A squad of 5 made up our Goal Ball team who played in a competition against other schools in the Grantham area. The game originally is for visually impaired people but has been adapted for all with the use of eye masks. With 3 on court at a time children have to listen and react to the bells within the ball, blocking it and also when received, standing and rolling it with the aim of rolling it into the goal.It is quite disorienting initially with children lying horizontally across the courts and ending up vertical as they have no idea where they are.
Our squad-3 on court for matches.
Sports Leaders kep a close watch on players ensuring blindfolds were worn correctly.
We played 7 games with 2 losses and 6 wins- the same as Huntingtower Primary school so we ended up with 26 points jointly with them but unfortunately we had lost 1 of our matches against them so they were awarded 1st place with us in 2nd as silver medalists.So close!
A fabulous team effort and a well deserved silver medal.
Presentation tie at the end of the competition.
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