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11 April 2014

How does Boccia benefit athletes?

Boccia is a strategic target sport requiring skill, accuracy, mental toughness and an ability to think clearly and execute tough shots when under pressure. By developing the technical skills required to play boccia, a player will develop their movement skills.…

9 April 2014

BISFed World Championships 2014 – UPDATE

Invitations for 2014 Boccia World Championships Invitations to those who have qualified for the 2014 Boccia World Championships have now all been sent. We are currently waiting to hear back from those who have been asked to fill the remaining…

8 April 2014

Rule Change Announcement

On 5th December 2013, BISFed announced a review of the current ball testing procedures to ensure that the tests can more accurately determine the circumference of a ball and the degree to which a ball can distort.

8 April 2014

23 Days until Montreal pay host to the first BISFed event of 2014

With just 23 days to go until the first BISFed event of 2014 excitement is mounting. The Maurice-Richard Arena will host athletes from around the world and give competitors their first opportunity of 2014 to earn valuable world ranking…

15 March 2014

Making Boccia Accessible

After receiving funding from the AGITOS Foundation and further support from Hogan Lovells and UKSport, the Making Boccia Accessible Project has ensured the project can now be expanded to ensure more sets reach beneficiaries in more countries.

7 February 2014

Welcome to BISFed’s new website…

Welcome to BISFed's new website, the first of many changes to come as a direct result of our relationship with Sport:80. We hope you like it and enjoy using it. We welcome your feedback on Twitter and Facebook or…

5 February 2014

Annual Review for BISFed Membership…

BISFed President, David Hadfield, presents a review of our first year. Additionally David sets the federation's sights on our targets for 2104. Please read the review here - 2013 Review for BISFed Members

3 February 2014

BISFed become first international federation client of Sport:80…

Sport:80 has signed an agreement with BISFed, the new IPC-recognised federation that governs the Paralympic sport of Boccia, to build and maintain a bespoke membership management and events system.

23 November 2013

BISFed Membership of IPC Approved…

BISFed was accepted as a full member of the IPC at the General Assembly meeting in Athens on 23rd November 2013. The photo shows IPC President Sir Philip Craven handing the Certificate to BISFed President David Hadfield.

4 May 2013

BISFed – 100 days on

It is nearly 100 days since BISFed was formed, and a lot of work has been done – some of it behind the scenes, so we thought it would be interesting and useful to summarise our progress to date:

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