Boccia Plus included in county sports tournament
Pupils from five High Peak schools are among those to have been selected to compete at the Derbyshire School Games.
The teams will represent their school sport partnership area and compete with almost 1,000 young people from across the county at next Tuesday’s event, which will be held at Trent College in Long Eaton
Inter-school competitions have been taking place to determine which schools will qualify to enter a team to represent their area in either mini tennis, Tri-Golf, Quadkids athletics, cricket, tennis, rounders, touch rugby, Boccia Plus and Sportshall Athletics Plus.
Teams from Harpur Hill Primary School have qualified to compete in mini tennis, Tri-Golf and the Quadkids athletics year five and six competition, while a team from Chapel-en-le-Frith High School has qualified to compete in the Quadkids athletics year seven competition.
via Borough’s elite to compete in county sports tournament – Sport – Buxton Advertiser.
SportsAble launches fundraising week
‘DO SOMETHING different for disability’ is the cry from a disabled sports club as it launches a fundraising week.
SportsAble, based in Braywick Road, Maidenhead, is calling on companies, schools, pubs and all manner of social gatherings to raise money and awareness of the charity, which provides sports facilities for disabled people across Berkshire, to get involved in the week which starts today and runs to Saturday, July 13.
Ideas on how to get involved include dress-down days, sponsored events or even a good old-fashioned tin collection.
Melissa Paulden, marketing manager and boccia coach at the club, said: “Our aim is to raise money to help our current and future athletes, but our overriding aim is to not let the flame of last year’s London 2012 Paralympic Games die out.”
via SportsAble launches fundraising week / Slough Observer / News / Roundup.
Boccia star Joshua bags a medal
Boccia player Joshua Rowe helped Great Britain bag team gold at the European Boccia Championships in Portugal.
He teamed-up with London Olympics bronze medal Paralympians to beat the hosts in a tight final.
The 20-year-old, who used to live in Maddery and is a former pupil of Auchterarder High School, clocks-up hours of training at Bell’s Sports Centre in Perth.
His next competition is the Cheshire International in Wigan on July 26 and 27, which is a Teams and Pairs. Joshua will be playing in the ‘GB Team A’ side, together with David Smith and Dan Bentley.
Cumbria School Games includes boccia
The Barrow contingent included George Hastwell School, on Walney, whose pupils represented Furness in three different sports; five-a-side football, boccia and table tennis.
The school’s PE co-ordinator, Dan Martin, said: “The football team is exclusively George Hastwell and in the boccia and table tennis, our youngsters form part of a team with other schools.
via North West Evening Mail | Home | Lifestyle | Cumbria School Games.
Merseyside School Games to include boccia
Most of the teams have qualified courtesy of finishing runners-up in district tournaments in athletics, basketball, boccia, netball, rounders, rugby, swimming, tennis and golf.
One of the special guests at the event will be GB Olympian, Chris McDermott, who at London 2012 was a member of the first-ever GB handball squad.
via Wavertree to host Merseyside School Games – Southport Visiter.
Samantha Cameron joins in game of boccia with Paralympic athletes
After they finished playing, Smith, who won silver and bronze medals at London 2012 and a gold at the Beijing Games, said: “She was good.
“I thought she got into the game quickly and seemed to enjoy it.”
The 24-year-old added: “It’s great to come here and have a game with the people here. It gives them a chance to have a go in a relaxed environment.
“It’s a really great sport as it’s competitive and also really sociable.”
Vitalise is a national charity providing short breaks and holidays for people with disabilities and their carers.
via Samantha Cameron joins in game of boccia with Paralympic athletes – Telegraph.
Disability no bar to winning feeling for athletes
At first, Ashleigh Jamieson hated boccia. She thought the sport – a form of bowls – was the most boring in the world. But then she was told she was a ”natural”.
Now, just 14 months after she first picked up the leather ball at the behest of a Paralympics talent scout, Jamieson is a strong contender for the Rio Paralympics in 2016.
”I think being complimented on it and being told, actually, I was half-decent at a sport, kind of made me want to keep going with it to see what happened,” says the 15-year-old, who has muscular dystrophy. ”A lot has happened from it which has been really good.”
Adrian Mears win gold in boccia – Bognor Regis
COMPETITORS from a Bognor Regis-based club of disabled sportsmen and women have struck gold.
Six of the 13 members of the Arun Sports Association for the Disabled took first places in a regional contest.
Their successes enabled the association to win the Team Cup in the Rotary District 1250 Disabled Games ahead of rivals in an area which spans Surrey and East and West Sussex.
The club’s individual successes saw Adrian Mears win gold in boccia and stick ball at Crawley, Nichola Smith in boccia and short mat bowls, Sophie Geraets in bean bag, Jeremy Christopher in table tennis, Richard Best in boccia and Timothy Record in quoits.
via Gold winners take Bognor Regis club to first place – Latest – Bognor Regis Observer.
Newton man to compete in 2013 World Dwarf Games
On the pavement outside where he works at Sand Creek Station golf course, Carson Hayes takes a break from washing carts and practices his boccia.
The game, almost identical to bocce ball, is taking him to Michigan later this summer to compete in an international competition.
Hayes, 25, is 4 feet 3 inches tall. For the first time, he will represent Team USA at the 2013 World Dwarf Games, playing boccia and table tennis.
via Newton man to compete in 2013 World Dwarf Games | Wichita Eagle.
Spirited displays in Clee Sports Family Boccia Tournament
The tournament was split into three events, a doubles competition where each pair consisted of a player with a disability with a family member or friend, followed by two singles competitions – Class A for players with a disability and Class B for able-bodied players.
The competition was played in a friendly but competitive spirit and there was a great atmosphere throughout the day.
via Spirited displays in Clee Sports Family Boccia Tournament | This is Grimsby.
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