Special Olympics Selangor - News #SportsSpecial Olympics Selangor - News #Sportshttps://www.specialolympicsselangor.org/blogs/tag/sportsWed, 04 Feb 2026 19:45:04 -0800http://zoho.com/sites/<![CDATA[Basketball trial session for athletes with intellectual disabilities]]>https://www.specialolympicsselangor.org/blogs/post/basketball-trainingWe're excited to announce that Special Olympics Malaysia through Selangor state program has successfully conducted a basketball trial session for athletes with intellectual disabilities.]]>

We're excited to announce that Special Olympics Malaysia through Selangor state program has successfully conducted a basketball trial session for athletes with intellectual disabilities. This is a great opportunity to showcase your skills and potentially represent Malaysia in the upcoming Special Olympics National, regional or World Games.

We'd like to extend a huge thank you to parents and volunteer coaches. Your support means the world to us and we couldn't have done this without you.

We'd also like to thank Sunway University for providing us with the basketball court. Your generosity is greatly appreciated and we're thrilled to have a top-notch facility for our athletes to train on.

So mark your calendars and join us for this amazing opportunity every Saturday morning from 8.00 to 10.00am at Sunway University Basketball Court, Bandar Sunway!

]]>Sat, 06 May 2023 13:53:10 +0800<![CDATA[Sea of Red at the Bowling Alley]]>https://www.specialolympicsselangor.org/blogs/post/sea-of-redThe Charity Fun Bowling event organized by Special Olympics Selangor transformed the Ampang Superbowl at The Summit USJ into a vibrant red-colored space.]]>

SO Selangor Charity Fun Bowling 2023

The Charity Fun Bowling event organized by Special Olympics Selangor transformed the Ampang Superbowl at The Summit USJ into a vibrant red-colored space. With the aim of promoting inclusion and raising funds for Special Olympics Selangor, 54 athletes and 54 unified partners joined forces to create 27 teams and participate in this charity event that was held on Saturday morning 18 March.


The event managed to raise RM27,000 in total, and we, on behalf of the Special Olympics Selangor Organizing Committee, would like to extend our gratitude to all the sponsors, athletes, parents, and volunteers who supported and contributed to its success.

]]>Sun, 19 Mar 2023 15:23:34 +0800<![CDATA[National Director of Special Olympics MALDIVES visit SO Selangor]]>https://www.specialolympicsselangor.org/blogs/post/national-director-of-special-olympics-maldives-visit-so-selangorCoaching special needs children with intellectual disabilities is indeed a challenging and an arduous task” says Connie Yee, a mother of Special needs child.]]>

SO Selangor is pleased to host the National Director of Special Olympics Maldives Ms Fathimath Fairooza Adam to visit the Table Tennis training conducted by SO Selangor.


Ms Fathimath mingled with some parents at the centre and even tried tried her hands to play a short round of rally with the two parents coaches. Thank you for visiting us and we wish SO Maldives the very best in the SO movements.


Ms Fathimath with athletes and parents
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Ms Fathimath having a game with Coach Mr lee
]]>Fri, 22 Jul 2022 09:59:00 +0800<![CDATA[Shall we play Table Tennis]]>https://www.specialolympicsselangor.org/blogs/post/play_table_tennisCoaching special needs children with intellectual disabilities is indeed a challenging and an arduous task” says Connie Yee, a mother of Special needs child.]]>

“Coaching special needs children with intellectual disabilities is indeed a challenging and an arduous task” says Connie Yee, a mother of Special needs child.


“Coaching special needs children with intellectual disabilities is indeed a challenging and an arduous task” says Connie Yee, mother of Teik Kean, 23 years old. “We are required to have limitless patience, appropriate skills, and the ability to adapt to the erratic moods and the ever-evolving behaviour of our children, so that we can continuously engage and encourage them to grow” she continues.


Recently, Connie and Teik Kean took part in the 2-day virtual table tennis session conducted by Ms Lua Bee Yueh, SOAP Regional Sports Advisor for Table Tennis. Training at the start was challenging as the table tennis ball is “quite small, light, and bounces a little too easily!” Connie had to be innovative to create different exercises for Teik Kean to do. To his credit, diligent practice paid off and after two weeks, and some frustration, Teik Kean could serve the ball to the opponent and enjoy a few rallies with his mum.  “I am very proud of how far he has come and his willingness to learn” says Connie.



Connie Teaching Teik Kean play Table Tennis
]]>Wed, 05 Jan 2022 15:20:00 +0800<![CDATA[In conjunction with World Autism Day, Swimming training class kick-started]]>https://www.specialolympicsselangor.org/blogs/post/swimming_classIn conjunction with World Autism Day, Special Olympics Selangor (SOSgor) kick-started its long awaited swimming class at Kompleks 3K Subang Jaya made possible by the support and special permission from Puan Noraini Binti Roslan, Yang DiPertua of Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya (MPSJ).]]>

In conjunction with World Autism Day, Special Olympics Selangor (SOSgor) kick-started its long awaited swimming class at Kompleks 3K Subang Jaya made possible by the support and special permission from Puan Noraini Binti Roslan, Yang DiPertua of Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya (MPSJ) in allowing us to use the 3K swimming pool facility as our SOSgor official training ground. Athletes of SOSgor can now enjoy year round free coaching and training from our volunteer coaches.


This partnership with MPSJ sees another avenue for yet another sport for persons with Intellectual Disability to explore their sporting talents.

Today's inaugural  training class saw 14 athletes and some parents dipping into the pool and splashing with good spirits as per the instructions of the volunteer coach.


Besides the coaches and parents, MPSJ has also provided the service of two lifeguards during the training session. SOSgor expects this program to gain momentum once more volunteer swimming coaches are able to participate.


Our mission is to provide opportunities in as many sports activities as possible for our athletes so that each and every one can discover hidden strengths or at least is able to try out various sports. We continuously look for volunteers and partnerships that can help to propel SOSgor forward. And along the way, we hope to give these athletes the chance to represent SOSgor  in competitions, tournaments and meets, both locally and internationally like, the Special Selangor State Games, the Special Olympics National Games and in 2020, the Special Olympics Asia Pacific Regional Games and the ASEAN Autism Games.


First batch of athletes attending swimming class
Briefing by Coach on DO's & Don'ts
Training in progress
]]>Tue, 02 Apr 2019 11:42:00 +0800<![CDATA[Strike Out Differences - Autism Embrace Bowling Tournament]]>https://www.specialolympicsselangor.org/blogs/post/autismPembrace_bowling_tournamentSpecial Olympics Selangor Athletes and National Autism Society of Malaysia (NASOM)had a striking time at a bowling tournament.]]>

Special Olympics Selangor Athletes and National Autism Society of Malaysia (NASOM)had a striking time at a bowling tournament organized by YEDP11A, a subsidiary of TNB. The tournament held on the Saturday, 16 March 2019 was a collaboration between NASOM and project team YEDP11A. The theme was "Strike Out Difference, Autism Embrace".


The day truly echoed the theme as staff from ILSAS and the project team gamely volunteered to partner the athletes in a competitive tournament. Throughout the tournament, teams comprising three athletes with autism and one volunteer, battled out on the lanes. Whoops, Aaahs and Yeahs reverberated against the downing of pins.


Puan Noor Hafiza Binti Hamid, a trainer from ILSAS and team-mates comprising Peggy, Andrew and Nicholas of Team 5 encouraged athletes from her team with hi-fives and claps, while doing not too badly herself. She was happy and said that she truly enjoyed herself and even got some bowling tips from her team-mates.


In the above 15 category, SOSgor athletes, Tan Seng Kit, David Foo and Clement Ooi emerged individual Champion, runner-up and third respectively. In the team events, the Champion team had Seng Kit, David Foo and Zen Lee from SOSgor who partnered En. Jahid, Senior Leadership Consultant of ILSAS, second place team had Clement Ooi (United Voice), Hakimi and Kean Ann (both from NASOM) and third placed team had Samuel Chok, Tee Hong Guan and Chuan Teik Kean from SOSgor.

It was a good outing for SOSgor athletes.


Altogether there were 20 teams, 9 teams from ages 15 above and 11 teams from ages 15 below. At the end of the day, anxieties and emotions gave way to shouts and cheers as all athletes received their medals.


Strike Out Differences participants
Part of the Athletes with their prizes and medal.
]]>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 13:25:00 +0800<![CDATA[SO Selangor held Unified Bowling Games 2018 in conjunction with EKS Day]]>https://www.specialolympicsselangor.org/blogs/post/Unified_Bowling_2018Special Olympics Selangor held the Unified Bowling Games 2018 in conjunction with EKS Day.]]>

It was a day of happy chaos as athletes looked for their team mates at the 2nd Unified Bowling Game in conjunction with Eunice Kennedy Shriver (EKS) Day event in Wangsa Bowl, Bandar Utama. The day was graced by YB Hannah Yeoh, Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development who kick-started the event by knocking down a few pins herself.


A total 33 teams, each comprising 4 athletes with Intellectual Disabilities and a partner rocked the bowling centre. The 98 athletes are from Special Olympics Selangor, United Voice, The Life Chapel, NASOM and various PDKs from around Selangor. Partners are friends, family members and people from various organizations.


Unified Sports is an important feature of Special Olympics which looks at team sports as a fun and inclusive way of bringing about better understanding and friendship between people with and without intellectual disabilities.


Champion team was represented by Eugene Wong, Sara -Anne, Wesley Chua with partner Alvin Neo who had sponsored the group.

Second place went to KLCAH A with athletes Xian Jian, Chan Aileen and Irfan Harith partnered by Brendan Sta Maria.

Third placing went to the NASOM Team of Poon Tze Hei, Ooi Kean Aun and Muhammad Hakimi with partner Ahmad Muzamel.

Everyone else had the chance to walk up and receive a participation medals and got their team photo taken. True to the motto of Special Olympics, "Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt", there were smiles and laughter throughout the event.


Article by Mdm Lim Ang Nei


Champion Team
YB Hannah Yeoh, giving a speech

YB Hannah Yeoh, Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development officiating the event.

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