Young people wanting to represent Epsom and Ewell at the Surrey Youth Games have just days to register for training sessions and trials.

Free trials and training sessions for the borough’s squad have already begun this month and will take place at various clubs across the borough.

Young people aged between seven and 16 are needed for events which include Boccia, Cricket, Tag Rugby, and Tennis teams.

via Last chance for entries to represent Epsom and Ewell at Surrey Youth Games (From Your Local Guardian).

Schoolboy Seamus Morrison has today been taking on Lincoln Barclays staff and customers in a sports challenge to help fund his trip to the 2013 World Dwarf Games in the USA. Seamus, from Sutton-on-Trent, will represent Great Britain in boccia, a target ball sport like petanque and bowls, discus, javelin, shot put, swimming, football and table tennis. More than 80 countries will compete in Michigan in August – four times gold medallist swimmer Ellie Simmonds is a previous competitor in the games. Barclays has pledgd to double whatever is raised today during Seamus’s four-hour non-stop boccia challenge at the bank in Tritton Road.

via VIDEO: Seamus Morrison’s World Dwarf Games bid challenges Lincoln Barclays staff and customers | This is Lincolnshire.

Paralympic hero Nigel Murray has said being made an MBE is recognition not just for himself but for the sport he loves and the people who have always supported him.

The boccia player who won gold medals at the Paralympic Games in Sydney and Beijing and won a team bronze at his final games in London this year, met the queen at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace

via Golden Murray proud of being made an MBE – Local – Leamington Courier.

Stoke Mandeville Stadium has hosted the one of ten regional Boccia competitions taking place this month across England. The competition saw four teams from the Central Region Championships competing as part of the Lord Tavener’s Under 19’s Boccia Programme.

Schools from 30 counties competed to qualify, and the successful four teams who contended were Buckingham Bee’s Boccia Team, Arbour Vale from Berkshire and two teams from Slated Row from Buckinghamshire The competition was only for under 19’s with physical disabilities, and the national

via Stoke Mandeville Stadium plays host to the Boccia Central Region Championships – Venues.org.uk.

FIT 4 U Craigavon and Banbridge Club is a new independent group for men and women with disabilities, which has evolved from the Southern Health and Social Care Trust – Fit 4 U Project.

Local people from Craigavon and Banbridge have formed a committee and become an independently constituted club which seeks to provide physical activities for people with physical and/or sensory disabilities. This includes people with arthritis, fibromyalgia, Parkinson’s, Multiple Sclerosis, head injuries, amputees, Cerebral Palsy, Spina Bifida, stroke, chronic conditions, people who are deaf, have hearing impairments, blind or partially sighted.

If you have a disability such as those above, or know of someone who would gain confidence and self esteem from joining our group, please

via New group for men and women with disabilities – Home and Garden – Portadown Times.

STAGING their first ever tournament in the fast-growing sport of Boccia – that’s the Watch Us Grow Superstars.

The team – who have a range of learning support needs- meet every Monday in the Tryst Centre to take part in a variety of sports.

Boccia was judged to be an excellent addition to their repertoire as the target ball sport related to bowls was a big hit at the Paralympics.

It is all part of a bigger picture at the Palacerigg-based project which usually puts the focus on gardening.

via Superstars stage first tournament – Local Sport – Cumbernauld News.

Tom Dowan was one the millions who tuned into watch the London 2012 Paralympics. However, for Dowan, the Paralympics was not an education in disability sport.The 17-year old, who is aiming to compete in Rio in 2016, is already a two time national champion in boccia and six months on from the Games, he’s one of England’s finest players preparing for the National Championships, which will be held in Sheffield at Ponds Forge this May.The city has become an important hub for boccia in recent years. Team GB use the EIS English Institute of Sport for training camps and talent selection trials, whilst as well as hosting the National Championships, Ponds Forge housed the Canadian team in the lead up to last year’s Paralympics.

via National Boccia Championships Head To Ponds Forge In Sheffield | Matthew Jones.

THIRTEEN players who all have an intellectual (learning) disability, met to play the game of boccia on Monday February 25 at Amwell View School and Specialist Sports College in Stanstead Abbotts near Ware. The visiting team from Oasis Academy, Staines Green, Hertford, brought eight players along to play Amwell View School’s team of five players made up of Alex Frankcom, Kym Shepherd, Mitchell Wright, Rachel Dabin and Bradley Pratt.

Head coach of Special Olympics East Herts Boccia Club, Rita Leader said: “The players played five games of 3 v 3 and the final score was 9-1 to Oasis. The team made some new friends, most players were given the opportunity to play, referee and score.

“We are now looking forward to the return match after Easter.”

via Boccia at Amwell View School | Community hub.

THREE local members of the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society Portadown and Craigavon Branch are celebrating following their victory at the Disability Sport Northern Ireland Senior Boccia Championships.

Eugene O’Hare, Alex McVeigh and Gareth Cunningham enjoyed an impressive unbeaten run during the qualifying rounds at the competition in Lagan Valley Leisureplex, Lisburn. They met Ravenhill Technical KO in the final and won with a score of 4 -1.

The victory for the team – nicknamed ‘The MS Montys’ – is the latest in a line of successes. They also won the Southern Area Boccia Championships in 2012, and this year’s victory is a welcome return to form

via Local team lifts the province’s boccia title – again! – Local – Portadown Times.

ALICE MAIN and Ethan Phillips are set to officiate at the national Boccia finals in Sheffield, after successfully officiating in regional competitions.

Both studying sport-related courses at Truro College, Alice and Ethan are big advocates for boccia and are hoping to use it as a springboard to where they want to go in the future.

boccia is a ball sport that anyone can play, regardless of physical ability. Similar to bowls, players try to get the most balls closest to the jack to win.

Alice said: “Anybody with any kind of impairment can play it, so it’s something for everybody. As sport is such a big thing now, especially after the London Olympics and Paralympics, it’s great that there’s sport that anyone can play. It brings everybody together. I worked with students with additional needs in the summer and it gave me a broader mindset. I’m looking to do sports therapy next and maybe work with those with additional needs in the future.”

via Boccia showcase for Alice and Ethan | This is Cornwall.