Basketball Season isn’t over yet!!!
This weekend at Goochland High School there will be an all day free tournament featuring Police officers from local and state, and Firemen and EMS. They will be playing Basketball and raising money for Special Olympics…
Head out Saturday to watch the games and you might even get a chance to play!
Come and support Special Olympics and our local 1st Responders!
Another good time for our Athletes and some medals to boot!
Proud Mom of a Gold Medal Winner. JP and Pam Mines. Congratulations JP!
The first weekend in February we ran both of our Area 6 Basketball Tournaments in Powhatan and Goochland. Below are some pictures of the fun!
Come join us for a great time!
The Polar Plunge® Festival is Special Olympics Virginia’s premier, annual fundraiser for those brrrr-ave enough to take the challenge. Join the “colony” as we come together to raise funds and plunge into icy waters at four different locations across Virginia in January and February– all for a cool cause.
Join Special Olympics Area 6 and plunge with our Athletes and Volunteers. It will be an experience you will never forget!
Select here to join our Polar Plunge team ‘Area 6 on Ice.’ Create an Account or Login in if you’ve plunged with us before. Be sure to select Area 6 on Ice to join the plunge or make a donation to our team.
Special Olympics Virginia Area 6 is a year-round program of sports training and athletic competition 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.
Area 6 is one of 31 Special Olympics Virginia area programs; it serves:
Thanks to a large volunteer network and the support of generous partners throughout Metro Richmond, athletes pay nothing to participate. We invite everyone to join us in our mission to open hearts and change minds about people with intellectual disabilities.
North Chesterfield VA 23234.
And a good time was had by all! (Waiting for any Bocce and Soccer pictures!)
These are the confirmed dates for ice skating at Richmond Ice Zone this year.
Training time is any time from 9:00 until 11:45 to be determined per Athlete’s interest/ability.
December 4 and 11
January 8, 15, 22 and 29
February 5 and 12
February 19 Area Ice Skating Competition
Richmond Ice Zone
636 Johnston Willis Drive
North Chesterfield, VA 23236.
Practices will be cancelled if Chesterfield Schools are closed or operate on a late opening or early closing schedule.
Registration forms will be sent directly to skaters. Contact Marjorie Loya with any questions.
Athletes from any county may participate in any Area 6 basketball program.
Select here to register for basketball. Be sure to pick the location where you will be playing.
Chesterfield Community Full-Court
Starts November 11, 2019
Mondays, November 11 – March 2, 6:00 PM
Swift Creek Middle School
3700 Old Hundred Road South
Midlothian VA 23112
Chesterfield Community Half-Court
Starts November 12, 2019
Tuesdays, November 12 – March 3, 6:00 PM
St. Marks Methodist Church
11551 Lucks Lane
Midlothian VA 23114
Goochland County
Starts November 6, 2019
Wednesdays, November 6 – February 26 , 3:00 – 5:00 PM
Goochland Sports Complex
1800 Sandy Hook Road
Goochland VA 23063
New Kent County
Starts November 10, 2019
Sundays, beginning on November 10, 3:00 – 4:00 PM
New Kent High School
7365 Egypt Rd
New Kent, VA 23124
Powhatan County
Starts October 28, 2019
Mondays, October 28, – March 2, 6:30 – 7:30 PM
Pocahontas Middle School
4290 Anderson Hwy
Powhatan, VA 23139
Select here to register for basketball. Be sure to pick the location where you will be playing.
