Each year, Aspect brings students from all nine schools together from around NSW and SA to participate in the largest autism-specific sports event in the southern hemisphere. Over 600 students, teachers and volunteers attended the event at the Athletics Centre of Sydney Olympic Park for a day of inclusivity and celebration. This year, we had over 60 corporate volunteers help out on the day who contributed their time and energy and helped to make sure the day ran smoothly.
Olympic Park was abuzz with excitement as students competed in a variety of activities including obstacle races, inflatable unicorn races, tug of war, high jump, long jump and sprint races. We were lucky to have our community supporters, Western Sydney Wanderers FC and Sense Rugby, running tailored soccer and rugby activities on the day.
The activities ended with the iconic mascot race, where a mascot representative from each school faced off in an epic 100m sprint. The cheers were heard all across Sydney as Elmo, representing Aspect South East Sydney red team, crossed the finish line in first place.
Congratulations to Aspect South East Sydney for winning the Spirit of Aspect Cup, and Aspect Central Coast for the overall winner of the Aspect All School Sports Carnival!
