Melbourne West kicks-off 2024 with friends, family and a very popular sausage sizzle
Melbourne West Special Olympics became the first club out of the gates for the new year with their annual family day at Brimbank Park. Athletes, their families, volunteers and supporters braved the sweltering heat to catch-up with friends and relive the glory of 2023. And you can’t get between LETR and a sausage sizzle and […]
Summer in Melbourne means Australian Open
LETR’s Matt and Andrew could not believe their luck when told they would be spending the day with the superstar athletes of Special Olympics Victoria for the All Abilities Day at the 2024 Australian Open Melbourne Park, Rod Laver Arena. Special Olympics Australia CEO Pierre Comis, joined Matt, Andrew and the athletes of Special Olympics […]
Kate and Rachael recognised for services to our ID community
Congratulations to LETR’s Kate Lockyer and Rachael Kelly who have been recognised in the annual Office of the Public Advocate awards for their services to, and support of, athletes with a disability. Vice President Kate was presented with the Outstanding Service to People with a Disability award for her incredible coordination of two Chief’s Challenges […]
Glitz and glam guarantee a grand Gala
It was a night of glitz and glamour at the sell-out 2023 LETR Gala Ball with excellent food, entertainment and fun establishing it as one of the key events of the social calendar. Athletes, families, volunteers and members of Victoria Police rocked the dance floor and roared to the songs of the decades to mark […]
Athletes let their hair down at a rocking 2023 Christmas party
You couldn’t keep Torch Run’s Kate and Laureina off the dance floor at the the Special Olympics Melbourne Inner East Christmas Party at the Veneto Club in Bulleen. It was a rocking good night and while Kate and Laureina couldn’t match the dance moves or stamina of our super-fit MIE athletes, they apparently had the […]
Our bowlers in a league of their own
More than 90 Ten Pin bowling athletes gathered at Forest Hill Chase bowling alley with an inter-club championship to wrap up one of the most successful seasons. LETR Chief, Matt Volk, was chuffed to be asked to help out with the presentations and awards and even more impressed with long-time bowling volunteers, Trish and Ros, […]
SOV golfers drive Victoria home to fourth place
It was a shock to the system for LETR’s Laureina and Rachel and eight Special Olympics Victoria golfers when they landed at the Gold Coast for the 2023 Special Olympics Australia national golf tournament. After a long, wet and freezing Victorian winter, it took a moment for our LETR crew to adjust to a scorching […]
