The annual two day sports competition at the Redemptorist Vocational School for people with Disabilities recently took place, and as usual the rivalry was fierce.
All students are split into four teams, yellow, red, blue and green, and all students are expected to participate in at least one of the many sports where there was a competition. Sports included athletics, shot put, petanque, soccer, tak-raw, volleyball (both standing and sitting), wheelchair tennis, swimming and wheelchair basketball.
The opening ceremony saw the students parading with their teams past the guests of honour, which this year included the Deputy Mayor of Pattaya, before the flame was lit to announce the opening of the games.
Unlike sports events for people without a disability, students at the school are categorized according to their disability; it would be unfair to have a 100m race with a student who is missing an upper limb run against an athlete who only has one lower limb and who uses prosthesis.
One aim of the sports competition was to select any talented students who may, with the proper training, be eligible to compete at a local, national and international level.
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The annual two day sports competition at the Redemptorist Vocational School for people with Disabilities recently took place, and as usual the rivalry was fierce.
All students are split into four teams, yellow, red, blue and green, and all students are ...
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