Fifteen delegates from seven countries attended the launch of BISFed’s ‘Making Boccia Accessible’ project in Johannesburg, South Africa on 28th March.
The project’s aim is to bring boccia to parts of the world where it is not yet played or is…
The first BISFed competition of 2015 drew to a close yesterday and 7 European Boccia Champions were crowned. Competitors from across Europe gathered in Catalonia to compete for the medals over 4 days of competition.
BISFed President David Hadfield and Head of Classification Elsa Matthee will be at the Hope School for physically disabled learners in Johannesburg on Saturday 28th March to launch a worldwide initiative to grow and develop boccia.
Entries have now been opened for federations to submit their first entries for the 2015 Boccia World Open in Seoul. The event will take place between 18th to 24th July at the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium and will hopefully…
The response from federations wanting to participate in the first Boccia World Open of 2015 has been exceptional. The event, due to be held in Poznan from the 17th-22nd June received entry forms from 29 federations by the entry deadline.
BISFed President David Hadfield and Vice President Joaquim Viegas visited Rio de Janeiro this week for progress meetings on preparation for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
At the General Assembly in September 2014, BISFed announced that it would redesign the organisation structure enable to Federation to focus on the most important areas of work and to spread the workload more evenly.
The first entry for the 2015 Boccia World Open in Poznan is now open. All forms are attached and the first entry deadline is the 13th February.
Brazil’s four-time Paralympic boccia champion Direcu Jose Pinto has set his sights on winning gold at August’s Parapan American Games to underline his credentials as the man to beat at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
We are asking all of our members to give us information about referees, classifiers and officials ahead of our busy 2015 competition schedule.
Our Referees Committee is working with our event hosts to allocate referees for our competitions. Members in…
