Boccia Canada News
A successful first day for Team Canada
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-…
Canada’s Next Generation Serves Up Tough Competition
Montreal, QC (April 30, 2018) – A mix of up-and-coming and veteran athletes faced off on Sunday at the National Boccia Tournament in Montreal during the last day of competition of the Défi sportif AlterGo. “The level of competition was very high. There’s been an improvement in performance at each event. It was very gratifying…
Boccia Canada Team Announced For Regional Open In Sao Paulo, Brazil
Ottawa, ON (May 15, 2018) – Boccia Canada is pleased to announce the seven athletes named to the BISFed 2018 Sao Paulo Brazil Regional Open, May 22-26. After competing last month in Montreal at the World Open, Team Canada heads abroad with a mix of experienced and development athletes for this competition. For these seven…
A Short Day for Canada’s Boccia Team
Montreal, QC (April 29, 2018) – Back in action this morning for their last Group A match in BC3 pairs, Canada’s representatives Bruno Garneau (Montreal, QC), Éric Bussière (Verchères, QC) and Philippe Lord (Blainville, QC) bowed out to the Australians 5-1. “It was a hard loss to take against the Australians, but once it was…
Levine, Ciobanu and Dispaltro One Point Away from the Semi-Finals
Montreal, QC (April 28, 2018) – Canada’s BC4 representatives Alison Levine (Côte-Saint-Luc, QC), Iulian Ciobanu (Montreal, QC) andMarco Dispaltro (Saint-Jérôme, QC) came very close to qualifying for Sunday’s pairs semi-finals. The three of them joined forces on Saturday to beat the Colombians 4-2 and crush the Americans 8-1. “We had an excellent match against Colombia….