2021 Chittenden Bocce Update

We are having our in-person local competition this Saturday, September 18th at the Willey Family Farm, the same place practice has been. Please arrive by 8:45 AM for check in. We will be taking temperatures of everyone; athletes, coaches, family, caregivers and spectators. Masks are required at all times and social distancing is required. I know that is hard at the bocce courts.

Athletes, please wear your Hawaiian bocce shirts! New athletes, we did not have time this season to order new shirts so if you have a Hawaiian shirt or any crazy shirt, please wear it! We will have new shirts for new athletes next bocce season!

We will have pizza, apples and drinks for lunch. If you do not want pizza, please bring lunch. We will attempt to keep social distance while handing out pizza.

We hope to be all done with lunch and awards by 1:00 or 1:30 PM. This is the first time we have actually hosted a competition so please be patient and enjoy the bocce spirit!

See you there!  Dave

 

p.s. There will be one portalet available. 

Chittenden Bocce Practice Canceled 9/15/21

 We do not want to repeat last weeks bocce practice so we are canceling tonight's practice. See everyone on Saturday!

Special Olympics Chittenden Fall Sports Competition - Golf Update

Hi all, the Special Olympics Vermont Fall Games Golf Competition will be this Saturday, 9/18/21 at the Basin Harbor Golf Club. Athlete and coach check-in will be at 10:00 AM.Skills will be done early afternoon. 18 Hole alternate shots will take longer....

Here are the guidelines from Special Olympics Vermont:

All events will be held outdoors and will follow Covid protocols, including Covid check-in, required masks for all participants regardless of vaccination status, social distancing, and hand sanitizing. A note on health and safety recommendations from the Vermont Department of Health: 

• Vaccination is the best method for protecting yourself and preventing transmission of COVID-19 and its variants. SOVT strongly recommends that all participants eligible for the vaccine be vaccinated. 
• Testing is also recommended, but not mandatory. To prevent the spread of Covid, it is safest practice for unvaccinated participants to receive a negative Covid test up to 72 hours in advance of an event. It is also best for people who have attended a large gathering to get a Covid test 3 - 5 days after the event. 

 Fall Games Golf will take place Saturday, Sept. 18th at Basin Harbor as planned, in accordance with State and Special Olympics COVID guidelines. This decision was made with careful consideration of many factors, including attendance numbers. Golf has been an allowed activity even before vaccines were available, and we have excellent guidance from both Special Olympics, Inc. and the Vermont state guidelines. We also have a plan in place to minimize risk when conducting golf skills activities. 

We understand some may see it as unfair that athlete golfers will have a statewide, in-person competition and bocce and track athletes will have a different experience. We feel it is critically important during these unrelenting challenging times that we strive to do all that we safely are able to do. It is also worth noting that the golfers are often the athletes who miss the ceremony of Fall Games because their venue is removed from the primary site.

2021 Special Olympics Chittenden Fall Sports - Track Update

Hi all, you may have heard the disappointing news that the Special Olympics Vermont Fall Games Bocce and Track competition in St. Albans is being changed to a virtual event due the COVID-19 upsurge along with the large number of people who would have attended.

For track, we will be participating in the state-wide virtual competition. Our track coaches will measure your times and distances at this Wednesday's practice and submit them to Special Olympics Vermont. Special Olympics Vermont will then division the state-wide event times and determine everyone's results. We will then have a get together to present medals at a later date.

Below is information from Special Olympics Vermont that we will be following:

All events will be held outdoors and will follow Covid protocols, including Covid check-in, required masks for all participants regardless of vaccination status, social distancing, and hand sanitizing. A note on health and safety recommendations from the Vermont Department of Health: 

• Vaccination is the best method for protecting yourself and preventing transmission of COVID-19 and its variants. SOVT strongly recommends that all participants eligible for the vaccine be vaccinated. 
• Testing is also recommended, but not mandatory. To prevent the spread of Covid, it is safest practice for unvaccinated participants to receive a negative Covid test up to 72 hours in advance of an event. It is also best for people who have attended a large gathering to get a Covid test 3 - 5 days after the event.
  
• Fall Games Track & Field events will take place at the local level, in-person, with a virtual statewide competition. We request that final athlete competition scores be collected at the regularly scheduled practice in the coming week.
  

2021 Chittenden Fall Sports - Bocce Competition Update

Hi all, you may have heard the disappointing news that the Special Olympics Vermont Fall Games Bocce and Track competition in St. Albans is being changed to a virtual event due the COVID-19 upsurge along with the large number of people who would have attended.

Our bocce coaches will run a local Chittenden only competition this Saturday, September 18th at the Willey Family Farm (same place as our practices. Athlete check-in will begin at 8:45 AM, we will have an opening ceremony then start competition at 9:30 AM. We hope to be done by 1:30 PM or 2:00 PM.  Pizza lunch will be provided. Mark your calendar and note the new location! 

Below is information from Special Olympics Vermont that we will be following:

All events will be held outdoors and will follow Covid protocols, including Covid check-in, required masks for all participants regardless of vaccination status, social distancing, and hand sanitizing. A note on health and safety recommendations from the Vermont Department of Health: 

• Vaccination is the best method for protecting yourself and preventing transmission of COVID-19 and its variants. SOVT strongly recommends that all participants eligible for the vaccine be vaccinated. 
• Testing is also recommended, but not mandatory. To prevent the spread of Covid, it is safest practice for unvaccinated participants to receive a negative Covid test up to 72 hours in advance of an event. It is also best for people who have attended a large gathering to get a Covid test 3 - 5 days after the event.

Chittenden Track Practice canceled 9/8/2021

 Track practice is canceled tonight due to the weather. Hope to see everyone next week!