More than 170 Special Olympics athletes will be in action this weekend at the Special Olympics Kentucky Area 7 Bowling Tournament hits the lanes on Saturday, Oct. 26. This year the event moves across town to Walts Center Lanes in Newport for the first time.
The tournament gets under way with opening ceremonies at 8:50 a.m. with singles competition at 9:00. A Unified Bowling event will follow the singles competition and should begin at approximately noon.
Unified Bowling pairs a Special Olympics athlete with a partner who doesn’t have an intellectual disability – often a parent or sibling – for practice and competition. Participants in the tournament bowl two games with total pin fall determining the winner in each division. Athletes who win their divisions and in some cases those who place second will advance to the State Bowling Tournament Dec. 7-8 in Louisville.
The Area 7 Bowling Tournament includes Special Olympics athletes from Boone, Campbell, Grant, Harrison, Kenton and Pendleton Counties.
Bowling is one of the most popular sports Special Olympics Kentucky offers throughout the year, and generally draws more than 1,300 athletes statewide. The State Bowling Tournament is annually the largest individual sport competition on the Special Olympics Kentucky calendar.
The Area 7 Bowling Tournament is made possible by Special Olympics Kentucky year-round partners Jersey Mike’s, Texas Roadhouse and Toyota.
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