It was sunny skies and smiles all round at the Keperra Country Golf Club on Sunday (17 August) as 34 Special Olympics golfers, including World Games medallists, competed in a Special Olympics Queensland Inter-Club competition.
The athletes, plus 13 playing partners for those teeing off in the alternate shot format, came from Special Olympics clubs on the Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast, Gympie, Moreton North, Ipswich/Lockyer Valley and Redlands, as well as the host Brisbane Club.
The Keperra course was in tip-top shape for the event, with the golfers cheered on by family, friends and locals.
Thanks to a generous sponsorship from the RACQ Stafford Office as part of its Local Giving Program, winners and placegetters across six divisions of the 9-hole and 18-hole competitions took home some great golf equipment prizes.
Among those victorious in their divisions were Amanda Patterson, a silver medallist at the Berlin Special Olympics World Games, and world bronze medallist and Keperra member Dylan Price.
The Special Olympics is a global sporting initiative for athletes with intellectual disability and/or autism, and the Keperra Country Golf Club is proud to be a Special Olympics Australia Affiliate and home for the Special Olympics Brisbane Club.
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