14 sets of medals, Individual or Team, will be fought for today. This is the last day for Softball, Boules, Racquetball and Wushu, and the first for Billiards, Kickboxing, Korfball and Squash.
Softball at the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium concludes with the Bronze medal match and Final, and Boules at the University of Alabama Track & Field Stadium has competitions in Lyonnaise Precision Shooting and Women’s Classic Doubles Pétanque (both from start through to Finals). Racquetball at the university Student Recreation Center has Semi-finals and Finals for both men and women, and in Wushu at the Bill Battle Coliseum there are 5 classes, all right through to the medals.
There are medal events too today in women’s Fistball (Bronze and Final matches), at Panther Soccer Stadium, and Gymnastics at the Legacy Arena. Here, there are 4 medal competitions: Aerobics Group, Aerobics Trio, and Rhythmic Gymnastics Clubs and Ribbon.
The sports starting today: Billiards has four events: men’s and women’s Pool, men’s Carom and men’s Snooker. All the matches today are to reduce the initial 32 competitors down to 16. The Sheraton Ballroom in the Jefferson Complex is the venue. Kickboxing takes place at the Boutwell Auditorium, the first day of two with 6 classes (3 women’s, 3 men’s) in Quarter and Semi-finals. Korfball is also at Jefferson, in the East Exhibit Hall; there are 4 Preliminary matches today. Squash is at the same venue as Racquetball, and begins with singles elimination matches for men and women.
It’s semi-finals day for Flag Football at Legion Field, for both men and women, and also for men’s Fistball. Three days of men’s and women’s Field Barebow in Archery start today at Avondale Park. There are more Preliminary matches in Flying Disc at John Carroll High School, women’s Lacrosse at Compass Soccer Stadium, and women’s and men’s Beach Handball at Sloss Furnaces.
Day 6 Schedule
American Football: Semi-finals, women at 18.10 and 20.10, men at 17.10 and 19.10
Archery: Qualification and competition from 09.00
Softball: Bronze match 16.10, Final 20.10
Billiards: all 4 classes from 11.30
Boules: Lyonnaise from 10.10, Final at 17.15, Pétanque (8 teams) from 08.30, Final at 17.40
Fistball: Men: Semi-finals at 10.00 & 12.00 Women: Bronze match 16.30, Final 19.00
Flying Disc: From 09.30, 4 matches
Gymnastics: Aerobics Group from 10.30, Final 18.00, Aerobics Trio from 11.00, Final 18.55, Rhythmic Gymnastics Clubs, women from 14.00, Final 18.20, Rhythmic Gymnastics Ribbon, women from 1440, Final 1915
Beach Handball Men, 6 matches from 11.10 & 17.10 Women, 6 matches from 09.30 & 15.30
Kickboxing: All classes from 11.30
Korfball: From 11.30, 4 matches
Lacrosse: From 10.30, 4 matches
Racquetball: Women, Semi-finals 09.00 & 10.00, Final 16.00, Men, Semi-finals 11.00 & 12.00, Final 17.00
Squash: Women from 09.00,men from 09.45
Wushu: From 10.00
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