Special Olympics Great Britain

Special Olympics Great Britain

The Special Olympics Great Britain take place in Britain every two years, alternating between summer and winter gamescite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/6898257.stm|title=City to host its second 'games'|publisher=BBC News Online|accessdate=2007-07-14|date=2007-07-13] . They are part of Special Olympics International.

The seventh games took place in 2005 in Glasgow, from 2 July to 9 July. Over 2500 athletes from across Great Britain competed in 23 sports. The Games Village was at the Scotstoun Leisure Centre.

Information on the next summer games in 2009 can be found at Special Olympics Leicester.

References

=External links=

* [http://www.sogb.org.uk/ Official website]

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