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Portable goals help rekindle NZ's international goalball dreams

3/12/2020

 
A goalball coaching session held in Auckland, New Zealand last weekend used innovative portable goals from Packaworld to introduce blind and low-vision athletes to the sport.

And the success of the session, hosted in Spinal Support NZ’s gymnasium, has renewed hopes of starting a New Zealand team.

Goalball NZ committee member Troy Ramsay, who coached the players at the event, was happy with the turnout. Six beginners and 10 experienced players dived into the introduction and training event.

“In New Zealand, goalball numbers have dropped off a bit, and Covid-19 has not helped, so this was an event to get things moving again."

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Young New Zealanders experience the thrill of adapted hockey

4/11/2020

 
A group of young New Zealanders with vision impairments took to the hockey turf in October to experience the thrill of adapted hockey. 

The exhilarating sport is an adapted form of traditional field hockey, played using audible balls so that players who are blind or have low vision can identify where the ball is.

​Blind Sport New Zealand Awareness and Engagement Coordinator Stephanie Brown said the hockey skills session was organised by Blind Sport New Zealand and Counties Manukau Hockey Association to promote inclusion and raise awareness of the sports on offer for people with vision impairments.

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Packagoals help South Australian goalballers to play on

28/10/2020

 
Goalball is continuing to grow in South Australia as athletes with vision impairments look for new ways to stay active now that COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted.

The Australian state has recorded relatively few cases of the virus in recent months and life is largely back to normal, with some additional hygiene and contact tracing measures in place.

Goalball South Australia has been making the most of their relative freedom, using their portable Goalball Packagoals from Packaworld International to run competition matches, training sessions and ‘Come and Try’ days. ​

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The Puerto Rican goalball players pursuing their IBSA dream

13/7/2020

 
In the small Caribbean nation of Puerto Rico, a keen band of goalball players is chasing the dream of playing at an internationally recognised tournament.

It’s been more than a decade since the country’s national team has had goalball goals to train and play with, but their fortunes are finally changing as they await delivery of portable goalball goals, knee pads and blackout eyeshades from Packaworld International.

The goals were purchased by the Puerto Rico Blind Sports Federation and will allow the national team to train in a real match environment.

“Packaworld is going to make possible our biggest dream,” says Puerto Rican national goalball coach Wellington De Luna.

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Portable bocce courts impress at Special Olympics Ireland event

24/3/2020

 
Packaworld’s portable bocce courts provided an inflatable yet sturdy platform for Special Olympics athletes at the Munster Area Advancement event in Ireland.

More than 80 athletes from Munster took to the Packabocce courts, tossing and rolling their way ever closer to the palina (white ball) – and the Munster regional event, where it will be decided who qualifies for the next Ireland Games in 2022.

The event took place in February, prior to the recent COVID-19 pandemic and was held at the University of Limerick in Munster, one of five regions associated with Special Olympics Ireland. Similar to lawn bowls and petanque, the ancient Italian sport of bocce can be played by people of all ages and abilities, making it ideal for social and competitive competitions.

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Portable courts help bocce boom in New York

14/1/2020

 
Thousands of Special Olympics bocce players in New York are now enjoying their sport on the same high-quality portable bocce courts used for many of the global organisation’s major bocce competitions.

The state’s Special Olympics body has brought in 14 of the courts to run events for the 4,600 athletes participating in Special Olympics bocce competitions and school programmes across the state. The courts have already been used for competitions in Capital District, New York City, and Long Island. In August and September they were used for a bocce exhibition at the New York State Fair.

Special Olympics New York Director of Digital Engagement Kyle Massa said the Packabocce courts were being used to grow the sport, with a particular focus on holding more unified competitions.


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Hockey Packagoals help get the ball rolling in Australian schools

21/11/2019

 
Two Australian schools have got the hockey ball rolling once again and, with some help from Packaworld International, shots will be flying into the back of the net.

The portable sports gear company awarded Magill Primary School and Mudgee High School each with a set of Hockey Packagoals, after they won a competition on Packaworld’s Facebook page.

Australian parents and teachers were called upon to nominate their schools, outlining why they deserved to win.

Cynthia Paterson’s inspirational nomination describing Magill Primary School’s hockey revival was a particular highlight. The sport “was as good as dead in 2014,” she wrote.

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Portable bocce courts to fuel Special Olympics growth in Ireland

6/11/2019

 
Special Olympics bocce players in Ireland will have access to high-quality playing courts following the purchase of 26 portable Packabocce courts by their national body.

The new courts are a major investment in the sport’s future and will help Special Olympics Ireland introduce bocce to athletes in new venues and locations.

Special Olympics Ireland Sport Development Manager Elaine Twomey said the courts arrived in the country in October and had their first outing last week at a two-day area advancement event attended by more than 190 bocce athletes in County Kilkenny. 

The event was a success and played an important role in determining which athletes would be eligible to advance to the Leinster Regional Games next year and Ireland’s National Games in 2022, she said.

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