FALL GAMES
Our statewide 2024 Fall Games event will feature:
Team Softball (Traditional and Unified),
Croquet, Horse Shoes, Soccer Skills, and Corn Hole
The 2024 Fall Games will take place at Camp Shelby near Hattiesburg; November 1-3, 2024.
Athletes will arrive on Friday November 1st and we will have our Opening Ceremonies that night.
Athletes will compete all day on Saturday, November 2nd, with Closing Ceremonies and a Victory Dance to end the day Saturday night.
Athletes depart on Sunday, November 3rd.
SUMMER GAMES
Every May our largest statewide competition takes place at Keesler Air Force Base! Thousands of athletes, families, volunteers and supporters enjoy a weekend of friendly fun and fierce competition at our Summer Games.
May 10-12, 2024
All competitions will be on Saturday, May 11, 2024
Competitions offered: Athletics (traditional & unified), Aquatics (traditional & unified), Bocce (traditional & unified), Bowling (traditional & unified), Golf (traditional & unified), Powerlifting, Tennis and Volleyball (traditional & unified),
SPRING GAMES
Hundreds of athletes will convene for the annual statewide Spring Games. Squads representing nearly every region in the state will compete in Basketball Skills, as well as, full-court 5-on-5, half-court 3-on-3, and unified basketball matchups.
2024 statewide Spring Games (Basketall) will take place February 24, 2024 at Oxford Activity Center in Oxford, MS
FLAG FOOTBALL & CHEERLEADING TOURNAMENT
Our statewide Flag Football and Cheerleading tournament draws hundreds of Special Olympics athletes from around the state to compete in our top levels of traditional, and unified Flag Football & Cheerleading competition.
The 2024 Flag Football and Cheerleading tournament will take place at Camp McCain in Grenada MS on
November 15- 16, 2024.
Athletes will arrive on Friday, November 15th and we will have our Opening Ceremonies that night.
Athletes will compete and depart on Saturday, November 16th.
UNIFIED SPORTSSpecial Olympics Mississippi promotes Unified Sports competitions in schools and our 17 multi-county regions, as well as unified experiences that draw attention to the need for unified sports. Dedicated to promoting social inclusion through shared sports training and competition experiences, the Unified Sports movement joins people with and without intellectual disabilities on the same team. It was inspired by a simple principle: training together and playing together is a quick path to friendship and understanding. In Unified Sports, teams are made up of people of similar age and ability, which makes practices more fun and games more challenging and exciting for all. Having sport in common is just one more way that preconceptions and false ideas are swept away. |