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Portable courts to bridge the gap in Florida Keys’ bocce scene

27/1/2023

 
Bocce will soon be booming across the islands of the Florida Keys thanks to the recent arrival of eight high-quality portable bocce courts purchased by Special Olympics Florida.

The revolutionary courts, developed by Packaworld International, will be provided to schools in the archipelago so they can run school-based and inter-school unified bocce competitions for students. Generous grants from the Ocean Reef Community Foundation and the Community Foundation of the Florida Keys helped make the purchase possible.

“The portable courts allow us to offer the sport of bocce to a wider range of individuals with disabilities and also provide inclusive opportunities for those without disabilities," said Ruth Coleman from Special Olympics Florida.

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Goalball boosted by portable Packagoals in Pennsylvania

25/1/2023

 
Dozens of children and young people with vision impairments are now enjoying the thrill of playing goalball with top-quality goals, thanks to the arrival of portable Goalball Packagoals in Pennsylvania.   

The portable goals from Packaworld were used by Envision Blind Sports for the first time at its 2022 summer camp, held at Penn State University for Blind or Visually Impaired (BVI) children between ages 5 and 18.

Envision Blind Sports Executive Director Wendy Fagan said the children and young people taking part in the camp and goalball sessions run since have enjoyed playing with proper goals instead of cones or goals made of unwieldy PVC pipe.

"I’ve been coaching for 30 years, and I’ve never been this affected by a piece of sports equipment before."

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Portable goalball goals help bring sport to the blind in Michigan

25/10/2022

 
A youth camp in Michigan has been bringing the high-octane sport of goalball to students who are Blind or Visually Impaired (BVI), with a little help from Packaworld’s portable goalball goals and some star guests from Team USA.

Camp Tuhsmeheta in Greenville recently used two new Goalball Packagoals from Packaworld to run a youth recreation clinic and host the Michigan Blind Athletic Association (MBAA) goalball tournament.

The camp is run by the Michigan Department of Education - Incidence Outreach to cater for students who are BVI, or Deaf/Hard of Hearing, as well as other youth education groups.

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The portable goals helping goalball to grow in Germany

14/4/2022

 
A disability sports club in north-east Germany is using Goalball Packagoals to create opportunities for blind and visually impaired athletes at schools and public events.
 
The portability of the inflatable goals is making it easy for the Greifswalder Sportgemeinschaft 01 e.V. (GSG01) goalball section, known as the Greifswald Pikes, to bring goalball to people who haven’t had the opportunity to experience the joy of the Paralympic sport in the past.

​They held a goalball open training day in Greifswald on 2 April as part of ‘Catching up after Corona’ – a programme set up by the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth to step-up schooling and activities people have missed out on during the pandemic.

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Unified bocce ball on a roll in Maryland

17/2/2022

 
Bocce is bouncing back in Maryland with the help of portable courts and a unified sports program that brings athletes with intellectual disabilities together with star footballers and other non-disabled peers.

The program is run by Special Olympics Maryland and many of the state’s public schools, which are using the high-quality inflatable courts from Packaworld to run bocce events at high schools, as well as community-based programs for children and older Special Olympics athletes.

"Bocce has become cool,” says Mike Myers, Baltimore Region Director for Special Olympics Maryland.

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Portable bocce courts setting students up for success in Taiwan

2/2/2022

 
​It’s the Year of the Tiger, and students at a special education school in Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) have been developing cat-like reflexes through bocce ball.

Since the end of 2021, National Miaoli Special Education School has been using portable Packabocce courts from Packaworld to run a school-based program that encourages students to be active, work as a team and develop important social skills in an engaging and fun way.

Yuchun Hung, a teacher at the school, is a big fan of bocce’s ability to create positive educational outcomes.

“Compared to other physical activities, bocce is easier to play,” she says. “It’s a very common sport in special schools in Taiwan.”

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