In May 2010, Meath Local Sports Partnership introduced our Games for Life Programme to older people’s groups and members of Active Retirement groups.
Games for Life aims to provide Bowls, Kurling and Boccia equipment at a reduced cost and training in the games to older people, community groups and disability groups.
Meath Local Sports Partnership began delivering the Games for Life Programme in May 2010. To date 53 groups have availed of the equipment. 210 members of the groups are trained in Bowls, Boccia, Flisk, Cornhole and Kurling. The purpose of the training is to equip the representatives with sufficient knowledge and skills which enables them to go back to their group and demonstrate to the group how the activity runs. Over 960 older people and disability representatives in Meath have been impacted by this initiative.
An active social morning takes place on Tuesday mornings in Simonstown Gales GFC. Groups meet to play Boccia, Cornhole and Curling.
Boccia is a precision ball sport, similar to bocce, and related to bowls and pétanque
Cornhole is a game where the objective is to pitch beanbags from the pitchers box to the opposite side and land the bags on the board or in the hole.
Kurling, this is an adapted version of curling which can be played indoors on a hard surface. The objective of the game is to score points by getting stones closer to the center, than the other team’s stones.
Congratulations to Division one winners Skryne Active Retirement and runners up Kilmessan Active Retirement.
If your group would like to participate in the Games for Life Programme please contact Paula Cunningham, Meath Local Sports Partnership on 0469067887 or email pcunningham@meathcoco.ie