The Special Olympics Ontario School Championships is taking place June 12-14 in the Niagara Region. Eastern Ontario is proud to be sending a number of high school teams to compete in various sports. You can follow along with the results at:  http://sooschoolchampionships2017.ca/fan-info/.  For more information about the Games, the School Championships program, and the teams competing, please visit www.sooschoolchampionships2017.ca.

Teams representing Eastern Ontario include:

Adam Scott CVI – Basketball
Cornwall CVS – Basketball
Napanee District SS – Basketball
East Northumberland SS – Bocce
Fellowes HS – Bocce
Granite Ridge Education Centre – Soccer
Loyalist CVI – Soccer
Napanee District SS – Soccer
Brockville CI – Track & Field
Ecole Secondaire Catholique Casselman – Track & Field
Loyalist CVI – Track & Field
Napanee District SS – Track & Field
Prince Edward CI – Track & Field
St. Peter CSS – Track & Field
Thousand Islands SS – Track & Field
Ecole Secondaire Catholique Casselman – Unified Basketball
St. Peter CSS – Unified Basketball
Madawaska Valley District HS – Unified Bocce
Thousand Islands SS – Unified Bocce
Valour School – Unified Bocce
Ecole Secondaire Catholique Casselman – Unified Soccer
St. Peter CSS – Unified Soccer
Ridgemont High School – Basketball
Gloucester High School – Bocce
Maplewood High School - Bocce
Notre Dame High School – Bocce
Ottawa Technical Secondary School – Floor Hockey
Ottawa Technical Secondary School – Track & Field
Sir Guy Carleton Secondary School – Track & Field
Hillcrest High School – Unified Basketball
Glebe Collegiate Institute – Unified Floor Hockey

Special Olympics Ontario is now accepting applications for 2017 Provincial Summer Games positions.

Please go to 2017 Provincial Summer Games Coach & Volunteer Games Registration Form to complete an application form. http://games-registration.specialolympicsontario.ca/non-athlete-registration

 This form is to be used by volunteers that would like to apply for the following positions:

-2017 Provincial Summer Games Sport Technical Consultant

-2017 Provincial Summer Games DTM

-2017 Provincial Summer Games Coach

-2017 Provincial Summer Games Golf Caddie

-2018 National Summer Games Mission Staff

-2018 National Summer Games Coach

The deadline for DTM and Sport Technical Consultant applications ​is October 17th. The deadline for all other applications is November 15th.

Please remember that  Games coaches are required to meet minimum Coaching Certification requirements prior to coaching at major games (see SOO policy 10.3.2 Certification Requirements for Higher Competition​).  

If you are missing any of these certifications, please see the following information on how to obtain them. Please remember that courses may only be offered a limited number of timers per year in your area, avoid missing out and register in the earliest course possible.

1. Special Olympics NCCP Community or Competition Coaching course. Visit Training Calendar for a list of scheduled courses.

2. NCCP Multi-sport module: Making Ethical Decisions and two other modules from the Competition Introduction or Competition Development streams of the coaches choice.  A list of available courses can be found on the Coaches Association of Ontario Course Calendar.

3. Making Ethical Decisions Online Evaluation can be completed once the Multi-sport Making Ethical Decisions course appears on your NCCP Transcript. Once you have completed the MED training, and it appears on your transcript, you will have unlimited attempts at the MED evaluation. If you opt to take the evaluation without first completing the MED module there will be an $85 fee associated with the evaluation. The course can be found through The Locker on the Coaches Association of Canada website.

Congratulations to all athletes!

To view the list of names for the Special Olympics Ontario Provincial Spring Games in Guelph, May 26-28, 2016 Eastern District Training Squad please click here.

Good luck to all team members as they begin to prepare for a very exciting time in Newfoundland. 

 Click here to view Team Ontario's members