Boccia Canada News
Levine qualifies for Paralympic Quarter Finals
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (September 14, 2016) – Alison Levine (Montreal, QC) qualified for the quarterfinals at her first Paralympic Games today in impressive fashion. Everything was riding on her final match of pool play against Ximei Lin of China. With a three way tie among other players in the pool, Levine had to either…
Canada Aiming for Boccia Quarterfinals
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (September 13, 2016) – This afternoon Canada went head to head in BC4 individual boccia competition. Alison Levine (Montreal, QC) took on long time friend and mentor Marco Dispaltro (St. Jerome, QC) in their first match of pool play. “You travel how many kilometers to come to the Paralympics and you…
Moving Forward to Individual Play for Team Canada
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (September 11, 2016) – It was a disappointing day for Team Canada with no pairs moving forward to the medal rounds, but heads are still lifted high and focus is still on the court as the athletes look to individual play on Tuesday. Again playing in a packed house Canada’s BC4…
Canada’s BC4 Pairs Still in Contention for the Semifinal
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (September 10, 2016) – Playing to a sold-out crowd of roughly 8000 fans was something new for Team Canada as they entered Day 1 of boccia pairs competition. It brought out both excitement and nerves for both of Canada’s pairs. The pair opened the competition against home team and long-time rivals…
Bruno Garneau added to Boccia team for Rio 2016 Paralympic Games
Bruno Garneau competes in Pairs BC3 – Round 3 in the Abilities Centre during the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games (Photo: Matthew Murnaghan/Canadian Paralympic Committee) Ottawa, ON (Aug. 23, 2016) – The Canadian Paralympic Committee and Boccia Canada have announced an update to the boccia team that will compete for Team Canada at the Rio…