Boccia Canada News

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…

Four Canadians advance to the semifinals of the 2015 Parapan American Games boccia tournament in Toronto Toronto, ON (August 10, 2015) – It was a busy day at Abilities Centre in Whitby, as four Canadians qualified for the semi-final round of the individual competition. BC4 athlete CIBC Team Next member Alison Levine (Montréal, QC), BC3…

Toronto, ON (August 9, 2015) – It was a packed day for all ten members of the Canadian boccia squad at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games as each athlete competed in the first round of individual pool play at Abilities Centre in Whitby. A strong performance was delivered by BC2 athlete Adam Dukovich (Ottawa,…

Toronto, ON (August 8, 2015) – An exciting day for the Canadian boccia squad who struck gold in the BC3 pair division while scoring a silver in BC4 pair play and a bronze in the BC1/BC2 team category.  The BC3s, made up of Éric Bussière (Montréal, QC), Paul Gauthier (Vancouver, BC) and Bruno Garneau (Montreal,…