCTOBER 8th Oct - 12th Oct State Board SO Trans Tasman Competition Cairns, Qld

13th Oct - 14th Oct Basketball Ivor Burge Trials Perry Lakes

26th Oct State Board Ribbon Day Herb Graham Rec Ctr, Mirrabooka

28th Oct State Board Calendar Planning / Volunteer Training Day TBA

30th Oct State Board Board Meeting Sirona Capital, Level 2, 7 Havelock St, West Perth

NOVEMBER 1st Nov State Board Ribbon Day Ray Owen Rec Centre, Lesmurdie

2nd Nov Basketball Basketball State Games Venues West, Joondalup

3rd Nov Soccer Development Squad Training Gibbney Reserve Maylands 11.45am to 12.30pm

8th Nov - 11th Nov Gymnastics Gymnastics WA State Championships Gymnastics W.A.

10th Nov Tenpin Bowling Tenpin Bowling State Games Superbowl Warwick

11th Nov Athlete Leadership Program Graduation / Wind Up To Be Advised

14th Nov State Board Ribbon Day Christchurch Grammar School

27th Nov Tenpin Bowling Season ends Super bowl Warwick

30th Nov State Board Ribbon Day Armadale Aquatic Centre, Armadale

2012 SPECIAL OLYMPICS WESTERN AUSTRALIA CALENDAR

JAN SEPTEMBER to NOVEMBER

LUKE SIMPKINS MP Federal Member for Cowan,