29.Jul.2008 Competition Crowning Capstones Captured
Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition in having put forth the best within you. — Henry J. Kaiser Laura Shimabuku, West Hawaii Today freelance photographer and owner of Akamai Photographic in Kailua-Kona, took the following fabulous photos, featuring Special Olympics participants competing in the Big Island Games Day Saturday, [...]
West Hawaii Today article shows competing Special Olympics athletes at their best
West Hawaii Today intern and University of Colorado at Boulder student Mitchell Byars wrote an awesome article, published Monday, July 28, 2008, detailing the happenings and emotions felt at the Big Island Games Day for Special Olympics. In it, readers learn why residents chose to get involved with the nonprofit organization and the best part [...]
24.Jul.2008 Alley Loop! STRIKE!
GET EXCITED. That’s right, sports fans, enthusiasts and budding athletes. Basketball and bowling seasons for Special Olympics West Hawaii is approaching. These sports begin September 28 and last until the first weekend of December, when SOWH will compete at the Holiday Classic at Hickam Air Force Base on Oahu. Athletes interested in competing and showing [...]
15.Jul.2008 LET THE GAMES BEGIN
The Big Island Games Day for bocce and soccer will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, July 26, at Old Kona Airport’s soccer field. Special Olympics West Hawaii athletes and their unified partners will be competing against other island teams for a spot at the Aukake State Games, which will be held [...]
13.Jul.2008 LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL
Bocce (pronounced BAH-chee) is a lawn bowling game that really gets the Special Olympics West Hawaii team rolling. This low-impact sport is easy to learn and, of course, delightful to play. Longtime volunteer Nikki Cleintuar attended a recent SOWH bocce practice and took the images below. The team is preparing for the 2008 Aukake Classic, [...]
KICKIN' IT
Soccer, also known as football, is considered the world’s most popular and fastest growing sport. It can be played by just about anybody. It has proven to be a fun and rewarding activity for Special Olympics West Hawaii athletes because it involves the participation of everyone constantly. Longtime volunteer Nikki Cleintuar visited a SOWH soccer [...]
09.Jul.2008 BOCCE BASICS
Egyptain carvings, dating back to 5200 BCE, portraying two boys playing a primitive form of bocce ball. Egyptains are widely believed to be the first to play this game, which they supposedly used rocks instead of balls. However, some sources claim bocce was started in Greece during sixth century BC. Bocce is a direct descendant [...]
06.Jul.2008 CAN YOU DIG IT?
DIG! DIG! DIG! Several Special Olympics West Hawaii athletes regularly participate in the Kalamaku adaptive paddling program. Kalamaku is amazing. Members meet the fourth Sunday of every month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Located in a sheltered cove in Kailua-Kona, next to the King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel, the location is easy for launching [...]
BUST A MOVE
About 20 members of the Hula Halau Makanani – Kona Class performed a variety of dances June 14 at Kona United Methodist Church. The halau, led by kumu Lona Warner, wowed the cheering audience of families and friends. “Our Special Olympics kane did a great job,” said Nikki Cleintuar, longtime volunteer for Special Olympics West [...]