October 28 Newsletter

10/28/2024

Training / Fundraising / Updates

Medical-Fest Opportunity
We are looking for doctors and nurses that could legally sign our medical applications. We are looking at using the Mascoutah Leu Civic Center and have athletes come in and do an annual medical application. This way we can as an organization stay on top of the medical application process.

Looking to get it organized for December.
If you are interested or know someone that could help, please email [email protected]

MANDITORY - Coaches Training
There will be a coaches meeting on 30 October at 6:00 at the Leu Civic Center. If you coach a Without Limits-Team Galaxy team, please make this meeting. It will be to discuss coaches training and upcoming requirements. Special Olympics and Special Olympics Illinois will be requiring coaches to be certified in the sport they will be training/coaching. This will require the coaches to complete several training blocks to be a certified coach. You will also have to have a current Class A on file. Coaches will have to attend this training to become a certified coach for their sport. This is going to be a mandated through SOIL soon, so we are trying to get a head oft he ball game.

We are working with the regional office to see if we can have a training session for our organizations sometime in December. If a person wants to coach a sport, please email [email protected] and tell us which sport they want to do. This way we can make the arrangements with the regional office for the training. If you have any questions, please contact Rich at 406-2727.

Agenda can be viewed here

Leu Civic Center UPDATE
The Leu Civic Center is starting to put in the new floor into the gym on November 1st. They hope to have it nailed down and usable by October 29th for basketball.

Spirit Wear
Below is a link to our spirit wear fundraiser for Without Limits-Team Galaxy sports teams https://warriorlogowear.com/team_galaxy/shop Please check it out and feel free to place your order! To order, all you must do is open an account and place your order. Thank you so much for supporting Without Limits-Team Galaxy!!

Membership Communication
A larger effort to improve communications through our membership is being worked on. This will include options for all so information on activities, dance and sports quickly and accurately shared. More to come!!!

Dance / Cheer / Gymnastics

Dance Schedule UPDATES:
NOTICE from KATI:

The next class will be on November 7, which will be hip hop.
Please feel free to wear your Halloween costumes to this class - we will celebrate then!

WEDNESDAYS:

Rhythmic Gymnastics @ 5:30 (please reach out if interested in this) - THIS HAS NOT STARTED YET. WE WILL UPDATE WHEN IT BEGINS! Mari Seper has more info
Nationals practices - See post on the FB page an update about this. These will move to either Thursday evening or Saturday. They are POSTPONED until January for the time being.
Nutcracker will be on an individual basis. I will reach out to you directly for practice days/times

Thursdays:

5-5:30 Elementary (ages 4-7 or
5:30 - 6:15 Jazz/Tap/Hip Hop Ballet BOYS 11+ (an email reminder of what genre for the week will be sent)
6:20 - 7:05 Jazz/Tap/Hip Hop/Ballet GIRLS 8+ (tomorrow is TAP!)
Competition team & Nationals team will resume in JANUARY

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Begins November 20th at 5:30 pm.
It will be held at Without Limits room at Stars R Us
Please register by emailing Mari at [email protected].

Sports & Athletics

Basketball
Without Limits-Team Galaxy is looking for more basketball coaches. Currently, he have enough for skills and girls team, but we are looking for two to three for the other two teams. Contact [email protected] and tell us which sport you would like to help with.

Basketball will start on 5 November (Tuesday) at the Mascoutah Leu Civic Center at 6:00 PM.
Assessments will be conducted on 5 November and 7 November. Practices will be on Tuesday and Thursdays.
Each team will be assigned a time on one of the days. Example: Skill will practice on Thursdays at 6:00 at the Leu Civic Center.
If interested, please sign up at [email protected]
Three Team "intents" have been filed with Area J Offices on October 8th
Several camps and scrimmages are being organized for after Thanksgiving.
A tournament in December to assist in getting divisions for the regional tournament.
There will also be a tournament in Springfield. I have talked to several teams in St. Louis.
Mascoutah High School is looking at doing a camp with our teams.
First tournament will be on December 15, 2024 at Chatham Chargers Annual Basketball Game Day
Second tournament will be in Oakaville on 5 January 2025. Start time is 8:00
Regionals is on 5 Febuary 2025 in Trenton
State is 7-9 March 2025.

Tentative Practice Schedule
Tuesday

6:00 Lower Male team
7:00 Girls team

Thursday

6:00 Skills
7:00 Higher Male team

Snow Shoe

No practice on November 2nd due to State Football
Next practice will be on November 9 at Fletchers
We are looking for one more athlete so we can have two relay teams
Regionals are on January 4th at Rend Lake
Winter Games will be on February 11 - 13, 2025 in Galena
If interested or if you have any questions, please contact Without Limits Team Galaxy

Flag Football

Practice at 6:00 at Laderman.
State will be on 2 November 2024

Volleyball

Skills coaches will be sending emails with updates.

Bowling

Coach will be sending out emails
Good luck to all Sectional Bowling and Unified Bowling @ Event Date – 11/3/24 at St. Clair Bowl

Floor Hockey

Practice for hockey with be on November 9th @ 9AM
Practice make ups will be done at a later date

Interested in Bags? Cornhole? Kickball? Handball?
WLTG is looking to find out what the interest is in Cornhole (bags), kickball and handball.

Cornhole is a Unified and traditional sport.
Handball is a sport like soccer and basketball. A demonstration will be done to show the game.
We are trying to find out if parents or athletes would be interested in Unified soccer. It would have their own season during the summer.
State for Unified soccer is in September.

Halloween trick or trunk at the Swansea Moose Lodge 1221 was so much fun!!! Thank you to the Belleville/Swansea Moose Lodge #1221 Swansea Fire Department and the many volunteers who worked so hard to make this night such a success!!