Events

Here you will find all our events and upcoming boccia competitions.

Please see our Back to Boccia roadmap for details of the stages in which we will return to competition. In the meantime, if you have any questions please email [email protected]

New Rules Update 2 (Online Learning)

Wednesday 19th January 2022 - Online learning session to educate the boccia community about the new BISFed boccia rules for the 2021-2024 period. Read more

Level 1 Award in Officiating Boccia - Sheffield

Saturday 29th January: 10.00-17.00 Read more

Getting the best out of referee mentoring (Online Learning)

Wednesday 9th February 2022 - Open to all Officials and Officials Developers engaged in or planning to engage in, the Level 2 mentoring programme. Read more

Back to Boccia Open - North

Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th February 2022 - The first in our Back to Boccia Open series! Entries are now open! Read more

Level 1 Award in Coaching Boccia - virtual / Nottingham

Monday 7th March 2022: 18.30-21.00 (virtual). Thursday 10th March 2022: 18.30-21.00 (virtual). Saturday 26th March 2022: 09.00-17.00 (in person, Notts). Read more

Level 1 Award in Officiating Boccia - Surrey

Saturday 12th March: 10.00-17.00 Read more

Refereeing boccia players with a range of impairments (Online Learning)

Wednesday 9th March 2022 - How to adapt your refereeing to suit different impairments. Read more

Back to Boccia Open - South

Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th March 2022 - The second competition in our Back to Boccia Open series! Entries are now open! Read more

Level 1 Award in Officiating Boccia - Hatfield

Sunday 10th April: 10.00-17.00 Read more

Back to Boccia Open - Central

Saturday 30th April and Sunday 1st May 2022 - The third competition in our Back to Boccia Open series! Entries are now open! Read more

Latest

Visually impaired boccia project a great success

Last summer we launched a new educational resource dedicated to visually impaired (VI) boccia, in conjunction with British Blind Sport. We were also able to make a funded VI Boccia Development Package available to eight organisations looking to develop and deliver VI boccia. Here we share some of their experiences.
Local boccia competitions are underway!

We're very pleased to have supported volunteer competition organisers to run two local boccia competitions in late 2021, and to have three more planned for early 2022.
Coach Development Grant Applications – now open!

We are pleased to open applications for our 2022 Coach Development Grants.
Appointment of new Project Officer

We are delighted to announce that Sarah Wooding has returned to the Boccia England team.

What is boccia?

Boccia is a Paralympic target sport, similar to bowls, which is played indoors by disabled players. Currently the fastest growing disability sport in the world, propelling balls to land as close as possible to a marker ball is the aim of the game and having originated in ancient Greece and Egypt, the sport is now played in over 50 countries worldwide.
Find a club

Find your nearest boccia club here.
Rules of the game

An overview of the rules of boccia
Introduction to boccia
Virtually Boccia

Virtually Boccia schools and colleges competition.
Classification

Classification is a way of grouping players into levels of impairment, in order to make sure that players are competing on an equal level.
Staff

A who's who guide to our small staff team.
Boccia Leaders Award

Introduces the necessary skills and knowledge required to deliver local level boccia within the community.
Back to Boccia Roadmap

The document below sets out Boccia England’s proposed return to play steps as we look forward to getting back on court and restarting all boccia activity in time.
Competitions Update

Here is the latest update on competition activity.

We have achieved the Child Protection in Sport Units Advanced Safeguarding Standard to ensure we provide a framework for all those involved in our sport to help them create a safe sporting environment for children and young people and protect them from harm. Read more

Cotswold Crusaders and the Rainbow Cup!

Anna and Archie Eaton tell us why Cotswold Crusaders have been enjoying the Rainbow Cup and how it has brought the club together during Covid-19 when they can't meet to train. Read more