Yearly Archives: 2017

BISFed was saddened to hear the tragic news that Jose-Luis Campo, President of the Americas Paralympic Committee passed away suddenly yesterday. José-Luis was a fantastic ambassador for Paralympic sport, and a wonderful friend of the game of boccia. He was…

The final results booklet for the BISFed 2017 Bangkok World Open Individual competition is available: HERE

Live streaming will be available for the event in Thailand this week on Facebook. The link to the official Facebook page is HERE. There will be a minimum of 8 matches each day with athletes from 15 countries around…

The board met by conference call again on 14th September to discuss the latest issues surrounding boccia. Key highlights from the meeting were:

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BISFed promotes the growing participation of women in its sanctioned events. As recently announced, boccia has been granted an increased allocation of slots at the 2020 Paralympic Games and the number of slots reserved for females will also be…

Documents are out for members that want to bid for 2019 and 2020 events:

BISFed received good news following today’s meeting of the International Paralympic Committee’s Global Board in Abu Dhabi.

The BISFed Competition Committee can now announce the provisional schedule for the 2018 season. Final details are subject to negotiation with Host Organising Committees and there are 4 events that will be announced shortly.

Greek BC3 World Number 2, Greg Polychronidis married his long time assistant, Katerina Patroni last week. The pair enjoyed a beautiful wedding and are now straight back into training ready for the 2017 BISFed World Open in Kansas at the…