Ottawa hosts Canadian Boccia Championships for the first time November 13-17 at RA Centre
Competition features 2024 Paralympic Games Team Member, Danik Allard
Ottawa, ON (November 11, 2024) – The 30th Anniversary of the Canadian Boccia Championships are set for the RA Centre in Ottawa November 13th to the 17th. It is the first time the nation’s capital hosts the event.
It is also the first time Boccia Canada is the official organizing host. The sport’s national governing body’s head office is as the RA Centre’s House of Sport.
The annual event brings together Canada’s most skilled boccia players to compete for the title of Canadian Champion in Team, Pairs, and Individual play. It is a sanctioned event within the national circuit and the most important competition of the year for ranking points across the country.
The individual event includes athletes in six different classifications based on their functional capacity including BC5 and Open. Following the individual event, there will also be a team and pairs portion of the competition.
The Championships are guaranteed to showcase outstanding performances, upsets, strategic plays, and a ton of emotion. Athletes will travel from across Canada to compete, including British Columbia, Ontario, Québec, Newfoundland and Labrador, and New Brunswick.
There are nine National Team Athletes that will be competing at this event. Four of these athletes also competed at the Paris Paralympic Games.
There will be no webcast at this event. Instead, a daily wrap up of the competition will be shared every evening through press releases on our Facebook page hereand on our website here. Follow our Facebook account for all updates and posts regarding the most critical national competition of the year!
What:
2024 Canadian Boccia Championships
When:
Thursday, November 14
9:00 – 19:00 EST: Individual Competition
Friday, November 15
9:00 – 19:00 EST: Individual Competition
Saturday, November 16
9:00 – 10:30 EST: Individual Competition
11:00 – 11:45 EST: Medal Ceremony for Individual Competition
13:30 – 16:30 EST: Team and Pairs Competition
Sunday, November 17
9:00 – 15:30 EST: Team and Pairs Competition
16:00 – 16:30 EST: Medal Ceremony for BC1/2 Team, BC3 Pairs, and BC4/5/Open Pairs
For a more detailed schedule, click here. The full game schedule and results will be available after classification finishes on Wednesday, November 13 in the evening.
NOTE: Schedule is always subject to change
Where:
RA Center
2451 Riverside Drive
Ottawa, ON
K1H 7X7
Who:
Forty-three athletes are participating in the 2024 Canadian Boccia Championships with five provinces represented. Among the participants are current and former National Boccia Team members and current top-ranked provincial players as well including:
BC1
Chris Halpen (Victoria, BC)
Dorya Belal (Brossard, QC)
Hanif Mawji (Burnaby, BC)
Joe Philpott (St. John’s, NL)
Justine Bureau (Québec City, QC)
Krystel Larose (Montréal, QC)
Kyle Scott (Hamilton, ON)
Lance Cryderman* (Sudbury, ON)
Liza Puri (London, ON)
Luke Cambridge (Victoria, BC)
BC2
Danik Allard* (Bois-des-Filion, QC)
Dominic Gomez (Whitby, ON)
Jenna Flemming (Petit-Cap, NB)
Jim Davis (Thorold, ON)
Kristyn Collins* (St. John’s, NL)
Maggie Julien (Sudbury, ON)
Mégane Ravary (Montréal, QC)
Nathan Bragg (Vancouver, BC)
Olivier Dussault (Québec City, QC)
Olivier Roy* (Québec City, QC)
BC3
Alexandre Lemaire* (Kingsey Falls, QC); RO: Francis Lemaire
Alexandre Raymond (Sorel-Tracy, QC); RO: Isabelle Blette
Alexandre Ziegler (Montréal, QC); RO: Éric Ziegler
Bryce Desrochers (Ottawa, ON); RO: Rolly Desrochers
Carter Plumb (Brampton, ON); RO: Jennifer Knight
Joshua Gautier (Niagara Falls, ON); RO: Joyce Gautier
Marylou Martineau* (Québec City, QC); RO: Josée Duquette
Nico Iemma (Oshawa, ON); RO: Patrick Iemma
Samuel Lafleur (Saint Dominic, QC); RO: Nathalie Laflamme
Theresa MacLeod (Moncton, NB); RO: Lee Purves
NOTE: The mention of RO stands for ramp operator
BC4
Alison Levine* (Montréal, QC)
Andrew Woodrow (St. John’s, NL)
Giovanni De Sero (Guelph, ON)
Iulian Ciobanu* (Montréal, QC)
Marco Dispaltro* (Montréal, QC)
Martha Gustafson (Toronto, ON)
BC5
Joe Radmore (St. John’s, ON)
Julian Caverley (St. Catherines, ON)
Marc-Antoine Goupil (Honfleur, QC)
Open
Daniel Hutchison (Victoria, BC)
Kylie Waters (Victoria, BC)
Tereza Cerqueira (Ottawa, ON)
Zosia Ettenberg (Langley, BC)
Note: The * indicates that the person is a current member of the National Boccia Team.
Interview Availability
- Peter Leyser, Host Organizing Committee Co-Chair and Executive Director, Boccia Canada
- César Nicolai, Head Coach of National Team, Boccia Canada
- Participating boccia athlete from your region and/or current member of the National Team (contact Louis Daignault, Senior Communications Coordinator, Canadian Paralympic Committee)
About Boccia Canada
Boccia Canada is the boccia delivery arm of the Canadian Cerebral Palsy Sports Association (CCPSA), the National Sport Organization for the Paralympic sport of boccia. Boccia Canada is focused on providing athletes and individuals of all ages and skill with the chance to play a unique Paralympic sport. We lead, develop and grow boccia from grassroots to producing World Champions, and we collaborate with partners to increase participation of Canadians with physical disabilities in sport.
About boccia
Boccia is a Paralympic sport of precision and strategy similar to lawn bowling or curling, played by athletes with Cerebral Palsy, Muscular Dystrophy and related disabilities. It is one of only two Paralympic sports that do not have an Olympic counterpart. Athletes compete in one of six sport classes based on their level and type of disability: BC1, BC2, BC3 BC4, BC5, and Open.
Media Contact
Holly Janna
Communications Lead and National Team Coordinator, Boccia Canada
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number: 613-748-1430 x3 | Cell: 514-944-5193