Boccia
Special Olympics Surrey - Boccia Club
Boccia - A definition
Boccia is a Paralympic Sport. Boccia consists of 6 red balls, 6 blue balls and 1 white jack. There are 2 teams each consisting of 3 players. Each player has 2 coloured balls each.
It is an attack and defend game, where each side (red and blue) attempts to score as many points as possible by placing their own coloured balls closest to the white jack ball.
Special Olympics Surrey - Boccia Club was established in April 2008. We started out with 6 members which has now doubled to well over 12. The club meets fortnightly on a Monday night and every session we concentrate on different skills and drills. Sessions involve promoting and developing the members secondary skils such as:
- Perception
- Decision Making
- Numeracy / Scoring
- Colour Recognition
- Taking Turns
- Communication
- Social Interaction
- Competitiveness
Venue of Club
Chessington Sports Centre
Garrison Lane
Chessington
Surrey
KT9 2JS
Time of Club
6.00pm to 8.00pm
Dates of Club for 2010
Monday 11th & 25th January
Monday 8th & 22nd February
Monday 8th & 22nd March
Monday 19th April
Monday 3rd & 17th May
Monday 14th & 28th June
Monday 12th July
Please note YOU MUST be a member of Special Olympics Surrey in order to join our Boccia Club
CP SPORT BOCCIA LEAGUE 2008/2009
The club entered the CP Sport Boccia League and we were placed in the Greater London League 1. Our opponents were Special Olympics Hammersmith & Fulham and WAMDSAD.Considering this was the first time the athletes had played competitively they did extremely well. The final table looked like this:
Greater LondOn League 1
1st WAMDSAD White
2nd WAMDSAD Red
3rd Kingston SOS 1
4th Special Olympics Hammersmith & Fulham
Greater London League 2
1st WAMDSAD Blue
2nd Special Olympics Hammersmith & Fulham
3rd Kingston SOS 2
If you would like to find out more or join our club please contact Sue Johnson, Special Olympics Boccia Coach on 020 8547 5212 or email: sue.johnson@rbk.kingston.gov.uk