Boccia Canada News

Sao Paulo, Brazil (May 26, 2018) – Canada picked up silver and bronze medals on the final day of team and pairs competition at the BISFed 2018 Sao Paulo Boccia Regional Open. The BC1/BC2 team of Benoit Ostiguy (Montreal, QC), Josée Lamothe (Trois-Rivières, QC) and Hanif Mawji (Burnaby, BC) won their final match against Ecuador…

Sao Paulo, Brazil (May 25, 2018) – After the second day of team and pairs competition, Team Canada is guaranteed at least one more medal at the BISFed 2018 Sao Paulo Boccia Regional Open. The BC3 pairs competed in a perfect match, winning against Peru by a wide margin, while the BC1/BC2 struggled to retain…

Sao Paulo, Brazil (May 24 2018) – A successful morning that started with two bronze medal victories in individual play was followed by victories for the team and pairs event at  the BISFed 2018 Sao Paulo Boccia Regional Open. BC1 athlete Hanif Mawji (Burnaby, BC) faced Chile’s German Calderon in the first bronze medal match….

Sao Paulo, Brazil (May 23, 2018) –Team Canada found itself in a great position after the qualifying round at the BISFed Sao Paulo Regional Open with four athletes headed to the semi-finals. Benoit Ostiguy (Montreal, QC) needed six points or more in his final pool game against Denisse Padilla from Mexico in order to advance….

Sao Paulo, Brazil (May 22, 2018) – Canada hit the courts hard this morning at the BISFed Regional Open taking place at the Brazil Paralympic Training Centre in Sao Paulo. The individual competition began with two early-morning victories from Hanif Mawji (Burnaby, BC), who won his matches Igor Barcelos (BRA) and Eduardo Ventura (MEX), 5-…