Special Olympics Will Hold Unified Sports® Fall Festival This Weekend

Special Olympics athletes and Unified Sports® partners are looking forward to competing at our annual Unified Sports® Fall Festival presented by Mohegan Sun which will return this weekend, September 13th-14th (and 20th-21st). All events are free to attend and open to the public. For more information, visit soct.org.

Sports featured will include bocce, croquet, golf, sailing, and softball. The event is expected to draw nearly 800 teammates and their coaches and will also offer health activities and resources to participants.

Events scheduled include:

On Saturday, September 13th, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. -

* Bocce at Old Grove Bocce Courts - Savin Rock, 1 Oak Street, West Haven, Opening Ceremony at 9 a.m.
* Sailing at The Wadawanuck Club, 196 Water Street, Stonington, Opening Ceremony at 10 a.m.
* Softball at the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Club, 200 Clement Road, East Hartford, Opening Ceremony at 9:15 a.m.

On Sunday, September 14th, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. -
* Bocce at Old Grove Bocce Courts - Savin Rock, 1 Oak Street, West Haven
* Golf at Sleeping Giant Golf Course, 3931 Whitney Avenue, Hamden, Opening Ceremony at 1 p.m.
* Softball at the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Club, 200 Clement Road, East Hartford

Healthy Athletes Offerings
Through our Healthy Athletes® program, Healthy Habits Education will be offered at our bocce venue to educate Fall Festival participants about healthy habits they can practice to enhance their performance in sports and in their daily lives.

Performance Stations will be set up at our softball venue to guide participants through activities that include pre-competition warm-ups and post-competition cool-downs.

Both Healthy Habits and Performance Stations will be offered on Saturday, September 13th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

And then, on Saturday, September 20th and Sunday, September 21st, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. -
Croquet at The Ocean House, 1 Bluff Avenue, Westerly, Rhode Island.

Event Sponsors:
Mohegan Sun - Presenting Sponsor, Ocean House and the Steven J. Suzio Memorial Golf Tournament - Gold Sponsors, Nirenstein, Horowitz & Associates, P.C., the PGA Connecticut Section, the Singer Family - Bronze Sponsors, Chelsea Groton Bank Foundation, City of West Haven, Dime Bank Foundation, DiNardo Enterprises, Feroleto Steel and Stop & Shop - Supporting Sponsors, Centerville bank, Niantic Lions Club, the Walter Camp Football Foundation - Contributing Sponsors and Hearst Connecticut Media Group and NBC Connecticut and Telemundo Connecticut - Media Sponsors.

About Special Olympics Connecticut:
Special Olympics Connecticut provides year-round sports training and competition opportunities for nearly 14,000 athletes of all ages with intellectual disabilities and Unified Sports® partners - their teammates without disabilities. Through the joy of sport, the Special Olympics movement transforms lives and communities throughout the state and in 200 countries around the world by promoting good health and fitness and inspiring inclusion and respect for people of all abilities, on and off the playing field. (www.soct.org)

Partner Sponsors: The Connecticut Elks Association, Enterprise, ESPN, Eversource, the Knights of Columbus, the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Connecticut, NBC Connecticut and Telemundo Connecticut, Pratt & Whitney and Webster Bank.

Year-Round Suppliers: Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Hearst Connecticut Media Group, N&D Sports, NBC Connecticut and Telemundo Connecticut, Pepperidge Farm and WORX.