We invite you to join us on October 25th, 2025 at the Techniplex for the first motionball Marathon of Sport St. John’s! Stay tuned—registration will open in Summer 2025! We’ll also be looking for future volunteers to help make the next Marathon of Sport a success, so if you’re interested, keep an eye out for more information!
WHAT IS MARATHON OF SPORT?
Participants of all abilities join in teams of 10 for a full day of fun and inclusive sports all while raising funds and awareness in support of the Special Olympics Canada Foundation.
Sign up as a Team Captain and recruit up to 10 participants to join your Team! When you arrive onsite at Marathon of Sport, you will be joined by 1-2 local Special Olympics athletes from the community!
Together you will participate in a variety of sports and activities throughout the day including soccer, football, basketball, ultimate, giant pong, benchball and more!
Each participant will receive a motionball t-shirt, motionball hat, lunch, refreshments, a personal fundraising link with the opportunity to earn amazing incentive prizes, a ticket to the onsite After Party and more!
There are 2 ways that you can register to participate at Marathon of Sport St. John’s:
Standard Team: As a Standard Team, you and your teammates will each donate $50 to register and work together to reach your Team fundraising goal of $2,000. Refund your registration and play for free when you reach your individual fundraising goal of $200!
Corporate: As a Corporate Team, your organization will donate $2,500, waiving the $50 registration fee and inviting your employees to participate at no cost. This is a great employee engagement and Team Building activity while supporting an important cause. Your organization will also receive online and onsite logo recognition, along with all of the items listed above for your entire Team!
What’s included in your $50 registration fee:
Become an Event Sponsor: For your company, it’s about employee engagement, community building and meeting the cause on the ground. It’s also an incredibly rewarding day of fun, while showcasing your brand to an engaged audience. For more information about how your organization can get involved, please contact the motionball St. John’s Team.
Join the local organizing committee: Get in touch with one of our local Event Directors to learn more about how you can support. Follow motionball St. John’s on Instagram for more updates
Questions? Please click here to connect with the motionball St. John’s Committee.
This day not only brings awareness to the Special Olympics movement, but allows people with and without intellectual disabilities to interact, build lifelong friendships, and ultimately create more inclusive communities.
By making a donation to motionball or by entering a Team to participate, you’re helping to ensure that our friends at Special Olympics have the resources they need to safely return to the sport programs they love.
motionball is a national non-profit organization that empowers next-generation Canadians to be leaders in their communities, raising funds and awareness for Special Olympics through inclusive social and sporting events.
At motionball St. John’s, we’re working to ensure that individuals with intellectual disabilities living in Newfoundland and the surrounding areas are included, supported, and celebrated.
motionball events put the fun back into giving, in St. John’s and across Canada.
Interested in getting involved? Please click here to connect with our local Team!
motionball is working to promote positivity and inclusion, demonstrating that there is #NoGoodWay to use the “r-word” (retard). This word is hurtful, outdated, and brings back memories of being bullied and excluded for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
As motionballers, we are proud ambassadors of the #NoGoodWay campaign. Learn more and take the pledge at motionball.com/nogoodway.
motionball is proud to donate 70% of the funds raised from motionball St. John’s events to Special Olympics Newfoundland. This funding is directed to support programs for local athletes in the community. 25% is directed to the Special Olympics Canada Foundation, whose mission is to ensure the long-term financial integrity of the Special Olympics movement in Canada and to fund long term athlete and volunteer growth. The remaining 5% will help grow the #NoGoodWay Campaign aiming to end the use of the R-word (retard) in everyday conversation. We’re encouraging Canadians to make the choice to eliminate the R-word from their vocabulary and empower them to take #NoGoodWay to their circles of influence.
motionball’s mandate is to introduce the next generation of volunteers and donors to the Special Olympics movement through integrated social and sporting events. motionball now hosts 50+ annual events in 17 cities across Canada. motionball is proud to have donated $20 to the Special Olympics Canada Foundation since our inception in 2002.
