Boccia Canada News
Boccia Paralympian Recognized for her Outstanding Volunteer Efforts in Community
Côte Saint Luc, QC (November 23, 2016) – Boccia Canada’s Alison Levine has been recognized for her volunteer efforts in her hometown of Côte Saint Luc, QC. Levine has been recently awarded with the Royal Canadian Legion Brigadier Frederick Kisch Branch #97 Award. This award recognizes the youth volunteer of the year, a “leader of…
A Sucessful Ontario Boccia Provincial Championships This Past Weekend
Whitby, ON (October 17, 2016) – This past weekend some of the best boccia athletes in the province gathered at the Abilities Centre in Whitby, the location of last year’s Parapan American Games. Hosted by the Ontario Cerebral Palsy Sports Association (OCPSA) the tournament consisted of nearly 30 athletes, ranging from those attending their first…
Top Five Finish for Levine in Paralympic Debut
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (September 15, 2016) – A performance of a lifetime is how Alison Levine of Montreal, QC describes her final game at the Paralympics. Coming into her first Paralympic Games Levine is leaving with a proud fifth place finish in individual play. After yesterday’s amazing performance taking her into the quarter finals,…
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…