OSO Pizza Party to celebrate the Winter Games 2018

We will be having a Pizza Party on Friday March 16, 2018 at 6:00 pm to celebrate all of our athletes, partners and volunteers who were part of the training and competition for the winter games. 

Riverside Firehouse, 151 Coppermine Road, Oxford, CT 06478

Get any pictures to Larry ASAP so he can include them in the video.

Would you like to bring a snack or dessert to share? 

Please RSVP to Mo at MomBlees@OxfordSO.org 

RETURN YOUR UNIFORMS!

If you cannot make the party, please contact Mo about returning any equipment and uniform jackets. (The jackets need to be returned, they are not to be kept)

2018 Spring/Summer sports signup

If you will be participating in spring/summer training or competition, you will need to fill out the online signup sheet below.

It is EXTREMELY important that you sign up if you plan on competing, since our registration is due on April 18 and our first week of swim practice is after that date.

http://bit.ly/2018OSOSummerSports

It is very important to register, so that we know how many coaches/volunteers we will need.

The last day to register for competition will be Friday April 6, 2018, so please fill this form out as soon as you get it. You should receive an email confirmation after you submit the form.

Only those that sign up for COMPETITION will be registered for the summer games.

It costs Oxford Special Olympics money for every athlete and partner that is registered for competition, so if you register for COMPETITION and don’t show, or change your mind, then we will be out that money, which isn’t fair to anyone.

Sports:

Cycling / Swimming / Track & Field

Oxford Special Olympics will be training in three sports this Spring – Cycling, Track and Field, and Swimming – both Developmental and Advanced. Competition will be at the Special Olympics Connecticut Summer Games on June 8-10, 2018.

You may train in ALL of the sports, but must select only 1 for competition, since the competition will be held simultaneously on the same weekend. If you sign up for competition, then you are expected to attend all of the practices for that sport. If you have too many unexcused absences, then you will be scratched from competition.

All of the pertinent information is included on the form, so please READ IT CAREFULLY.

Special Olympics CT will be offering a cycling coaches training class next week:

Quinnipiac University – North Haven Campus 370 Bassett Rd, North Haven, CT 06473

Cycling Coaches Training following the Summer Games Meeting from 12- 2:30 PM. Please be prepared to bring your bicycle and helmet! Click the link to register by Wednesday, March 14th.

http://soct.vsyshost.com/vsys/app/G9UJOOT93X2MA2F9

Please let us know if you are planning on registering for this class.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Larry.

2018 Winter Sports Registration

Hello All,It may seem a little early for winter sports registration, but we have to let Special Olympics CT know how many we will have training and competing.

Our Alpine sports registration is due to the State office by November 28, so that gives us about 18 days to gather all of the information.

Practices will be starting in January – please check our calendar of events for dates and times. (Will be updated in December)

Unified Partners and coaches please sign up also, so we are sure we have enough help and that you will be registered

Please select the sport you will be training/competing in from the links below:

1) Alpine -> http://bit.ly/2018AlpineRegistration (This form NEEDS to be filled out by November 27th – no late entries, please)

2) Snowshoe/X Country -> http://bit.ly/2018OSOWinterSports

Coaches: if you plan on helping at competition, please select “COMPETING” on the registration forms.

You may train in multiple sports, but since the competition is on the same weekend, you will have to choose ONLY 1 sport to compete in.

Depending on the number of Slots/Lift Tickets we are allotted, there is no guarantee that you will be allowed to “TRAIN ONLY” in Alpine.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Bowling registration 

Only 2 more days to register for bowling – if you have already registered THEN PLEASE DONT DO IT AGAIN (You should have gotten an email confirming your registration)If you are not registered online, then you will NOT BE ABLE TO BOWL.
Please click the link to signup for bowling:

http://bit.ly/2017OSOBowling

We will be closing the registration form on noon on Tuesday September 26.
If you are having trouble registering then please send me an email or contact me.
Larry Doherty

Volunteer Sports Coordinator – Oxford Special Olympics

 

Golf/Croquet last night cancelled 9/5/2017

Hello All,,
We just found out that Oxford Greens will be repaving their parking lot tomorrow and the facilities will be closed.
It was scheduled to be our last practice, but unfortunately we have to CANCEL.

Golfers who will be competing on Sunday – If you do not have a Green Oxford Collared shirt, please let us know so that we can bring one on Sunday.

Unified Golfers: (tee times will be sent out by the end of the week)
1) Mark Bruce / Gerry Sullivan
2) Anthony Capinera / AJ Aldrich
3) Stephen Cuthbert / Chris Sutay
4) Allen Howell / Mike Florence
5) Stephen Stone / Al Washicko

Individual Golfers: (The following have all signed up for competition on 9/10/2017)
1) Brian Barakat
2) Matthew Beland
3) John Bencivengo
4) Kyle Bertolini
5) Peter Dietz
6) Derek Knapik
7) Meredith Lohne
8) Thomas Luciani
9) George Meier
10) Douglas Novitski
11) Trisha Paradis
12) Kristen Pendziwater
13) Bradford Rowland
14) Robert Saddler
15) Zakarai Schneider
16) Damian Valenzky
17) Tommy Vanderheiden
18) Joseph Verrilli

Please plan to arrive by 12:30 – there is no parking at Sleeping Giant, so you MUST take the shuttle
This year parking for golf teams, spectators and volunteers will be at Quinnipiac University main campus, commuter lot. There will be 5 mini buses to shuttle teams to and from Sleeping Giant Golf Course.

For all Croqueters, we will have more information available next week – the competition is 9/23/2017 at Ocean House in Rhode Island

Larry Doherty
Volunteer Sports Coordinator – Oxford Special Olympics