Cheers and shouts of encouragement from the crowd accompanied athletes during the second day of the Special Olympics.

The University of Bath played host to 1,700 athletes from across the country competing against each other in various sports.

Other events taking place at the University included badminton, tennis, boccia, and table tennis.

via Cheers and shouts of encouragement from the crowd accompanied athletes during the second day of the Special Olympics. | This is Bath.

The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is to host a “celebration of sport and culture” to mark National Paralympic Day on Saturday September 7.

The event will feature a variety of activities including the chance to try out some Paralympic sports and the opportunity to get autographs from some of the stars of the London 2012 Games.

Meanwhile the park’s Copper Box arena will host a series of matches involving Paralympic athletes, including boccia.

via Olympic Park to host celebration of National Paralympic Day

Gold medal winner and GB Paralympic champion Jonnie Peacock has been in Cambridge this morning promoting the work of volunteers in disability sport.

The Olympics legacy event held at Impington Village College Sports Centre also aims to inspire people to take up Boccia, a competitive game that can be played one-on-one, in pairs, or with teams of three.

via Jonnie Peacock inspires others to get involved in sport | Anglia – ITV News.

AFTER achieving his Paralympic dream in London last summer, young local boccia player Jacob Thomas has now set his sights on Rio.

The 18 year-old , who attended Ysgol Y Preseli, recently took part in the British Boccia Individual Championships, as well as the Cheshire International team event, at Wigan.

Jacob won silver in the individual BC3 event – losing to Scott McCowan, who was delighted to get revenge having been beaten by Jacob for the last two years.

via Jacob courts further success (From Tivyside Advertiser).

TENANTS in sheltered housing schemes in Combe St Nicholas, Tatworth and Winsham are set to get active with brand new boccia equipment provided by South Somerset District Council’s healthy lifestyles team.

Boccia is a target sport similar to bowls which is suitable for all abilities and, judging from the reaction of residents of Kents Lane sheltered housing scheme in Tatworth, it is going to be a huge hit.

Charlie Coward, healthy lifestyles officer at the district council, said: “Boccia is part of our active ageing programme. One element of the programme involves providing various pieces of adapted sports and physical activity equipment for use amongst the older population. So far we have offered boccia, ping, which is a portable table tennis set, pedometers and routes for walking and cycling.

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A SCHOOL is continuing to influence others with its Olympic legacy.

Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School have developed an outreach programme designed to engage QEGS pupils with other pupils from the local community, An Olympic legacy day saw pupils get together with Blackburn pupils from Longshaw Primary School.

Together the children participated in a total of 16 Olympic and Paralympic events including cycling, mountain biking, weight lifting, hockey and badminton.

Paul Oliver at QEGS said: “In addition we encouraged pupils to participate in Paralympic events such as seated volleyball, boccia and blind football. The highlight was undoubtedly the boccia and the blind football.

via Blackburn school continues Olympic legacy (From This Is Lancashire).

Worksop’s Olympic legacy is still going strong a year on from the 2012 London Games.

While the world’s elite athletes recover from competing at the Olympic Stadium in the London Anniversary Games, grassroots sport in Bassetlaw is being boosted by free disability sports taster sessions.

The events at Worksop College and Outwood Academy Valley were part of a series which gives young people to chance to get active and try new sports.

The first session introduced Wheelchair Basketball and the skills involved, while on 6th August children had the opportunity to hone their precision with target sports Boccia and New Age Kurling.

Boccia is a game similar to bowls. Great Britain’s won one individual silver medal and a team bronze at London 2012.

via Worksop: Olympic legacy lives on at SAND sports club – Local news – Worksop Guardian.

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he 11 youngsters from Belarus visited Ponds Forge International Sports Centre as part of a four-week holiday in Sheffield, away from the fallout of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

The children, aged nine to 12, played games of boccia – a ball sport related to bowls – with the Ponds Forge-based Smashers Club, and were also treated to free swimming at the venue’s leisure pool.

via Games provide respite for Chernobyl children – Local Health – The Star.

A team from Heanor Gate Science College was among the medallists at the recent Derbyshire School Games Event, supported by Trent College, where around 1,000 young people competed in a day of close competition in glorious sunshine.

via Silver medal for Heanor Gate Science College – Local Sport – Ripley and Heanor News.

A former Willoughby man who moved to Gloucester over three years ago to pursue his career of playing boccia has achieved success at the highest level.

Boccia is a Paralympic sport similar to boules.

And Ben Curry, 26, who has cerebral palsy and is confined to a wheelchair, has been part of the BC3 England Squad for the past two years.

He is also a Lloyds TSB Local Hero and attends training camps throughout the year around the country.

Earlier in the year he competed in regional competitions, gaining silver and bronze medals, which qualified him for a place in the National Boccia Championships at Ponds Forge in Sheffield in May for the seventh consecutive year.

He played exceptionally well but narrowly missing out on a medal by coming fourth.

At the end of May, Ben was one of four England players selected to travel to Oslo for the Norwegian Invitational at the National Olympic Training Centre; a fantastic venue where he enjoyed two days of training with the Norwegian elite squad followed by a tournament on the final day.

England had great results, taking the top four positions with Ben successfully bringing home the amazing trophy.

via Ben achieves boccia success at the highest level – Bowls – Skegness Standard.