Boccia Canada News

Santiago de Cali, Colombia (November 3, 2015) – “It was a difficult tournament for many of the athletes. Execution wasn’t always there in those key moments so we were playing catch up quite a bit. Our BC1/BC2 team did not qualify for the Paralympics though we’re certainly competitive in the BC3 and BC4 classes”, says…

Santiago de Cali, Colombia (November 2, 2015) – Three Canadians rolled their way to the final day of individual competition at the BISFed World Open in Santiago de Cali, Colombia: BC2 Tammy McLeod (London, ON), flag bearer for the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games BC4 Marco Dispaltro (Montréal, QC) and silver medallist in individual play…

Santiago de Cali, Colombia (November 1, 2015) – The second day of the BISFed World Open in Santiago de Cali, Colombia brought on mixed results for the Canadians. After a disappointing first day of competition, The BC1/BC2 Team took a solid win with a score of (8-4) against Bermuda. Opening ceremonies flag bearer for the…

Santiago de Cali, Colombia (October 31, 2015) – A challenging day for the BC1/BC2 Team, composed of Chris Halpen (Victoria, BC), Hanif Mawji (Burnaby, BC), Tammy McLeod (London, ON) and Adam Dukovich (Ottawa, ON) as well as the BC4 pair, made up of Alison Levine (Montréal, QC) and Marco Dispaltro (Montréal, QC) at the BISFed…

Toronto, ON (August 11, 2015) – After a clean sweep by the Brazilian boccia players, three Canadians athletes leave the Abilities Centre with silver medals around their necks. In the BC1 classification, Hanif Mawji (Vancouver, BC) snuck through to the gold medal round with a close semi-final win over Eduardo Ventura of Mexico. Of the…