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Dear Athletes, Family 1 Would like to thank the sponsors of this year’s local games who have gained a Gold Sponsorship Award for their continued support of Special Olympics Gibraltar 2 We have crossed many boundaries of acceptance, acknowledgement and respect. ear Athletes, Family this has only happened thanks Members, Volunteers, to you the athletes by your Sponsors and Friends performance on and off the Dof Special Olympics Gibraltar. pitch. Your joy of participation Another year has gone by after is forever present on your faces. our successful 25th anniversary Your dedication and wanting games which brought together to excel in competition is well such a cross section of our community, all The Opening/Closing rising to the challenge ceremonies are being of supporting and held in the Panathenean providing the best Stadium which hosted games ever. The the first modern wonder of these games Olympics in 1896. This is that families, was attended at the time coaches, volunteers, by 40.000 spectators. Torch Runners, and The roar would have the community, pitch been tremendous as in together with the roar will be when the ultimate goal of more than 180 nations supporting and making the three known. parade in with our little day event run smoothly and be a This year we are looking forward Gibraltar among them. This will source of joy for all you athletes. to competing in the Special be an extremely proud moment Sometimes we need to take a Olympics World Summer Games which we are all looking forward step back and consider what 2011, to be held in Athens, to. the achievements have been Greece, Games that figure very and what our future holds. In highly in all Special Olympics It is fitting to end with the 1985 we provided training in Programmes calendar. Gibraltar Special Olympics oath: two different sports. In 1993 we will be sending the largest “Let me win, but if I cannot win, offered four sports and in 2002 team in its history and will let me be brave in the attempt”. we went up to five and to date be competing in six different we now offer our athletes eight summer Sports. Our athletes will definitely sports including two winter For Special Olympics Athens it is make the whole of Gibraltar sports. a great honour to be hosting these proud. In these years we have also World Games as in the words of crossed many boundaries. Joanna Despotopoulou, President Annie M. Risso MBE Boundaries of acceptance, Organising Committee “It is Programme Chief Executive acknowledgment, respect and bringing the Games home”. Special Olympics Gibraltar. 3 Greetings from the Minister for The athletes deserve Culture, Heritage full credit and Sport the Hon. Edwin J Reyes continues to be a privilege for everybody involved with Spe- me, both as Minister for Sport cial Olympics through whose pecial Olympics Gibral- and Chairman of the Sports and personal efforts much has been tar has undoubtedly Leisure Authority, to assure achieved. demonstrated great vi- everyone of our continued sup- I have no doubt that Special Ssion, motivation and will-pow- port towards Special Olympics Olympics’ goals will continue er to get to the stage we are at Gibraltar. to be achieved but, above all, I today. Primarily, it is the athletes them- wish to unreservedly associate The Government of Gibraltar selves who deserve full credit as myself yet again with the Move- recognises the benefits derived they have personally exempli- ment’s oath: “Let me win, but if from participation in sports and fied the phrase “where there is a I cannot win let me be brave in recreation activities and, there- will there is a way”. However, the attempt”. fore, wholeheartedly supports this success is only possible as Once again, I wish you all the the many events organised by there are always volunteers who very best for this year’s Games Special Olympics Gibraltar contribute in a most dedicated and for the future. throughout the year as an inte- and yet unassuming manner. Edwin J Reyes gral part of this philosophy. It My most sincere thanks to 4 The Road to Athens by Anne Mesilio pecial Olympics Gibral- tar will be participat- ing at the forthcoming WorldS Summer Games in Ath- ens, Greece, the place where it all began over 3,000 years ago. These are now known as ‘mod- ern’ games after a lapse of 2,700 years when in 393AD the Roman Emperor Theodosius declared the games corrupt. In ancient Greece during the Games, truces were made to allow travellers and spectators to travel safely and vestiges of this tradition will be evident as on sponsorship. Working to- five years has enabled us to Special Olympics athletes from gether Special Olympics and provide year round training over 180 countries, accompa- its sponsors help change lives where athletes learn the skills nied by coaches, volunteers around the world. that take them to World Games. and families will gather in the With achievement comes cour- Panathenaic Stadium, which age and confidence and Special hosted the first ‘modern’ Ol- Olympics is a place of welcome, ympics in 1896. These Games acceptance and the chance to know no boundaries as Special live the Oath, “Let me win, but Olympics transcends all geo- if I cannot win, let me be braver graphical, nationality, political in the attempt”. philosophy, gender, race, age or By your sponsorship, you are religious borders. When Eunice helping build a safer more ac- Kennedy Shriver started Special cepting world for everyone, and Olympics in 1968 it was to offer You, by your generous sponsor- this power to connect people people with intellectual disabili- ship help our inspiring athletes and promote inclusion is greatly ties everywhere ‘the chance to achieve their goals (read Mal- valued by Special Olympics. play, to compete and the chance colm’s story) and your partner- Thank you. Sometimes these to grow’. ship with Special Olympics will words do not say enough and Twenty seven athletes will travel help raise awareness in the com- silent gratitude hardly counts, to represent Gibraltar in Athlet- munity thus enabling inclusion but thanks is the highest form ics, Aquatics, Bocce, Bowling, and acceptance of people with of thought and to this add the Equestrian and Football. A con- intellectual disabilities. “Every joy of achievement, the spirit of tingent of forty people will make child comes with the message sharing, a place to grow and the this trip, the largest ever from that God is not yet discour- opportunity to try, which you Gibraltar to attend Games. aged by man”. (Rabindramath provide and you have more than Special Olympics is a non profit Tagore, (1861-1941). words could ever say. making organisation and to send The love and loyalty of our Thank you. our athletes abroad we depend sponsors over the past twenty 5 Special Olympics European Summer Games 2010. Warsaw, Poland by Annie Risso ibraltar was repre- beautiful costumes of the region. directly behind Gibraltar in the sented at these Games The welcome was officiated by parade. by four athletes, Sally the Mayor of Lowicz ably as- Our athletes blossom at these GAnne Mauro, Malcolm Miel, sisted by the Head of Police who Games and there are opportu- Miguel Rubio and Francis promised the stay would be a nities to meet up with friends Mauro. memorable one. The Final Leg made at other Games. Francis of the Law Enforcement Torch Mauro, who had trained dili- Run arrived in the village and gently both in Gibraltar and Lo- among the runners were Francis wicz for the 5000mt marathon Williams and Guillermo Mascar- achieved a credible 3rd place in enhas from Gibraltar. his first attempt at international level. Well done Francis! Sally Anne Mauro achieved a 2nd place Silver medal in her 200mt sprint and her consistent pace in the 100mt sprint saw her ‘sprint’ from 3rd to 2nd place, Newcomer Darren Robba stood achieving another silver medal. in for Athletic head coach Caine Well done Sally! Miguel Rubio Sanchez and heading the team faced tough competition and was Annie Risso. As in all achieved 4th place in his 200mt European or World Games the sprint, followed by 5th place team participated in the Host in his 100mt sprint. Well done Town Project. This required the The team were able to train in Miguel as he discovered he had team to arrive four days prior the mornings but the afternoons broken his personal best record. to the Games. This is a great were taken up with learning The athletes are aware that they opportunity for the athletes to about, and cooking traditional do not always win medals but learn about Polish culture and at Polish food as well as visiting checking their times is a good the same time share their own museums to absorb the great indicator of their progress. Gibraltarian culture. Polish culture. Malcolm Miel, normally a Our host town was a pretty town As exciting as this was the swimmer, has for years wanted called Lowicz where the team athletes were raring to go and to participate in athletics and stayed in a small hotel near the soon it was time for the Open- his opportunity arose in War- Sports Academy of Lowicz. ing Ceremony. This was held saw. He achieved a third place Heading the steering committee in the new Legia Warszawa Bronze Medal in his 50mt sprint for the towns welcome was Ka- football stadium and though not making a dream come true. mil Sobol and what a welcome completely finished was mag- Well done Malcolm! that proved to be. Children nificently decorated for the oc- Congratulations to all the ath- from different schools congre- casion.
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