Competition: Paralympics competition - new age curling/boccia/
Scheduled For: Wednesday 6th November 2024Competition Description: A competitive sports event - schools should select students that are prepared to compete with other schools and progress through the county pathway.
BOCCIA
3 Players on a team (3v3) Squads of 3-6
Primary – KS2 - MIXED AGE
Players must be either on the SEND register or be disengaged with sport or have
low self-esteem/ emotional or behavioural needs.
Format A game lasts for 3/4 'ends' depending on time
Rules All players are seated when playing and must remain in the throwing box during the
match. Each player in the team has 2 throwing balls .
Before the start of a game a coin is tossed and the winners decide which colour balls
they want to play with.
The team who start with the RED balls, start with the jack in the first 'end'
The jack can be thrown anywhere over the line.
The same person who threw the jack then throws their teams first coloured ball,
aiming to get as near to the jack as possible.
After the first of the red teams players have thrown their first red ball, the first player
chosen from the blue team then throws as near to the jack as possible
You can knock your opponents balls out of the way, knock your own balls closer or
knock the jack closer to your coloured balls
The game continues with the team who are not the closest to the jack.
That team continues throwing until that team are now closest to the jack or have run
out of balls.
Play then switches to the other team and so on
Play continues until all balls have been thrown.
The end is scored by awarding one point for every ball of the same colour that is
closer to the jack than the nearest opposing balled.
New age kurling
Year 5 and 6
Squads are made up of 4 players (Two girls & two boys)
Format Each game consists of four ends. An end is completed when all eight stones have
been played.
Rules Each player delivers stones corresponding to their team colour, red or blue, towards
the target at the opposite end of the court.
Stones can be propelled using any part of the body or using a pusher, providing
that the player is behind the delivery line on releasing the stone.
Individuals/teams take it in turns to deliver the first stone of an end. The
individual/team going first in the first end being determined by a toss of a coin.
Each game consists of four ends. An end is completed when all eight stones have
been played.
A team scores one point for each stone that is closer to the centre than any
opposition stone.
At the completion of four ends, the points scored on each end are added
together. The individual / team with the highest total score wins.
Note: To book on this competition you will need to have a Booking Access Code. You can get this from your PDM or by contacting the Partnership Office.
