Download new brochure for the Boccia FUSION ramp from DEMAND
We have recently created new brochure in PDF format for the latest new ramp from DEMAND – The Fusion. It can be downloaded from here – http://tinyurl.com/d8743c6 -.
Briefly, the Boccia FUSION Ramp was recently introduced.
- The Fusion is the result of almost a decade of development and research in this field. This is our most comprehensive and professional Boccia Ramp.
- The Boccia FUSION incorporates a whole new swivel mechanism allowing the ramp section to be rotated whilst the base remains stationary offering the player a more precise level of control. Other features include leveling feet with angle and length adjustable legs to guarantee stable and precise operation of the product.
- The FUSION also comes as a complete kit including two ramp extensions and head pointer all included in a custom made carry case for ease of transportation.
The Benefits of the Fusion – DEMAND’s Most Advanced Ramp
Of all our ramps, The Fusion gives you the most control over your shot to help you improve your performance.
Prepare for the shot with:
- More accurate sighting – due to its lift-up flip top
- Easier sighting for those BC3 category players who can take advantage of the transparent channel that the ball rolls along
- More precise placement of the ball on the ramp – using the D-Ring
- Less chance of a foul shot – as the tip of the ramp remains reliably stable
- Confidence that the ramp will remain in your preferred position – due to its solid construction, leveling feet and adjustable base legs
- Increased speed – quickly alter the ramps previous position using the horizontal pivot mechanism
Make the shot with:
- Greater control over the speed of the ball…
- … as the locking flip top allows you to easily adust & fix the vertical angle of the ramp
- … the extension provides a greater distance for the ball to run
- … by adjusting the height of the tip from the ground
The main Features of the Fusion are summarised below:
- Flip Top
- Fully Rotating Top Section
- Folds for easy transportation
- Extension D Ring
- Head Pointer
- Extendible Legs
- Levelling Feet
- Ramp Angle Adjust
- Carry Case
For more information – go here – https://boccianews.com/boccia-ramps-from-demand/
Boccia Gold Medal Winner join Festival | Phuket News and Scoop
On 16th October 2012, double Paralympics Boccia gold medal winner Mr.Patthaya Tatthong, came to Phuket to join the Phuket Vegetarian Festival and visit the Jeng Aong (Kathu) Shrine.
Mr.Patthaya said “I’m very pleased to have come and been able to join in with this 150 year old festival. I would like to invite all Thai people to join in with the festival in the future. I have a dream to build a Boccia stadium at my home town, and I hope that by taking part my dream will come true.”
After leaving Phuket Mr.Patthaya will travel to Bangkok to receive a Royal decoration, he will then travel to compete in the Chiang Mai Games.
via Phuket sees Double Paralympics Gold Medal Winner join Festival | Phuket News and Scoop.
Award for Paralympic GB Boccia coach Julie Broadhead
The top sports people from across Bolsover District gathered at the glitzy Bolsover District Annual Sports Awards ceremony which took place at Shirebrook Leisure Centre.
Among those recognised were Paralympic GB Basketball player Jon Hall, from Clowne, Paralympic GB Boccia coach Julie Broadhead, from Whitwell, Junior Team of the Year, Glebe Boys football team, from South Normanton, and rising football starlet Mason Bennett, from Langwith, who plays for Derby County.
In addition to the wide range of winners, the evening also helped to celebrate the diversity of sporting activities and clubs from across the district.
Boccia sessions in Durham, UK
ASPIRING Paralympians are being offered the chance to take up boccia.
Boosted by £5,000 from Durham Area Action Partnership (AAP), the Boccia Durham club is offering new sessions in the sport at the city’s Freeman’s Quay leisure centre.
Co-ordinator Christopher Jackson said: “Boccia is a sport which anyone with a disability can play.
“At Boccia Durham everyone is welcome to come down and have a chat and try.”
The sport is similar to bowls. The sessions have already begun.
Boccia medallists to get Freedom of the Borough
The Council has announced its intention to award Freedom of the Borough to Eastleigh’s two Olympic and Paralympic gold medallists. The decision to award honour -the highest that the borough can bestow – is set to be agreed at a Full Council meeting later this month.
Mayor of Eastleigh Councillor Rupert Kyrle made the announcement at the borough’s recent Olympic and Paralympic celebration event at Fleming Park that was attended by the borough’s London 2012 athletes, games makers, officials and torch bearers. Dani King and David Smith are set to receive the Freedom of the Borough in recognition of their dedication and services to their sport.
David Smith won a Paralympic gold medal in Boccia in the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing and further silver and bronze medals in Boccia at London 2012.
Promising BC4 boccia player chosen for Bursary award
Promising Crossgates BC4 boccia player Kieran Steer was chosen for the David McCrae Bursary, given to support young Scottish athletes with a disability with the potential to succeed on the international stage.
Kieran has made great strides forward in the short period of time he has been playing sport. He attended the GB Boccia Championships for the first time in 2012, acquitting himself well and only losing in the bronze medal play off to Paralympian Peter McGuire.
Earlier this year he won the 2012 British Junior Boccia title after only dropping one point throughout the competition.
DEMAND – the Boccia ramp maker gets a helping hand
DEMAND, which has its northern office at New Mill Road, helps people with disabili
ties who need bespoke equipment to help them with their everyday lives.
Its products range from sprung crutches to help a disabled child play football and washing lines for wheelchair users to special ramps to enable disabled people to play Boccia, a paralympic ball game.
via Allsops Ltd provides a helping hand to disability charity DEMAND
Paralympics raises interest in Boccia
The London 2012 effect has particularly assisted sports with previously low profiles, for example sitting volleyball. Neither British side got beyond the quarter-finals, but there was huge interest in the sport, especially the participation of Martine Wright, who lost her legs in the London bombings of 2005. Volleyball England said it has seen “overwhelming” interest, with three new clubs planned and the modern day popularity barometer of Facebook page “likes” for the sport rising from 850 to 7,000-plus.
It is a similar story for the Paralympic-specific pursuit of boccia, a bowls-like sport with various formats catering to a great range of impairments, where British athletes won two medals. “There’s definitely been an increase in general interest and the number of people wanting to play boccia since the Paralympics,” said Rachel Crack from Boccia England. “The success we got with a couple of medals has seems to have really put Boccia on people’s radar.”
And whether its boccia or one of the other disciplines, surely more than one of the British stars of the Rio 2016 Paralaympics will have been inspired to take up sport by London’s triumphant summer.
via Paralympics boom echoes around British sport | Sport | guardian.co.uk.
CHEO patients meet ‘Awesome’ Boccia player
‘AWESOME’
For Jake Periard, a student at Farley Mowat Public School in Nepean, in CHEO for an eye infection, the experience was “awesome.”
He was enthralled by Paralympic boccia player Marco Dispaltro’s equipment as they plotted where to find a quiet hallway to share a quick demonstration.
“Marco was very cool,” he said. “I had to stay in bed all day yesterday. Today was the funnest day of my life.”
via CHEO patients get Olympic visit – News – By Brier Dodge Nepean/Barrhaven Local Community News.
Banners out for boccia brilliance
Bethesda boccia ace Jacob Thomas was given a hero’s welcome on his return to Pembrokeshire College.
Jacob represented Team GB in singles and doubles boccia at the London 2012 Paralympics and was greeted by fellow students, staff, carers and former teachers with a specially made banner.
Jacob said: “I’d like to say thank you to the college for all their support. The experience was fantastic.”
Seventeen-year-old Jacob said of his Paralympic debut: “The noise and all the support was incredible. I was really proud to be out there representing my country.
via Banners out for boccia brilliance (From Western Telegraph).
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