Brockville and Area Special Olympics

District 57 , KofC Councils from Brockville, Prescott, and Morrisburg / Iroquois hosted the annual Flag Relay at St Mark’s Parish Center. Many dignitaries were on hand, including newly elected MP – Michael Barrett, MPP and Minister of Municipal Affairs- Steve Clark and Mayor of Prescott. Brett Todd. RCMP was represented by Constable Alex Todd and the OPP by Auxiliary Constable Ken Rundle. Steve Clark presented a Certificate wishing SOO Brockville Best Wishes in this 50th year of the Special […]

What a day we had! We took two floor hockey teams to Arnprior and we, as coaches, could not be more proud! Our D team played four games:First game was Brockville 4 Arnprior 5Second game was Brockville 6 ottawa 4 Third gane Brockville 8 ottawa 5.Final game was brockville 5. Arnprior 11 Their goalie, Sarah Styles came in second in the skills competition Josh Noonan came in first place skills competition as well as most valuable playerWay to go guys! Our C […]

Indoor bocce begins Saturday Jan 5, 2019 at Wall Street United Church at 9:30 am.

A new sport, curling, was added this year under the supervision of coach Sharon Bergstrom at the Brockville Country Club. As a new program, athletes are learning the basics of throwing rocks and sweeping. Athletes John and Shane are demonstrating good form in these pictures,

Thanks to the great organizers, the 2018 Christmas party was a huge success. It was well attended by both athletes, volunteers, parents and caregivers.

The purpose of the Knights of Columbus Flag Relay is to raise public awareness of Special Olympics and to support the athletes in communities throughout Ontario. The KOC Flag Relay will run from early January to May and finish at the International Invitational Youth Games in Toronto, May 14-17 2019 Knights of Columbus District # 57 (Brockville, Prescott, Morrisburg, South Mountain) will be hosting Flag Relay Event      St. Mark’s Parish Hall            461 Edward Street, Prescott Saturday, January 19 […]

Tim Ruhnke, Brockville Recorder & Times   It was a golden Breakfast of Champions. Athletes with the Brockville and Area branch of Special Olympics Ontario were joined by coaches, volunteers and supporters at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 96 on Saturday morning. The movement for individuals with intellectual disabilities is marking its 50th anniversary; the local program has been in place for three decades. Led by piper and Brockville Police Chief Scott Fraser, the Special Olympic athletes marched into the main hall […]