Athlete Leadership Class of 2023

On Thursday 21 September our Athlete Leadership Class of 2023 gathered at Pelorus Trust Sportshouse for their first in-person workshop.

The athlete leaders were welcomed by SONZ Founder Grant Quinn and 2014 Graduate Ryan Smith who both spoke about what they have to look forward to as they undertake the Special Olympics New Zealand Athlete Leadership programme and the skills they can hope to develop on the course.

The focuses of the opening workshop were; learning the guiding principles of athlete leadership, the Special Olympics mission and what makes it unique, the different roles that athlete leaders can play and developing an action plan for each person’s next steps towards athlete leadership.

The next workshop will take place in early December and includes an overnight stay in Wellington for our athlete leaders.

Class of 2023