Boccia Canada News
Canada Steals the Show in Colombia
Cali, Colombia (August 18, 2017) – Playing late into the night, Canada shone on the first day of individual play at the Americas Boccia Championships with an incredible thirteen wins and just two losses. The day started with back to back wins from Adam Dukovich (London, ON) and Marco Dispaltro (St. Jerome, QC) and the…
Dispaltro and Levine Win Bronze and Qualify for World Championships
Cali, Colombia (August 17, 2017) – Marco Dispaltro and Alison Levine came away with the bronze medal today in the BC4 Pairs division at the Americas Regional Championship in Cali, Colombia. The win also earns Canada a pairs slot at the 2018 World Championships. Dispaltro and Levine started the day with a semi-final loss to…
Dispaltro and Levine Heading to Semifinals Tomorrow
Cali, Colombia (Aug 16, 2017) – It was an uneven start, but BC4 Pairs of Marco Dispaltro (St. Jerome, QC) and Alison Levine (Montreal, QC) are heading to the semi-finals tomorrow morning at the Americas Boccia Championships in Santiago de Cali, Colombia. After an uncharacteristic loss to Mexico in their first match, the BC4 Pair…
Boccia Becomes First Paralympic-Only Sport and Ninth High-Performance Training Group to Take Up Residence at INS Québec
Montréal, QC (August 3, 2017) – The Institut national du sport du Québec (INS Québec) enthusiastically welcomes the National Boccia Training Squad as a high-performance training group. This is the first Paralympic-only sport to take up residence at the INS Québec Complex in the Olympic Park. With its own training facility, this new sport will…
First Ever Boccia Provincial Championships Held in Calgary, Alberta
Calgary, AB (July 11, 2017) – Alberta held its first Boccia Championships this past weekend in Calgary. Each of the competitors were new to the sport with the most experienced athlete having just five years experience in the sport. While this is the first provincial championships for Alberta, boccia is present in the province’s history,…