Boccia Canada News
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….
Silver for Alison Levine in the BC4 Group
Montreal, QC (April 27, 2018) – Quebec’s Alison Levine earned the silver medal in the BC4 class on Friday at the BISFed Montreal World Open, which is being held at the Maurice-Richard Arena as part of the Défi sportif AlterGo. In her final match, Levine was unable to conquer her opponent, Steve McGuire of Britain,…