Sports and Competitions
2019 Unified Sports® Fall Festival
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Important Update:
Due to the strong wind gusts predicted, Saturday's Sailing Regatta has been canceled.
Sailing competition on Sunday will go on as scheduled.
DATES
September 7th and 8th; September 21st and 22nd
PARTICIPANTS EXPECTED
1,400 Athletes and Unified Partners
450 Coaches
600 Volunteers
SPORTS/VENUES FOR COMPETITION SEPTEMBER 7th AND 8th
Softball
CT Sportsplex, 216 Foxon Road, North Branford
Kennedy Memorial Field, 55 Maple Street, East Haven (Saturday only)
Sailing
The Wadawanuck Club, 196 Water Street, Stonington
Bocce
Scalzi Park, 100 Bridge Street, Stamford
Golf
Sleeping Giant Golf Course, 3931 Whitney Avenue, Hamden
SPORT/VENUE FOR COMPETITION SEPTEMBER 21st AND 22nd
Croquet
The Ocean House, Watch Hill, Rhode Island
In addition, The Unified Statewide Fishing Tournament will continue from Saturday, September 1st through Sunday, September 8th.
Awards will be presented on a date TBD.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Opening Ceremonies
Saturday, September 7th: Kennedy Field, The Wadawanuck Club and Scalzi Park
Sunday, September 8th: Sleeping Giant Golf Course
Saturday, September 22nd: Ocean House, Watch Hill, Rhode Island
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Saturday, September 7th: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Softball, Sailing and Bocce competition
Sunday, September 8th: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Softball, Sailing, Golf and Bocce competition
Saturday and Sunday, September 21st and 22nd: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Croquet competition
In addition to Mohegan Sun, Sponsors include:
Silver Sponsors
The Family of
Bronze Sponsors
Supporting Sponsors
Chelsea Groton Bank Foundation
Dime Bank Foundation
Dodson Boatyard, LLC
J. Michael Leahy Memorial Fund
Subway
Contributing Sponsors
Charter Oak Federal Credit Union
DialAmerica
Media Sponsors
74 Local Programs • 26 Olympic-Type Sports • 4 State Games • Sports Training and Competitions All Year Round
Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and competition opportunities for individuals with intellectual disabilities. It also offers Special Olympics Unified Sports® which teams up athletes with intellectual disabilities and their peers without disabilities, known as Unified partners, to play sports. Participants train for 8 to 12 weeks prior to a state competition. This training is offered through our Local Programs.
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Winter Games
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SUMMER GAMES
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Unified Sports® Fall Festival
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Unified Sports® Holiday Classic
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For a full listing of our events please visit our Calendar.
For specific sports rules visit the Coaches Corner.
For the Games Tool Kit (for Hosting Invitational Events), click here.