ActivLives held another Inclusive Boccia Tournament recently at Gainsborough Sports Centre, in Ipswich. The event attracted 40 competitors, who played a total of 85 ends of boccia, over 30 matches, scoring 185 points. There were over 70 people attending the event, during the course of the day.
“Boccia (pronounced ‘botcha’), is a sport that can be played by anyone”, said Mike McCarthy, from ActivLives. “It is a target game, played with balls, where all of the participants are required to sit down whilst they play. It is one of those sports that is relatively easy to play, but devilishly tricky to play well”. The sport is particularly suitable for players with a disability, and will be part of the Paralympic programme to be held later this year in Paris.
The tournament in Ipswich consisted of three divisions, where players competed in pairs, or teams of three, in a round-robin format. The day concluded with a ‘spider decider’ mass team event, with all 40 players involved.
“The atmosphere at this event has been absolutely brilliant, we will definitely be doing this again soon!”
Many thanks to all of the athletes, to our brilliant team of volunteers and also to our supporting partners Special Olympics Suffolk, Special Olympics GB, the Postcode Places Trust and the Together Fund.
If you would like to find out more about how to get involved with boccia in the Ipswich, Stowmarket or Felixstowe areas, please call ActivLives on 01473 345350 or email mike@activlives.org.uk
Red Division:
| TEAMS
|
Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Match 4 | TOTAL PTS | POS |
| Matthew Parnell, Joey Western, Jonny Anon | 6-1
(4) |
7-3
(4) |
4-3
(4) |
4-1
(4) |
16 | 1 |
| Rebecca Farnam, Karen Sampson, Mark Bailey | 3-0
(4) |
3-7
(1) |
5-3
(4) |
3-1
(4) |
13 | 2 |
| Glenn Turland, John Cartey, Andrew Clarke | 2-6
(1) |
7-0
(4) |
3-5
(1) |
1-4
(1) |
7 | 3 |
| Kayleigh Mason, David Lewin, Peter Grace | 6-2
(4) |
1-6
(1) |
2-3
(1) |
1-3
(1) |
7 | 4 |
| Christopher Howlett, Linda Alchin, Peter Paget | 0-3
(1) |
0-7
(1) |
3-2
(4) |
3-4
(1) |
7 | 5 |
Green Division
| TEAMS
|
Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Match 4 | TOTAL PTS | POS |
| Jay Rednall, Sally Jenkinson, Jess Lake | 4-3
(4) |
2-2
(2) |
3-2
(4) |
4-2
(4) |
14 | 1 |
| Mark Rolfe, Caroline Rigley, Alfie Glanville | 5-3
(4) |
2-1
(4) |
2-3
(1) |
6-3
(4) |
13 | 2 |
| Alfie Orvis, Emma Barnett, Louise Baile | 3-4
(1) |
5-1
(4) |
9-0
(4) |
3-6
(1) |
10 | 3 |
| Ashley Lennon, Kathy Brill, Cameron Perkins | 3-5
(1) |
2-2
(2) |
0-9
(1) |
2-1
(4) |
8 | 4 |
| Paris Naliwjko, Natalie Molyneaux, Ellesse Winstone | 1-5
(1) |
1-2
(1) |
1-2
(1) |
2-4
(1) |
4 | 5 |
Blue Division
| TEAMS
|
Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Match 4 | TOTAL PTS | POS |
| Ciaran Kiely and Jake Edwards | 3-2
(4) |
3-1
(4) |
4-0
(4) |
1-1
(2) |
14 | 1 |
| Trevor McLeese and Lewis Clarke | 2-3
(1) |
2-3
(1) |
8-0
(4) |
6-0
(4) |
10 | 2 |
| Cal Brennan and Kersha Sanders | 9-2
(4) |
7-1
(4) |
0-4
(1) |
0-6
(1) |
10 | 3 |
| Steve Francis and Becky Page | 1-7
(1) |
3-2
(4) |
1-1
(2) |
0-6
(1) |
8 | 4 |
| Elaine Dzregah and Emile Eno-Daynes | 2-9
(1) |
1-3
(1) |
0-8
(1) |
6-0
(4) |
7 | 5 |