2015-2016 Competition and Fundraising Events Calendar
Visit SONJ.org to learn more about the competition and fundraising events in your Area! This calendar includes Special Olympics New Jersey Area, League, Sectional and State Competitions from September 2015 through June 2016. Dates and locations are accurate as of September 2015, and are subject to change. As more dates are confirmed, this calendar will be reprinted. Please check sonj.org for the most up-to-date information. Area 1 - Hudson County Area 2 - Passaic County Area 3 - Morris, Sussex & Warren Counties Area 4 - Hunterdon County Area 5 - Middlesex & Union Counties Area 6 - Monmouth & Ocean Counties Area 7 - Camden, Gloucester & Salem Counties Area 8 - Atlantic, Cape May & Cumberland Counties Area 9 - Essex County Area 10 - Somerset County Area 11 - Mercer County Area 12 - Bergen County Area 13 - Burlington County Special Olympics New Jersey Mission Statement: To provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
Competition Calendar FALL Soccer - Central -- League 9/12-10/17 Soccer - North -- League 9/12-10/17 Soccer - South -- League 9/12-10/17 Flag Football -- League 9/13-10/18 Cycling - North -- Sectional 9/27 Cycling - South -- Sectional 10/4 Golf - North -- Sectional 9/26 Golf - Central -- Sectional 10/11 Golf - South -- Sectional 9/27 Soccer - North -- Sectional 10/24-10/25 Soccer - Central -- Sectional 10/24-10/25 Soccer - South -- Sectional 10/24-10/25 Triathlon - State Competition 9/20 Fall Games - Equestrian 10/17 Fall Games - Golf 10/24 Fall Games - Cycling 10/31 Fall Games - Soccer/Flag Football 11/1 Shriver Cup - Unified Soccer 11/15 (High School & College Unified) SONJ Sports Complex/Rider University, Lawrenceville Oak Ridge Park, Clark Bankbridge School, Sewell Skillman Park, Skillman Bankbridge School, Sewell Plainfield West 9, Edison Cranbury Golf Club, West Windsor Latona Golf Course, Buena Oak Ridge Park, Clark Mercer County Park, West Windsor RiverWinds Community Center, West Deptford Asbury Park Horse Park of New Jersey, Allentown Mountain View Golf Club, Ewing Skillman Park, Montgomery The Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville Players Development Academy, Somerset WINTER Floor Hockey -- League 11/7-12/19 Volleyball -- League 11/7-12/19 Floor Hockey - State Tournament 1/9-1/10 Volleyball - State Tournament 1/9-1/10 Winter Games - Figure Skating 1/17 Winter Games - Speed Skating 2/2 Winter Games - multi sport 2/2-2/3 (alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, Burlington City High School, Burlington Stockton University, Galloway Galloway Township Middle School, Galloway Codey Arena, West Orange Skylands Arena, Stockholm Mountain Creek/Drop Zone, Vernon snowboarding, snowshoeing)
Competition Calendar SPRING Bowling -- Area 1 1/9 Bowling -- Area 2 2/7 Bowling -- Area 4 Bowling -- Area 5 1/31 Bowling -- Area 6 2/13 Bowling -- Area 7 2/6-2/7 Bowling -- Area 8 1/15-1/16 Bowling -- Area 10 1/23 Bowling -- Area 13 1/30 Basketball - North -- League 1/17-3/6 Basketball - Central -- League 1/17-3/6 Basketball - South -- League 1/17-3/6 Basketball - East -- League 1/17-3/6 Bowling - Central -- Sectional 2/27 Bowling - North -- Sectional 3/5 Bowling - South -- Sectional 3/12 Basketball - Central -- Sectional 3/12-3/13 Basketball - East -- Sectional 3/12-3/13 Basketball - South -- Sectional 3/12-3/13 Basketball - North -- Sectional 3/12-3/13 HS Shriver Cup - Unified Bowling 4/2 Spring Games - Team Bowling 4/2 Spring Games - Singles Bowling 4/3 Spring Games - Basketball 4/9-4/10 Shriver Cup - Unified Basketball 4/3 (High School & College Unified) Hudson-Bayonne Lanes, Jersey City T-Bowl II, Wayne West Hunterdon Lanes, Frenchtown Ocean Lanes, Lakewood King Pin Lanes, Egg Harbor Bowlmor AMF 536, Green Brook Laurel Lanes, Maple Shade Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Clifton SONJ Complex/Notre Dame High, Lawrenceville RiverWinds, West Deptford Carl Sandberg Middle School, Old Bridge AMF Strathmore Lanes, Aberdeen Hudson Bayonne Lanes, Jersey City Laurel Lanes, Maple Shade The Lawrenceville School/SONJ Sports Complex/ Notre Dame High School, Lawrenceville Carl Sandberg Middle School, Old Bridge RiverWinds, West Deptford/GCIT, Sewell Fairleigh Dickenson/College of St. Elizabeth, Madison Various Venues, Wildwood Princeton University, Princeton
Competition Calendar SUMMER Aquatics -- Area 1 & 12 3/12 Aquatics -- Area 4 3/19 Aquatics -- Area 5 3/20 Aquatics -- Area 6 4/17 Aquatics -- Area 10 Aquatics -- Area 13 5/5 Athletics (Track & Field) -- Area 1 5/7 Athletics (Track & Field) -- Area 2 5/7 Athletics (Track & Field) -- Area 4 5/1 Athletics (Track & Field) -- Area 5 5/1 Athletics (Track & Field) -- Area 7 5/8 Athletics (Track & Field) -- Area 9 4/20 Athletics (Track & Field) -- Area 10 5/7 Athletics (Track & Field) -- Area 11 5/1 Athletics (Track & Field) -- Area 13 5/15 Softball -- League 4/16-5/21 Powerlifting -- Sectional Bocce - North -- Sectional 4/24 Bocce - Central -- Sectional 5/7 Bocce - South -- Sectional 5/1 Tennis - North -- Sectional Tennis - South -- Sectional 4/30 Aquatics - Central -- Sectional 5/1 Aquatics - North -- Sectional Aquatics - South -- Sectional 4/24 Gymnastics -- Sectional Summer Games - all sports 6/10-6/12 Rutherford High School, Rutherford Raritan Bay Area YMCA, Perth Amboy Ocean County YMCA, Toms River Montgomery High School, Skillman Burlington County College, Pemberton Carteret High School, Carteret Basilone Field, Bridgewater West Windsor High School South, West Windsor Cherokee High School, Marlton Mercer County Park, West Windsor Passaic County Technical Institute, Wayne Washington Township High School RiverWinds, West Deptford Peddie School, Hightstown Gloucester Co. Institute of Technology, Sewell The College of New Jersey, Ewing/Schafer s School of Gymnastics, Lawrenceville
Fundraising Calendar 2015 Beach Bump 9/12 One More Tri 9/20 LETR United Airlines Plane Pull 9/26 PIANJ Golf 9/28 Bill Baumann Memorial Golf Outing 10/6 American Girl Fashion Show 10/18 LETR Dodgetoberfest 10/24 LETR Thanks4Giving Plunge 11/14 LETR Comedy Night 11/14 Awards Dinner 11/20 Jingle All the Way 3K 12/6 Beach at Resorts Casino, Atlantic City Boardwalk, Asbury Park Newark Liberty Int l. Airport, Newark Cherry Valley Country Club, Skillman Knob Hill CC, Manalapan Forsgate Country Club, Monroe Robbinsville Fieldhouse, Robbinsville Grand Arcade, Asbury Park Freehold Township Community Center, Freehold The Westin Forrestal Village, Princeton 2016 LETR Polar Bear Plunge 1/16 Evening of Chance 2/6 LETR Polar Bear Plunge 2/20 The NY Football Giants Snow Bowl 3/4-3/6 LETR Lincoln Tunnel Challenge 5K 4/10 RunAPalooza 4/16 The Perlman Cup 5/2 Delta Dental Golf Classic The Higgins Classic 6/6 NJ Young Insurance Pros Fun Run 6/7 Law Enforcement Torch Run 6/10 LETR Statue of Liberty 5K 7/4 TCNJ Walkathon Wildwoods Convention Center, Wildwood Beach at Spicy Cantina, Seaside Heights MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford Lincoln Tunnel, Weehawken Asbury Park Forsgate Country Club, Monroe Fiddler s Elbow Country Club, Bedminster Bally s, Atlantic City throughout New Jersey Liberty Island/Liberty State Park, Jersey City The College of New Jersey, Ewing
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