The 2025 motionball Calgary Gala is set for Saturday November 8th and you’re invited!
Each year, this sold-out event welcomes over 300 guests and celebrity Special Olympics athletes for an incredible night of networking, fun, philanthropy, and entertainment.
Tickets included:
Early Bird tickets are now on sale for the incredible price of $85 each – that’s a $65 discount. Available until July 15th – click here to buy now and get ready for your new favourite night of the year!
Follow @motionballyyc for more updates as we get ready for motionball Calgary’s 2025 events.
Questions? Please click here to connect with the motionball Gala Committee!
Become an Event Sponsor: The Calgary suite of events not only act as great opportunities to highlight your community investment initiatives, but are incomparable experiences that are sure to leave you feeling a little competitive but mostly energized, motivated, engaged and committed to a new cause with immediate impact on Canadians.
For more information about how your organization can get involved at Marathon of Sport, the Gala or both events – please contact Nathan Smyth.
Join us onsite as an event-day volunteer: motionball Calgary will also be looking for future volunteers to support onsite at the event and we will need your help! Roles can include registration, raffle ticket sellers, sports refs and more!
Join the local organizing committee: Get in touch with one of our local Event Directors to learn more about how you can support the Gala, Marathon of Sport or both events!
Counting down the days until next year? Save the date – we’re set to hit the field Saturday June 20, 2026 at MRU!
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.
Check out some photos from the 2025 Marathon of Sport Calgary here!
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!
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 $2,500. Refund your registration and play for free when you reach your individual fundraising goal of $250!
To pre-register a Standard Team click here to connect with the Calgary Committee.
Corporate: As a Corporate Team, your organization will pay $2500, waiving the $50 registration fee and inviting up to 10 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!
To pre-register a Corporate Team click here to connect with the Calgary Committee.
What’s included in your $50 registration fee:
Are you and your Team ready to go? Click here to pre-register with our Committee.
Follow @motionballyyc for more updates as we get ready for the 2026 motionball Marathon of Sport Calgary!
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 can continue to participate in the sport programs they love.
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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 Calgary, we’re working to ensure that individuals with intellectual disabilities living in Calgary and the surrounding areas are included, supported, and celebrated.
motionball events put the fun back into giving, in Calgary and across Canada.
Interested in getting involved? Connect with our local Team for more information:
Paul Horton – Volunteer Board Member
Nathan Smyth – Volunteer Marathon of Sport Event Director
Heather Leahey – Volunteer Gala Event Director
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 this event to Special Olympics Alberta. 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 19 cities across Canada. motionball is proud to have donated $20M+ to the Special Olympics Canada Foundation since our inception in 2002.
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