Boccia Canada News

London, ON (October 30, 2018) – The Carling Heights Optimist Community Centre in London, Ontario played host last week (October 19-21, 2018) to Boccia Blast – an annual competition hosted by the London Cannonballs Boccia Club. Celebrating 28 years, Boccia Blast is a National Open Tournament sanctioned by Boccia Canada for players just starting out,…

Today marked Boccia Day in Canada with events and activities taking place from coast to coast. With a mandate on growing the inclusive sport in communities across the country, the focus of Boccia Day is to showcase the Paralympic sport of boccia in partnership with local clubs and organizations.

Liverpool, England (August 17, 2018) – Alison Levine, Iulian Ciobanu and Marco Dispaltro’s journey at the BISFed 2018 World Boccia Championships came to an end today in the quarterfinal matchup against Germany, after having previously being undefeated in the competition. In their final pool play match, the BC4 pairs started the day with a strong…

Liverpool, England (August 16, 2018) – The pairs competition began at the 2018 BISFed World Boccia Championships with Team Canada BC4’s red hot and winning both their pool matches today. With these victories against Russia and Slovakia, Canada has already qualified for tomorrow’s quarterfinal regardless of the result of their final pool match against the…

Liverpool, England (August 15, 2018) – Alison Levine (Côte-Saint-Luc, QC) finished her last day of the individual competition at the BISFed 2018 World Boccia Championships just shy of the podium with losses in the semi-finals and the bronze medal match. Levine, currently ranked as the seventh best BC4 in the world, finishes the tournament with…