My son Tim has just arrived at the Stoke Mandavile Paralimpic games, all the Schools from all over the country enter a team , they do Boccia / Fencing/ Wheelchair football,and a few other sports . My son is the the Captain for his school boccia team , he came 2nd in the UK finals last November in Nottingham,I think it was Nottingham, this is the big one for him as its a chance to be put foward into the UK team

he has achieved and overcome a lot in his 16yrs he is the only wheelchair user doing B/Tec sports degree in the south of England . he left at 8 am today and miss him alredy even though we argue lol:wheelchair:

I hope he wins and gets into the Uk team. Good luck to him!

I hope he wins and gets into the Uk team. Good luck to him!

 

+1 I hope he can represent the Uk - that would be cool.

Great news mate. Sure he will do well :dance:

Good luck !!!!

Hoping him all the best and good luck in getting to the UK team.

My son Tim has just arrived at the Stoke Mandavile Paralimpic games, all the Schools from all over the country enter a team , they do Boccia / Fencing/ Wheelchair football,and a few other sports . My son is the the Captain for his school boccia team , he came 2nd in the UK finals last November in Nottingham,I think it was Nottingham, this is the big one for him as its a chance to be put foward into the UK team

he has achieved and overcome a lot in his 16yrs he is the only wheelchair user doing B/Tec sports degree in the south of England . he left at 8 am today and miss him alredy even though we argue lol:wheelchair:

 

Forgive my ignorance but what is boccia?

Was just going to say that :)

 

Good luck anyway though :thumbup:

 

Peter

No idea what boccia is though I have heard the name somewhere....best of luck to your son though! I'm sure he'll do you proud!!

Its a game played with balls, there not true balls IE there made of leather and not perfectly round , inside is filled with a sandy composite , there slightly bigger than a cricket ball , some wheelchair users who have no use off their limbs ,use a ramp and then there chin is used to move the e/w/hair and then release the ball , its played on a wooden smooth indoor court , to able body people like us, the nearest game similar is bowls the old mans game , but to watch

these wheelchair games not just boccia ,is fascinating and the gadgets that wheelchair user's have , the electronics they user to over come problems is truly amazing , if i get a chance i will get a short vid up of the game when Tim gets back fri/ night , to give you an idea of Tims chair [ he cannot and never will walk ] his top half is just as me and you , and his scence of humour is truly good ,it cost us £12,000 , hope you understood my explanation lol

Nice one, you must be very proud.

Dont worry about the arguing etc, hes at that age.lol

Its a game played with balls, there not true balls IE there made of leather and not perfectly round , inside is filled with a sandy composite , there slightly bigger than a cricket ball , some wheelchair users who have no use off their limbs ,use a ramp and then there chin is used to move the e/w/hair and then release the ball , its played on a wooden smooth indoor court , to able body people like us, the nearest game similar is bowls the old mans game , but to watch

these wheelchair games not just boccia ,is fascinating and the gadgets that wheelchair user's have , the electronics they user to over come problems is truly amazing , if i get a chance i will get a short vid up of the game when Tim gets back fri/ night , to give you an idea of Tims chair [ he cannot and never will walk ] his top half is just as me and you , and his scence of humour is truly good ,it cost us £12,000 , hope you understood my explanation lol

 

Ah, i sort of get the idea :)

 

I actually used to like watching Bowls when i was younger :)

Awesome! Really hope he does well. You must be so proud of him

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Good on him sean, you never mentioned this before mate. Tim is a really great lad and always polite and says hi to me, which goes along way in my book. hope he does well. keep us posted.

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thats great news you must be so proud, keep us up to date how things go.:clap::thumbup:

 

dan.:biggrin:

good luck to your son, and as said before dont worry about the arguing, all 16 year olds argue with their parents, mine did and moved out to be with his dad :(

Hope he does well mate and all teenagers are a handfull:)