Photo Albums

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Curling without ice proved much harder than it looked. Each stone had three ball bearings in its base

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Curling requires touch and concentration as can be seen here

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Playing darts with a visual disability turned out to be just as much fun as for the sighted players

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Indoor bowling looks easy, but it turns out to be fiendishly difficult with other players able to destroy your best effort

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Boccia is not as easy as it looks, but it is a great game that can be adapted to all levels of disabiliyt

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This is the right hall with a clear view of the bowling rinks

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This is the right hall used for boccia, bowling and the wheelchair slalom

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A view of the left hall used for curling, darts, stickball, table tennis and the bagatelle game

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This was the first North London Disability Games organised by Rotary - but we hope it will be the first of many

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At the end came the presentation of the medals, but in truth everyone taking part was a winner. Let's do it all again next year!

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On your marks! Hand signals as well as the hooter got the races started

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There were swimming races as well in the Aspire Centre swimming pool. The water was warm so the swimmers were happy

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Some players looked as though they could easily beat the Rotarians who acted as scorer and ball boys and girls

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All those taking part wanted to have a go at table tennis, so the scheduling took some effort from the organisers

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Table tennis was popular with several different categories for different levels of ability

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Stickball was relying on the stickiness of the velcro - a stick was not needed. It is much harder than it looks

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The stickball game was built by games organiser Scott Maclachlan