The 3 BISFed World Open events that are scheduled for 2016 have all sold out. The events in Montreal, Dubai and Povoa have all seen applications rejected due to oversubscription. The first event gets underway in Montreal in 13…
The IPC will dedicate a week to each sport in the lead up to Rio 2016. The aim is to ensure the public are able to understand more about each of the 22 sports being contested in Rio.
It was finals day in Beijing today but before the medal games came the semi finals. The BC1 competition was dominated by the Thai athletes. Pattaya Tadtong made short work in his game with David Smith. Tadtong went 5-0…
Greg Polychronidis competition ended in dissapointment. His Japanese opponent took the first end 4-0 but Greg continued to fight! He eventually lost 6-1 and the man from Japan moved on into the semi final. On the adjacent court Jamie McGowan was taking…
The last 4 days of competition have now reduced the athletes down to the last 8 in each class:
After the shocks from yesterday it was time for the athletes to prove that they deserved to be in the knock out stages of the competition. The day started with the BC1 last 32 games and it's difficult to…
The final round of pool matches started at 9:15 today and there were last opportunities for many athletes to progress into the knock out stages of the competition. One athlete who was unable to progress was Marylou Martineau (Canada),…
Day 2 started with matches from the BC3 category and there was a fine display from Greg Polychronidis (Greece) who showed why he has been at the top of the rankings for so many years. He was an eventual…
The first round of matches at the BISFed 2016 World Individual Championships got underway today and the spectators didn’t have long to wait for a huge shock; with David Smith (Great Britain) being beaten by Argentinian Mauricio Javier Ibarbure.…
We take a quick look at the athletes to look out for at the BISFed 2016 World Individual Championships next week. The players are undergoing their final preparations before they make the journey to Beijing for the season opener…
