Swords Basketball Special Olympics Club

23/07/2024

Great opportunity for anyone aged 7-16 interested in playing basketball, register below! ⬇️🏀

Fingal County Council is thrilled to announce the launch of the Summer Sports Series, a new initiative designed to provide children with additional needs the opportunity to try a variety of sports in a supportive and inclusive environment.

🏀 Swords Basketball
📍 ALSAA SPORTS COMPLEX
🗓️ Wednesday 24th July

🕐 Age 7-11 Time 10.30am – 11.30am
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🕐 Age 12-16 Time 12pm – 1pm
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Healthy Fingal

28/11/2023

23/11/2023

09/11/2023

A massive congratulations to our very own Chloe Farrell who has been shortlisted by Volunteer Ireland

Chloe has been a driving force for the Special Olympics section in the club and was the Head Coach for the Irish women’s basketball team in the Special Olympics World Games this past summer with Special Olympics Ireland

📣 Drumroll, please!
After carefully reading more than 550 nominations that brought our judges to both laughter and tears, we are delighted to announce the shortlist for our 🏆Volunteer Ireland Awards!🏆

Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to write in about the amazing volunteers in your life, and we can't wait to toast to our shortlist on 2nd December.

Read about the shortlist here: https://www.volunteer.ie/shortlist-2023

The 2023 Volunteer Ireland Awards are made possible thanks to our sponsor, leading biotech company Regeneron, support from the Department of Rural and Community Development, and award partner Healthy Ireland.

31/10/2023

Swords Basketball SO team took to the bowling alley instead of the basketball court this evening for a Halloween party! 🎃👻

31/10/2023

⬇️ SAVE THE DATE ⬇️

Swords Basketball Club’s Annual Table Quiz Returns!

📅 10th November
⏰ 8pm Start
📍 Carnegie Court Hotel
💰 €10 Entry

Cash prizes for the winners and a raffle with some great prizes up for grabs! Get your team studying and ready to go!📚

31/10/2023

Happy Halloween to all our Swords players, stay safe this evening! 🎃🏀

26/09/2023

We sadly have to share the news of the passing of our friend and team mate Daniel Keegan who died suddenly during the weekend!

Daniel was a great basketball player on our men’s team and has been a member of Swords Basketball Special Olympics Club since it began 10 years ago, Daniel put 100% in his basketball training and greeted everyone he met with a big smile!

We will truly miss Daniel and our thoughts are with his family and many friends during this difficult time!

Rest in Peace Daniel! 🏀

Funeral details here - https://rip.ie/death-notice/daniel-keegan-dublin-swords-530840

16/09/2023

💫 10th Anniversary 💫

We celebrated our 10th Anniversary as Swords Basketball Special Olympics Club last Tuesday, what a great celebration, we hope you had a great evening!

Thank you Mayor of Fingal County Council Cllr Adrian Henchy for joining us to present our athletes, volunteers and table officials with trophies and gifts to celebrate 10 years, a special shout out the Catherine who has been a volunteer for all 10 years!

Thank you to Kealys for a brilliant venue and helping us throw a fantastic party along with Dj Keith who kept us dancing for the evening!

Special thank you to all the parents and guardians who support our athletes in their basketball journey, Swords Thunder ladies who support us throughout the season!

Here’s to the next 10 years! 💫

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05/09/2023

Peggy is a great supporter of our team, we’re delighted to see her back playing for iSecure Swords Thunder, we’ll be up supporting the team when they start the season! ⚡️

Captain, Leader, Legend! 🫡

This lady does not need an introduction! iSecure Swords Thunder are delighted to have Captain Peggy Black returning for another season. Peggy has been ever present for Swords Thunder as she continues to be one of the best irish players in the league each year! We can't wait to see what she has in store this year.

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