NZ Paralympic team’s Boccia results so far

Red September 8th, 2008 No Comments

NZ Boccia team members Jeremy Morriss and Maurice Toon shake hands after a tough match at the 2008 Beijing ParalympicsOkay so I’m a bit biased when it comes to my Paralympic sport, as I play – and love – Boccia. Here are the results from the 2008 Paralympic games so far:

BC1

Liam Sanders

  • Beat D. Smith (Great Britain) 5 – 2
  • Beat A. Marques (Portugal) 6 – 0
  • Lost to R. Aandalen (Norway) 5 – 2
  • Lost to P. Moran (Ireland) 7 – 3

BC2

Maurice Toon

  • Lost to J. Morriss (New Zealand) 9 – 4 (Tiebreak 5 – 0 to Morriss)
  • Beat E. Wilhemsen (Norway) 21 – 0
  • Lost to H. Kwok (Hong Kong) 4 – 3

Jeremy Morriss

  • Beat M. Toon (New Zealand) 9 – 4
  • Lost to H. Kwok (Hong Kong) 3 – 2
  • Beat E. Wilhelmsen (Norway) 10 – 1

Kerry Bonner

  • Lost to N. Murray (Great Britain) 17 – 0
  • Lost to J. Loung (Hong Kong) 4 – 1
  • Lost to T. Hirose (Japan) 8 – 1

BC3

Henk Dijkstra

  • Lost to V. Sukkarath (Thailand) 5 – 4
  • Lost to G. Polychronidis (Greece) 19 – 0
  • Beat H. Zhu (China) 13 – 0

Greig Jackson

  • Beat J. Zhu (China) 4 – 2
  • Lost to B. Shin (Korea) 6 – 2
  • Lost to J. Rodriguez (Spain) 4 – 3 (Tiebreak 1 – 0 to Rodriguez)

Mandy Slade

  • Lost to M. Peixoto (Portugal) 12 – 0
  • Lost to T. Visaratnanunta (Thailand) 11 – 0
  • Lost to H. Jeong (Korea) 14 – 0

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