We host a regional Boccia contest with 17 students acting as umpires

Cambridge Regional College played host to a regional Boccia contest for 17 schools  from across Peterborough, Huntindgon and Cambridge.

Our students acted as umpires for the games. The learners are all in the Uniformed Public Services department and also taking sports leadership awards.

Tutor Andrew Blackmore said: “This is a fantastic opportunity for our higher sports leaders, in Yr 2 of their Public Services course, as it gives them great volunteering experience that incorporates young people with disabilities.

“This will provide them with invaluable life skills.”

Boccia is a Paralympic sport similar to bowls.

The game is played on a flat, smooth surface, usually indoors, with a court the size of a badminton court.

Some of the winners seen below:

MATCH REPORT

Boccia England Under 19 Boccia County School Competition (21st November 2019)

Pupils from schools across the county tested their skills in a sports tournament with a difference this week competing in the Paralympic sport of Boccia.

Jack Hunt School physical disability team and Granta School first team took top honours at the school’s County Boccia Competitions. Organised by Living Sport, sponsored by Irwin Mitchell Cambridge Office and hosted at Cambridge Regional College, the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Boccia England under 19 County Schools annual tournament attracted fourteen teams from eight schools around the county with places in the regional level competition up for grabs.

Granta school first team from Linton won a hotly contested final against Sawtry Village Academy in the pan disability competition with Heltwate school second team from Peterborough taking the bronze, and Hinchingbrooke School second team coming fourth from fourteen teams. All of the top four teams now go through to the Regional rounds to play for a place in the national finals.

Jack Hunt School took the physical disability competition title and go through to Regionals from this competitions. Students from Cambridge Regional College will also be selected to support the officiating at the Regional competition.

Competition organiser Rebecca Evans from Living Sport said: “This is the fifth year we have held the tournament at Cambridge Regional College and we are grateful for their support for both the venue and the young officials. We would like to thank Irwin Mitchell for supporting the competition for the first time. This is a very popular competition with the schools and it is very competitive It is fantastic to see so many young people enjoying playing Boccia and representing the school regardless of the result”