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Iulian Ciobanu & Alison Levine competing at 2018 World Championships | Iulian Ciobanu et Alison Levine en compétition aux Championnats du monde 2018

Team Canada BC4 Pairs eliminated in Quarterfinals at the BISFed World Boccia Championships

August 17, 2018

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…

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Iulian Ciobanu & Alison Levine competing at 2018 World Championships | Iulian Ciobanu et Alison Levine en compétition aux Championnats du monde 2018

Levine, Ciobanu and Dispaltro knock off number 1 and 8 ranked Slovakia and Russia

August 16, 2018

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…

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Alison Levine competing at 2018 World Championships | Alison Levine en compétition aux championnats du monde 2018

Fourth place finish for Alison Levine at the BISFed 2018 World Championships

August 15, 2018

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…

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Alison Levine competing at 2018 World Championships | Alison Levine en compétition aux championnats du monde 2018

A berth to the semi-finals for Alison Levine at the BISFed 2018 World Boccia Championships

August 15, 2018

Liverpool, England (August 14, 2018) – Alison Levine continued her excellent performance with two significant victories today, in the round of sixteen and the quarterfinals at the BISFed 2018 World Boccia Championships. Teammate Eric Bussière (Verchères, QC) came-up short of victory against Grigorios Polychronidis from Greece, losing in the round of sixteen and is now…

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Éric Bussière competing at 2018 World Championships | Éric Bussière en compétition aux championnats du monde 2018

Bussière and Levine headed to the round of sixteen finals at the World Boccia Championships

August 13, 2018

Liverpool, England (August 13, 2018) – Canadians Alison Levine (Côte-Saint-Luc, QC) and Eric Bussière (Verchères, QC) are heading to the round of sixteen finals at the BISFed 2018 World Boccia Championships. Despite solid efforts, teammates Hanif Mawji (Burnaby, BC) and Philippe Lord (Blainville, QC) have been relegated to the sidelines for the remainder of the…

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