News & events News Back to Boccia in Sheffield! This weekend (26 & 27 February), 61 athletes competed across two days of exciting competition at the Back to Boccia Open: North at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield. On Saturday the BC1, BC2, BC3 and BC4 athletes took to the court taking part in a set of closely contested pool matches, semi-finals, bronze medal play-offs, and finals. The medalists were: BC1 Gold: Richard Armstrong Silver: Jabe Peake Bronze: Caroline Robinson BC2 Gold: Jason Rolph Silver: Rachel Ross Bronze: Stephen Miller BC3 Gold: Rafael Young Silver: Cecilia Turk Bronze: Lee Maddison BC4 Gold: Penny Froude Silver: Harley Creswick On Sunday, it was the turn of the BC5, BC6, and BC8 athletes. We were also joined by a cohort of newly qualified boccia referees who had taken part in the Level 1 Award in Officiating earlier in the month. The medalists were: BC5 Gold: Gabriella Rolls Silver: Harry Poxon Bronze: Amy Darlow BC6 Gold: Connor Dixon Silver: Nick Brown Bronze: Jack Wilding BC8 Gold: Neil Pitchford Silver: Sophie Coyne Bronze: Nathan Smith Please see our competition results page for the full results from both days of competition. Thank you to all the volunteer officials, time-keepers, event assistants and classifiers who gave their time to make this competition weekend possible. We were pleased to be joined by time-keeping volunteers from University of Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University, and Rotary Sheffield. On Saturday we were pleased to host guests from organisations that have supported Boccia England – Catena, KOI Sports CIC, Let’s Sanify, and Busy Life. This was the first time any of them had seen boccia played in real life and they all left inspired by the sport and very impressed with the skill and talent on display. We are only able to hold events like this because of generous funding from organisations and individuals who are passionate about providing inclusive sporting opportunities for disabled people. If you would like to donate to support our work, please see our website. Manage Cookie Preferences