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The Parkwood Leisure Managed Erith Leisure Centre hosted a Uni-hockey and Boccia Event for Adults with learning difficulties on the 19 July 2006. The event organised by Bexley Council in partnership with the MCCH was sponsored by Parkwood Leisure.
The Uni-hockey event took place in the morning with the competition based on a league format, and consisted of teams from:
• Carlton Resource Centre, Sidcup.
• Smerdon Centre, Slade Green
• Community Link, Greenwich
After some excellent performances by all involved, Carlton Resource Centre were eventually crowned champions.
The afternoon provided the teams with the opportunity to receive Boccia training from qualified Boccia coach Barry Fisher. Boccia is a target sport similar to bowls and is accessible by all. For this event the teams were joined by competitors from the Ken Boyce Centre, who were the eventual winners.
Parkwood Leisure and Bexley Council are looking to build on the success of this event by establishing a regular Boccia club at Erith Leisure Centre, anyone wishing to obtain further details pleases contact wayne.cullen@parkwood-leisure.co.uk
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Bexleyheath kicked off its summer entertainment programme on friday 28 July with live music from the Jive Aces and dance demonstrations by Ceroc.
The Jive Aces are one of the top Jive and Swing bands in the country and play more than three hundred shows a year all over the world. Recent highlights include performances for His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh and a charity show with Hollywood star John Travolta last month to three thousand people. The Jive Aces also received The International Music Award 2006 for their outstanding contribution to entertainment by the City of Derry (N. Ireland), an award given to Jazz legend Van Morrison last year. The band provide free concerts in towns around the country in support of their anti-drugs campaign, which aims to educate people about the dangers of using drugs.
Ceroc, one of the largest dance organisations in the UK, provided dance demonstrations and invited spectators to “have a go”.
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