Connaught News

This month, meet 2 of our amazing Connaught athletes!

The selections for Team Connaught took place on Thursday 4th September in the Connacht Hotel, Galway.

On Saturday 6th September we held our Coaching Young Athletes coaching course in Belmullet, Co. Mayo. Our newly re-established Erris Special Olympics Club are eager to get back involved with Special Olympics and will be starting our Young Athletes Programme in the area.

We are delighted to announce that our regional athlete leadership forum is back for 2025! It’s on Saturday 22nd November at 10:00 am at The Connacht Hotel, Galway. Please save the date. Further information will be sent to clubs in the coming weeks.

A Regional Basketball Qualifying Event took place on 22nd March in Knocknarea Arena, ATU, Sligo.

The 2025 Spring Swim Meet at Kilcornan turned out to be very competitive but enjoyable experience for all the athletes from Team South Galway, Tribes Senior and Junior Special Olympics Club.

The inter-regional badminton event took place in Gormanston sports complex on Sunday 2nd March.