Following is information about the Special Olympics Kentucky Area 7 Bowling Tournament, which will be held in Newport on October 26. Athletes from your area will be competing.
Please call or e-mail if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Mark
For Immediate Release
October 22, 2024
Contact: Mark Buerger, Special Olympics Kentucky
859-338-6075
mbuerger@soky.org
Special Olympics Area 7 Bowling Tournament Returns to Northern Kentucky Saturday
Newport, Ky. – More than 170 Special Olympics athletes will be in action this weekend at the Special Olympics Kentucky Area 7 Bowling Tournament hits the lanes on Saturday, Oct. 26. This year the event moves across town to Walts Center Lanes for the first time in its history.
The tournament gets under way with opening ceremonies at 8:50 am and singles competition at 9:00. A Unified Bowling event will follow the singles competition and should begin at approximately noon. Unified Bowling pairs a Special Olympics athlete with a partner who doesn’t have an intellectual disability – often a parent or sibling – for practice and competition. Participants in the tournament bowl two games with total pin fall determining the winner in each division. Athletes who win their divisions and in some cases those who place second will advance to the State Bowling Tournament Dec. 7-8 in Louisville.
The Area 7 Bowling Tournament includes Special Olympics athletes from Boone, Campbell, Grant, Harrison, Kenton and Pendleton Counties.
Bowling is one of the most popular sports Special Olympics Kentucky offers throughout the year, and generally draws more than 1,300 athletes statewide. The State Bowling Tournament is annually the largest individual sport competition on the Special Olympics Kentucky calendar.
The Area 7 Bowling Tournament is made possible by Special Olympics Kentucky Year-Round Partners Jersey Mike’s, Texas Roadhouse and Toyota.
For more information about the Area 7 Bowling Tournament or about the Special Olympics bowling program, contact Special Olympics Kentucky Sports Program Manager Kathy Marshall at 502-695-8222 or via e-mail at kmarshall@soky.org.
Special Olympics is the world’s largest program of sports training and competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Participation in competitive events is open to all individuals eight years of age or older. Training and competition in local, area, state, and national programs is offered year-round in Kentucky in 15 sports. In addition to its traditional sports competitions, Special Olympics also offers early childhood programming through the Young Athletes Program and medical screenings though the Healthy Athletes Initiative. Special Olympics Kentucky began as a one-day event in Louisville in 1970 and has expanded to serve more than 10,000 athletes statewide annually. Special Olympics celebrated the 55th Anniversary of the global movement in 2023.
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Mark Buerger
Director of Communications and External Relations
Special Olympics Kentucky
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Frankfort, KY 40601
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(c) 859-338-6075
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