A record number of schools and pupils took part in this year's Devon Special School Games hosted by Devon's Disability Working Group at the College of St Mark and St John for the fourth consecutive year. The games attracted over 240 pupils from 15 different special schools to take part in five different sports: football, rowing, tennis, hockey and boccia. The inclement weather did not detract from the fun and involvement that the children enjoyed.Because all the games were so popular some of the pupils entered more than one sport, football had 20 teams with 160 participants, rowing attracted 80 pupils, tennis had 26 pupils, hockey had 28 pupils and boccia had 20 participating.Sharon Letori from Active Devon and organiser of the rowing events said 'The rowing events have seen the numbers grow from two Indoor Rowers in the first year (with a rather lengthy queue of eager participants!) to ten machines in the second year and at the 2006 Games twenty machines being fully occupied! 2007 is set to be even bigger to keep up with demand and growing interest. The structure of the competition continues to improve with coaching sessions taking place before the Games and, very importantly, opportunities to access this sport are beginning to happen after the Games. We now have a well established structure for ensuring both wheelchair users and non-wheelchair users can access this great sport not only for the benefits of the participants health and enjoyment aspect but the potential competition structure within their local community'