Disabled sports event makes welcome return to Ayrshire school

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Ayrshire Sportsability hosted a very successful Boccia event at Ayr Academy - and nearly 20 people with learning, physical and sensory disabilities attended.

Boccia is a precision sport, like bowls and petanque, for athletes with severe physical disabilities.It’s been a Paralympic sport since the 1984 games in Los Angeles and Ayrshire has two Paralympians- Scott and Jamie McCowan, both from Dundonald, who competed for Great Britain last year in Beijing.

The event at Ayr Academy was funded by The Trefoil Trust and this is the first boccia festival Ayrshire Sportsability has been able to hold for more than two years due to the pandemic.

The event gave people the opportunity to try boccia and then later in the day play some competitive games. A spokesperson for Ayrshire Sportsability said: “Thank you to coaches and volunteers from Inspire South Ayrshire, North Ayrshire Active Schools and UWS. “Ayrshire Sportsability already hold some boccia sessions in Ayrshire together with local partners Inspire South Ayrshire and Vibrant Communities East Ayrshire.”The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now.Get all the local news in your area – plus features, football news and the latest on the coronavirus crisis – at your fingertips 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories while you can customise your page with the sections that matter to you.The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now on iOS and Android.The next event was an Activity Weekend at Dolphin House, Maybole, taken by the Thriving Communities team from South Ayrshire Council.A spokesperson said: “We had 10 young people with physical, learning and sensory disabilities attending along with some parents and Emma, a volunteer