Boccia Canada News

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…

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…

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,…

Ottawa, ON (June 14, 2017) – Boccia Canada is pleased to announce the athletes selected for the BISFed Regional Championships, in Santiago de Cali, Colombia from Aug 14-21. The competition will include athletes from all over the Americas. The team last competed in Cali in 2015 and several athletes from that team are returning this…

Ottawa, ON (May 16, 2016) – Five provinces will host over seventy events to introduce Canadians to boccia this year, thanks to equipment kits and micro grants through the Take the Shot program from Boccia Canada. The Take the Shot program was designed to enhance participation of boccia clubs and provincial partners in the ParticipACTION…