About Boccia Uk
The National Governing Body for the Paralympic sport of Boccia in the UK
Boccia Uk Description
Boccia is a sport designed for athletes with high support needs and has no Olympic equivalent. It is a target sport played indoors with soft leather balls. It is a sport of intriguing tactics, incredible skill and nail biting tension. Once you see it or play it you will be hooked!
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Four medals out in Portugal at the World Open.
Ind BC1 - Gold - David Smith MBE Ind BC3 - Silver - Jamie McCowan Ind BC3 - Bronze - Patrick Wilson... Pair BC4 - Bronze - Stephen McGuire, Evie Edwards, Louis Saunders
Full report on the Boccia UK website!
Bring on Liverpool!
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Here's another link to our Boccia explainer video - please share!
Competition Time! Go to the Exhibition Centre Liverpool website to be in with the chance of winning tickets for the BISFed 2018 World Championships!
With under 50 days to go until the World Champs we have produced a short video to explain how boccia is played. Please share with anyone you think needs to be enlightened!
We have our Champions! Thanks to all athletes, assistants, officials and volunteers who made this a memorable UK Champs. See you all in Liverpool for the World Championships in August!
BC1 Medalists
Gold: David Smith MBE (Eng)... Silver: Reegan Stevenson (Sco) Bronze: Caroline Robinson (Eng)
BC2 Medalists
Gold: Claire Taggart (NI) Silver: Reshad Saraj (Eng) Bronze: Will Hipwell (Eng)
BC3 Medalists
Gold: Jamie McCowan (Sco) Silver: Will Arnott (Eng) Bronze: Scott McCowan (Sco)
BC4 Medalists
Gold: Stephen McGuire (Sco) Silver: Evie Edwards (Eng) Bronze: Peter McGuire (Sco)
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A great weekend of Boccia at the UK Championships. Here are some of the snaps from the competition and the medalists. Well done to everyone on and off court.
Some belting semi finals and we now know the finalists at the 2018 Boccia UK Championships...
BC1 David Smith v Reegan Stevenson BC2 Claire Taggart v Reshad Saraj BC3 Jamie McCowan v Will Arnott... BC4 Stephen McGuire v Evie Edwards
Playoffs for third place as follows:
BC1 Jabe Peake v Caroline Robinson BC2 Will Hipwell v Tim Hayes BC3 Scott McCowan v Robyn McBride BC4 Peter McGuire v Lewis Hammans
All matches start at 14:00
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Semi finals underway!
BC1 Smith v Peake & Robinson v Reegan Stevenson
BC2 Taggart v Hipwell & Hayes v Saraj
... BC3 McCowan v McCowan & Arnott v McBride
BC4 Edwards v P McGuire & S McGuire v Hammans
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Results from Day 1 of the 2018 UK Champs are available on the Boccia UK website
GB squad selected for the World Champs! Story below and full list as follows:
BC1 David Smith MBE BC1 Ricky Stevenson
... BC2 Claire Taggart BC2 Will Hipwell
BC3 Jamie McCowan BC3 Patrick Wilson BC3 Jess Hunter
BC4 Stephen McGuire BC4 Evie Edwards BC4 Louis Saunders
Please support the guys as they prepare for the competition in August. Also a reminder that there are still tickets available for the World Champs!
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Some great news today with 100 days to go to the World Championships in Liverpool! Boccia England have secured £32,000 from Sport England to develop boccia in Liverpool and the surrounding area. Full story on the Boccia UK website
The Road to the Worlds starts here!
The guys head out to Spain this weekend for the European Regional Open. Preview on the Boccia UK website:
Want to know more about the BISFed 2018 World Boccia Championships?
Website http://www.bisfed2018worldboccia.com Twitter https://twitter.com/2018WorldBoccia Facebook https://www.facebook.com/2018WorldBoccia/ ... Instagram https://www.instagram.com/2018WorldBoccia Buy your tickets here http://www.echoarena.com/worldboccia
🔴🔵 Let's play ball!
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Wise words from Smithy on the Beeb...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-spo rt/43228506
Tickets are now on general sale but you can still get them at early bird prices for another few days!
Early bird tickets have today gone on sale for the 2018 BISFed World Boccia Championships at the Exhibition Centre Liverpool from the 12-18 August 2018. With discounted rates available for Boccia UK Friends and Family, there’s only a limited number available so book today www.echoarena.com/boccia
Boccia UK appoint Helen Nicholls as Performance Director. Full story here http://boccia.uk.com/…/helen-nicholls-a ppointed-boccia-uk-p…
Deadline day is tomorrow! Last chance to apply for the Performance Director role!
New BISFed World Rankings have been published and David Smith and Stephen McGuire are officially the best BC1 and BC4 in the World!
Full story on our website http://boccia.uk.com/…/smith-and-mcguir e-on-top-of-the-world