After a busy summer term with our regional team and players zooming around schools delivering boccia, one girl from Grampian won the chance to get up close with the world’s boccia stars at the BISFed World Boccia Championships 2018 in Liverpool in August.
Lillie, from Aberdeenshire, entered a competition as part of SDS’s School Boccia Programme, and was selected as the lucky winner of the grand prize: return travel, accommodation abd tickets to the Championships for her and her mum, Eleanor.
Lillie, who is relatively new to the world of boccia, had a blast on her 2-day visit, and her mum reported back with Lillie’s reflections on the event:
“Lillie enjoyed her trip to Liverpool to watch the Boccia Championships. She got to see Stephen McGuire play then she liked when he came to speak to her in the restaurant at night. Next day she got to meet his brother Peter who was commentating for the BBC and she really enjoyed chatting to him. She is keen to take up boccia but just need to find a time and place to suit her.”
We’re now working with Lillie’s school and the Aberdeenshire Active Schools Team to ensure that she gets the opportunity to play boccia in her local area regularly!
If you or anyone you know is living in the Grampian area with a physical, sensory or learning disability and would like to get more involved in sport, please get in touch with Alison Shaw, Regional Manager, on 07828 744 848 or alison.shaw@scottishdisabilitysport.com.