Dongui University and Korea Cerebral Palsy Welfare Association Hold the 1st Boccia Tournament

On the 1st, Dong-Eui University held the "1st Busan Boccia Tournament hosted by Dong-Eui University and the Korea Cerebral Palsy Welfare Association" at the Busan Vocational Competency Development Institute gymnasium.

Hosted by Dong-Eui University's University Innovation Support Project Group, the Regional Collaboration Center, and the Korea Cerebral Palsy Welfare Association's Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam branch, and organized by the Busan Brain Lesion Welfare Center, this tournament was prepared to improve awareness of disabilities and promote harmony through sports.

Boccia is a game similar to curling, where players throw or roll balls and sum the points of balls closest to the target ball to compete for victory. It is a special sport designed for people with cerebral palsy.

Participants of the "1st Busan Boccia Tournament hosted by Dong-Eui University and the Korea Cerebral Palsy Welfare Association" are taking a group commemorative photo.

This tournament was divided into four categories?Club Division, Home Tong Division, General Division, and Harmony Division?based on experience, game equipment, and team composition, with a total of about 50 players participating.

As a result of the tournament, the winners in each category were ▲Club Division (doubles): Kim Chan-do and Park Hyun-man from Damoa Club ▲Home Tong Division (singles): Kim Ki-hoon from Harmony Club ▲General Division (doubles): Kim Ho-young and Seo Jeong-soon from Busan Brain Lesion Welfare Center ▲Harmony Division (doubles): Jeon Dong-hyuk from Busan Brain Lesion Welfare Center and Lee Seung-joo from Dong-Eui University.

On the day, Dong-Eui University's cheering squad Turtles, the central club Sigongpochak, and social welfare department students also participated, supporting the tournament operations through cultural performances, game recording, guidance, and filming.

Student Shin Jong-hyun from Dong-Eui University, who participated in the event, said, "I was glad to experience a new sport called boccia and to understand people with physical disabilities through this activity," adding, "I want to continue participating in such opportunities in the future to engage in various exchanges."

Lee Min-hong, director of the Regional Collaboration Center at Dong-Eui University, said, "It is very meaningful that people with disabilities can become protagonists in social participation and awareness improvement through boccia," and added, "I hope this will be an opportunity for people with disabilities in Busan Metropolitan City to nurture dreams of participating in the Paralympics in the future."

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