Snowy conditions outside may have restricted competition at Saturday's Special Olympics Queenstown Lakes tenpin bowling ribbon day to one round, but organisers are calling the event an all-round success.
About 60 children, family members, adult athletes, coaches and supporters launched the new Special Olympics New Zealand Queenstown Lakes Club with a fun-filled tenpin bowling training session, at Arthurs Point, on Wednesday.
Phil Lil learned a valuable lesson when officiating at the Special Olympics Otago secondary schools swimming championships at Moana Pool yesterday.
The Special Olympics Queenstown Lakes club will officially launch its training programme for young Wakatipu people with intellectual disabilities on Wednesday, March 16.
Otago will be represented by Thomas van der Lugt and Christopher Rielly in next year's Special Olympics athlete leadership programme.
The Special Olympics Central Lakes Club got off to a grand start at Remarkables Primary School on Wednesday.
The TrustPower Dunedin Community Supreme Award was presented to one of Dunedin's "quiet achievers" last night.
Special training in Germany made the difference and helped Carlos Biggeman (Bayfield) dominate the annual Otago Special Olympics swimming championships at Moana Pool on Wednesday.
