Boccia Tournament

On Thursday 1st December 2022, some of our children took part in a boccia tournament at Villiers High School. I must admit, before our young athletes went, I had no idea about the sport so here are some of the rules and regulations about this game that goes all the way back to Ancient Greece!

• Boccia (pronounced 'Bot-cha') is a Paralympic sport introduced in 1984

• Athletes throw, kick or use a ramp to propel a ball onto the court with the aim of getting closest to a 'jack' ball

• It is played indoors on a court similar in size to a badminton court

• The aim of the game is to get closer to the jack than your opponent

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• Once all the balls have been thrown one side receives points for every ball they have closer to the jack than their opponents closest ball

A big congratulations to our team who performed so well. Another big 'Thank You' to Coach Perry and Mrs Bhambra for taking the children.