2011-12-20 Five EU Programs Attend Christmas Golf Tournament in Portugal
Special Olympics Golfers from five European countries celebrated a two-day Christmas Gold Tournament at Montado Golf Centre in Setubal, Portugal from December 9th to the 11th, 2011.
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2011-12-14 Towns and Villages Come Together in Lithuania for European Basketball Week
More than 300 athletes took part in events throughout towns and village special schools, social care homes and days centres in Lithuania as part of 2011 Special Olympics European Basketball Week from November 24th to December 4th.
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2011-12-14 Shooting Hoops with the Euroleague Stars in Serbia
Serbia kicked off their Special Olympics European Basketball Week with a National Basketball Tournament for male athletes on November 26th in Krusevac. This event was followed by a National Basketball Tournament for women in Pirot on December 3rd and a promotional appearance at the Euroleague game between Partizan Mt:s and Maccabi Electra on December 1st.
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2011-12-14 Ukraine Basketball Week Focuses on Involving Children Under 15 Years
2011 European Basketball Week (Nov 24th to December 4th) in Ukraine took a specific focus on providing opportunities in basketball for children under the age of 15. And it was thanks to the involvement of the Committee for Physical Education, the Ukrainian Ministry of Sports Education, and Youth, Ukraine as well as the support of the National Basketball Federations of Ukraine that the festival enjoyed its highest participation rate in the Ukraine to date.
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2011-12-14 Healthy Athlete Activity and Special Smiles Screenings at Albanian Basketball Week
The Albanian city of Elbasan welcomed more than 180 athletes from five regions to their Special Olympics Basketball Week event which was a mixture of sport competition, Healthy Athletes and for the first time ever a Special Smiles program.
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2011-12-14 Slovenia Records Highest Participation Rate to Date in European Basketball Week
For Special Olympics Slovenia athletes Thursday, December 1st was a special day. Falling within 2011 European Basketball Week, a ten state basketball tournament was organised in the Franc Rozman Stane Sports Complex in Ljubljana to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Institute of Janez. This day long event was followed by an evening at the Euroleague 2011-12 season game between BC Union Olimpija and Montepeschi Siena.
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2011-12-13 Partnership with International Floorball Federation
Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia has entered into partnership with the International Floorball Federation (IFF) with the official signing of an agreement between Denis Doolan, Acting President of SOEE, and Filip Suman, Vice President of IFF, during the Women's World Floorball Championships in St. Gallen, Switzerland on December 9th.
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2011-12-13 SO Poland Swimmers at 2011 European Swimming Championships
Thanks to our partnership with the European Swimming Federation (LEN), all eyes were on Special Olympics swimmers during the recent European Swimming Championships which took place in Szczecin, Poland on December 11, 2011
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2011-12-12 Athens 2011 Healthy Athlete Programme Transforms Lives
The lives of three athletes from The Netherlands were transformed for good after participating in the Healthy Athlete Programme during the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens last summer.
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2011-12-12 European Skiers Prepare for Korea
More than 85 Special Olympics skiers and coaches from eight European countries took part in an SOEE Alpine Skiing Camp in Murau, Austria from December 3rd to 9th in preparation for the 2012 Skiing season and the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Korea.
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