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Thank you for participating in the 2025 Marathon of Sport Hamilton! Thanks to your support – you helped raise $49,000 in support of the Special Olympics Canada Foundation!
Thank you for joining us on the field for the 2025 motionball Marathon of Sport Hamilton! Because of your incredible energy and support, we raised over $49,000 for the Special Olympics Canada Foundation — an amazing milestone that will make a real impact.
WANT TO GET MORE INVOLVED WITH MOTIONBALL HAMILTON?
motionball Hamilton is on the lookout for passionate, community-minded leaders who want to help create meaningful, inclusive events in support of Special Olympics athletes right here in our community.
Whether you’re eager to share your skills or interested in gaining experience in areas like event planning, sponsorship, coordination, community engagement, or promotion, we’d love to connect!
Click here to get in touch with our local team.
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.
Check out the 2024 event photos here!
HOW DOES IT WORK?
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, basketball, ultimate, bocce, cornhole, 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!
HOW TO REGISTER
There are 2 ways that you can register to participate at Marathon of Sport Hamilton:
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 $1,000. Refund your registration and play for free when you reach your individual fundraising goal of $100!
To register a Standard Team click here.
Corporate: As a Corporate Team, your organization will pay $1,000, 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 register a Corporate Team, connect with our local committee for next steps!
What’s included in your $50 registration fee:
- a motionball hat & t-shirt
- coffee, lunch & refreshments and light snacks
- a chance to earn fundraising incentives
- a ticket and your first drink at the onsite After Party
- and most importantly, a chance to play with the proud Special Olympics athletes who motionball supports!
Join us onsite as an event-day volunteer: motionball Hamilton 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! Click here for more information.
OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT:
Become an Event Sponsor: In addition to registering a Corporate Team, there are many other ways for your organization to support with custom Sponsorship opportunities available. For more information about how your organization can get involved, please contact: hamilton@motionball.com
Join the local organizing committee: Get in touch with our Event Directors to hear more about opportunities in your area!
Volunteer: An event like this doesn’t happen without the support of volunteers! Click here to learn more about our onsite volunteer opportunities in 2026.
Questions? Check out our FAQs or please click here to connect with the motionball Hamilton Team
WHY YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS
While fundraising is one of our goals, Marathon of Sport is about so much more. 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.
Follow motionball Hamilton on Instagram and Twitter for more updates!
THANK YOU TO OUR 2025 LOCAL SPONSORS!
Venue Sponsor
Event Sponsors
WHO WE ARE
motionball is a national non-profit organization that empowers young Canadians to be leaders in their communities, raising funds and awareness for Special Olympics through inclusive social and sporting events. At motionball Hamilton, we’re working to ensure that individuals with intellectual disabilities living in Hamilton are included, supported, and celebrated.
motionball events put the fun back into giving, in Hamilton and across Canada.
#NOGOODWAY
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.
PAST EVENTS
MOS Hamilton June 24, 2023
MOS Hamilton June 25, 2022
MOS Hamilton September 26, 2020
MOS Hamilton June 22, 2019
MOS Hamilton June 23, 2018
motionball is proud to donate 70% of the funds raised from motionball Hamilton events to Special Olympics Ontario. 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.
Our National Partners
motionball Marathon of Sport is sponsored nationally by
