Kentucky
Special Olympics Kentucky flag football at TMU, 150 special athlete teams compete for state tournament
The 2021 Particular Olympics Kentucky flag soccer season continues on Sunday, October 30, when greater than 150 athletes on 14 groups compete on the Northern Kentucky Regional Flag Soccer Match at Thomas Extra College in Crestview Hills. Groups will compete for regional titles in 4 divisions.
Northern Kentucky Crushers in final 12 months’s state match. (Particular Olympics file picture)
Video games get underway at 10 am and can run constantly by way of 2 pm. Three groups from Northern Kentucky shall be competing. The opposite groups will come from Frankfort, Louisville, Madison County and Winchester.
That is the final of three Regional Tournaments that Particular Olympics Kentucky is holding this flag soccer season. Groups that compete in any of the three tournaments shall be eligible to play within the State Flag Soccer Match, which shall be held November 12 at Tates Creek Excessive Faculty in Lexington.
Flag Soccer was added to the Particular Olympics Kentucky sports activities program as an exhibition sport in 2009 and as a medal-awarding sport in 2010. It has seen a speedy rise in reputation.
For extra details about the Particular Olympics Kentucky Louisville Regional Flag Soccer Match, contact Director of Sports activities and Competitors Holly Vincent, at 502-695-8222 or hvincent@soky.org.
NKY Flyers (Particular Olympics file picture)
Particular Olympics is the world’s largest program of sports activities coaching and competitors for youngsters and adults with mental disabilities. Participation in aggressive occasions is open to all people eight years of age or older. Coaching and competitors in native, space, state, and nationwide applications is obtainable year-round in Kentucky in 15 sports activities.
Along with its conventional sports activities competitions, Particular Olympics additionally affords early childhood programming by way of the Younger Athletes Program and medical screenings although the Wholesome Athletes Initiative. Particular Olympics Kentucky started as a one-day occasion in Louisville in 1970 and has expanded to serve greater than 11,300 athletes statewide yearly. Particular Olympics celebrated the fiftieth Anniversary of the worldwide motion in 2018.