This is part of what makes boccia so strategic. Sure, you could aim to get as close as possible to the Jack each time - but you could also try to knock your opponent further away. Some players ...

A competitive game of boccia requires players to be divided into four classifications depending on their disability and functional ability. All players have impaired functional ability in all four ...

Olympians to administrators and veterans to exciting young talent were honoured at the 43rd Annual Government Sports Awards ...

Below is a list and description of each class as designated by World Boccia. Boccia Classifications BC1 Players in this class throw the ball with the hand or foot. They may compete with an assistant ...

Offaly Sports Partnership hosted the over 50s Boccia finals, marking another successful year for the league.

Written by Stephen Wright] Boccia player Yushae DeSilva-Andrade was left overwhelmed after being named Female Athlete of the Year at the 43rd Annual Sports Awards held at the Hamilton Princess and ...

A boccia player has won Shetland’s first ever medal in the sport at national level. Connor Lesley took bronze at the National ...

He soon noticed how difficult the sport is. In boccia, athletes deliver leather balls as close as they can to a white target ball, known as the jack. The player with the most balls near the jack is ...

A common refrain, among players like K Dharmesh (a National-level athlete) is how they were unaware of boccia or how it is played. This was one of the first things that Ektha worked on addressing ...