Boccia Canada News
National Level Boccia Returns at 30th Annual Boccia Blast Competition
Three Newfoundland athletes (left to right: Hayley Redmond, Mike Mercer, Kristyn Collins) swept the podium in the BC2 category London, ON (October 4, 2021) – The London Cannonballs recently hosted the 30th annual Boccia Blast, where athletes in classes BC1, BC2, BC3, BC5, and Open had the opportunity to gather national ranking points at the first sanctioned…
27th Canadian Boccia Championships return this November to Québec City
Some of Canada’s top-ranked boccia athletes will be competing for Québec at the 2021 Canadian Championships Ottawa, ON (September 28, 2021) – The 2021 Canadian Boccia Championships are coming to Québec City this November, marking only the second major boccia event in Canada since the COVID pandemic began. Games will be played from November 15-21 and will…
Defeated on the Last Shot, Canada is Eliminated in BC4 Pairs
The BC4 Pairs team comprised of Iulian Ciobanu, Marco Dispaltro and Alison Levine had to accept defeat twice on Friday at the Tokyo Paralympic Games. Their record of one win and three losses in the preliminary round was not enough to place them among the top two teams in Group A that advanced to the semi-finals of the event.
Canada’s Boccia Pairs Tournament Begins with Two Games
Alison Levine aims for a podium finish in the BC4 Pairs Ottawa, ON (September 2, 2021) – The Canadian boccia team concluded the first day of the BC4 Pairs Paralympic tournament with a record of one win and one loss on Thursday in Tokyo. The Canadian team got off to a good start with a 9-4 win…
A good finish to the tournament for Danik Allard
Danik Allard stuns Russian, Diana Tsyplina with 12-1 victory Ottawa, ON (August 30, 2021) – Danik Allard (BC2) scored a one-sided victory, his first in Tokyo, over Diana Tsyplina of the Russian Paralympic Committee. Allard, the youngest BC2 athlete in Tokyo in his Paralympic debut, set the pace in the first end with a six-point surge, putting…