Fall 2022 E-newsletter
Days are getting shorter and colder, however we've been profiting from sunshine and excellent climate for all types of occasions, together with one in every of our largest sports activities competitions because the pandemic!
Fall Video games
Northern Fall Video games
On Saturday, September seventeenth, we kicked off our Fall Video games weekend at Collins Perley Sports activities and Health Middle the place over 175 athletes from 8 totally different delegations joined us on an exquisite day for monitor and discipline, softball, and soccer competitions! We want to prolong an enormous thanks to the crew at Collins Perley, as properly all our venue directors– Tanner Petrie, Tony Kaigle, James LaMonda, and Ben Marlow. Volunteers from Mansfield Corridor labored actually laborious within the Snack Shack to ensure our athletes had lunch in between their video games or occasions. We additionally introduced again FUNFitness and had our first Wholesome Athletes screening since 2019 supplied by the College of Vermont Division of Bodily Remedy. Different quite a few volunteers joined us on the day to assist wherever doable and made the day extremely fulfilling. Congratulations to all of our unbelievable athletes and coaches from the next delegations: Bellcate Faculty, Caledonia County, Capital Area, Chittenden County, Franklin County, Orleans/Essex County, Randolph and Specialised Group Care!
Southern Fall Video games
The Fall Video games Southern Competitors was held at Dana L. Thompson Park in Manchester on Sunday, September 18th. Over 80 athletes from 5 totally different delegations joined us on the gorgeous day for monitor & discipline occasions, soccer, and leisure softball! We want to thank our venue administrators on the day, Tanner Petrie for monitor and discipline and board member Gary Sarachan as our soccer venue director. We’d additionally like to increase an enormous thanks to our latest board member, Julie Crosier and Burr and Burton Academy for supplying and working our timing for monitor occasions. We additionally had quite a few Burr and Burton college students volunteer on the day to supply assist the place doable, in addition to a couple of members from the Middlebury Faculty Unified Membership. Congratulations to all athletes and coaches from the next taking part delegations: Addison, Bennington, Castleton, Northshire and Rutland!
Fall Golf Competitors
The Fall Video games golf competitors was held at Basin Harbor Membership on Saturday, September seventeenth and a enjoyable day was had by all! Over 50 athletes and companions teed it up on the golf course, or confirmed off their expertise on the observe vary. We owe an enormous thanks to the employees at Basin Harbor, together with golf skilled, Jason Hughes and group gross sales supervisor, Brandy Companion for making the day so memorable! After all our golf venue director, Kevin Plette, was superb as all the time, and it was so nice to have two board members, Riley Dickie and Sean Fahey, in attendance as properly! Congratulations to all our unbelievable athletes for his or her achievements, it was so enjoyable to take pleasure in an exquisite day with you at Basin Harbor!
Brattleboro Union Excessive Faculty Acknowledged as nationwide Banner Unified Champion Banner Faculty
In early September, it was introduced that Brattleboro Union Excessive Faculty (BUHS) was named a Nationwide Banner Unified Champion Faculty by Particular Olympics. BUHS is one in every of a choose variety of faculties throughout the nation to obtain this distinction and is the fourth college in Vermont to be acknowledged as a nationwide banner college. To have a good time, the college organized a school-wide meeting on October seventh. Representatives from the Particular Olympics Vermont crew and board of administrators had been part of this glorious celebration and congratulated the whole college group for his or her work in making a extra inclusive atmosphere. College students participated in a tournament-style rock, paper, scissors exercise to focus on whole-school engagement and their assist for each other. The celebration concluded with Bobby Petrie, one of many college students that represented Vermont within the Youth Management Expertise at 2022 USA Video games, revealing their banner for the very first time.
Norwich Unified Soccer Event
We held our Unified Champion Colleges Soccer event on October thirteenth at Norwich College. We want to prolong an enormous thanks to Norwich College however particularly Scott Maxham and Angie Carpenter-Henderson for serving to manage the occasion and for encouraging college students to volunteer their time. We had 10 groups take part from 8 faculties in addition to BFA St. Albans coming down for some particular person expertise competitions. It was an awesome day at Norwich and the rain held off simply lengthy sufficient!
Upcoming Occasions
Younger Athletes, January, Burlington VT
Registration open throughout the subsequent month
Please attain out to rhamm@vtso.org for extra data.
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Vacation Video games, Dates and Venues TBD
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PENGUIN PLUNGE! February 4, 2023, Burlington Waterfront
Click on right here to register
Go to penguinplunge.org for extra data.
