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Special Olympics Hutt Valley football shooting on target for Summer Games

1/4/2022

 
​No more shooting between cones or through fluro training bibs lying on the ground. A Special Olympics programme in New Zealand is taking its football training to the next level with a set of new Packagoals from Packaworld International.

The portable goals are being used by the Special Olympics Hutt Valley to prepare for a local Tier 1 Football Tournament in May and then the big one later in the year – the Special Olympics National Summer Games in Hamilton from 8-12 December.

Mark Cullen, head coach of the Special Olympics Hutt Valley football programme, says the team is delighted with their new Football Packagoals.
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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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The portable courts helping bocce thrive in New Zealand’s capital city

23/11/2021

 
Portable bocce ball courts are from Packaworld are helping to pump up bocce participation in one of the world’s windiest cities.

Special Olympics Wellington has purchased two Competition Packabocce courts to help grow bocce in New Zealand’s capital and to ensure players can train in all weather.

Bert Warda, the head bocce coach at Special Olympics Wellington, says the high-quality inflatable courts are helping athletes maximise training sessions for future competition.

“It’s fantastic to be able to take them indoors or outdoors depending on the conditions, and the timing is perfect as our region’s bocce players prepare for the Special Olympics National Summer Games in Hamilton in December 2022.”

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Portable bocce courts boost inclusive sport participation in Iowa

14/7/2021

 
Competition Packabocce Courts are helping to bring the benefits of inclusive sport to more schools in Iowa. 

Special Olympics Iowa recently ordered more than 20 Competition Packabocce courts for the state’s Unified Champion Schools (UCS) program, which brings people with and without intellectual disabilities together on the same bocce ball court.

Special Olympics Iowa Director of Unified Programs Bryan Coffey says the portable courts are being sent to schools across the region and they are already seeing a positive impact in the number of people playing the sport.

“The ability to send the courts to new locations is ideal,” Mr Coffey says.

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Portable courts bring joy of bocce ball to Michigan special education school

17/6/2021

 
Students of Jardon Vocational School in Michigan are having a ball with Packaworld’s Competition Packabocce courts.

As well as putting smiles on faces, the portable bocce ball courts are helping students’ cognitive, physical, social and emotional development and contributing to educational outcomes – such as learning how to make a game plan, analyse it, and plan for improvement.

​“On the bocce ball court there is no physical contact, but a lot of friendly competition,” says Nanette Renkiewicz, Jardon’s psychologist and bocce ball coach. “We’re seeing individual growth and team growth, as well as learning about sportsmanship: how to give and take ‘smack talk’ and compliments.”

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