ActivLives, recently held a Boccia Festival at Gainsborough Sports Centre in Ipswich, to help to celebrate National Boccia Day 2023. There were 42 participants from across the region, enjoying a fantastic day of Boccia action.
Boccia is a target sport played whilst sitting down. It is particularly suitable for players with a disability, although anyone can play.
Paralympian, Evie Edwards, a member of the GB Paralympic Boccia team in Tokyo and who now coaches the sport, supported the tournament as a referee and in presenting medals at the end of the day’s competition.
Mike McCarthy, ActivSport Development Officer at ActivLives, said “What a day! We had some brilliant boccia being played and the buzz in the hall was electric, especially during the medal play-off matches. We would like to thank Boccia England for their support for this event.”
ActivLives are particularly grateful to all of the great volunteers who helped to make this event happen. If you are interested in trying Boccia, ActivLives holds a weekly session on Thursday’s between 10:30am-12:30pm at Whitton Sports Centre, Ipswich to find out more, and how to get involved, email mike@activlives.org or call the ActivLives office on 01473 345350.