Boccia Canada News
CCPSA/Boccia Canada Volunteer Positions
Dear CCPSA/Boccia Canada Stakeholders, The Canadian Cerebral Palsy Sports Association (CCPSA) operates under a governance structure whereby the skills based Boccia Canada Council is given delegated authority by the CCPSA Board of Directors for oversight of boccia programming and management, focused on the development and growth of boccia. The CCPSA is looking for volunteers for…
Canada’s Boccia Team Prepared for First International Competition since Tokyo
Kristyn Collins will compete in the BC2 women’s only division as will Alison Levine, Joëlle Guérette, and Lois Martin in their respective classes in Sao Paulo Ottawa, ON (October 27, 2021) – Canada will be represented by a total of ten boccia athletes at the 2021 Sao Paulo Americas Regional Championships, which marks the start of a…
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.