OCPSA is pleased to announce the Provincial Staff Selection for Team Ontario Boccia for the 2008-09 season. 

“The role of the Team Staff is critical to the success of Ontario’s boccia team” said Leslie Murray, Chair of the Sport Technical Committee.  “Thank you to the entire Team Staff for making such an important volunteer commitment to Team Ontario Boccia”.

The following individuals will make up Team Ontario Boccia:

• Head Coach, Ed Richardson
• Assistant Coach, Cherie VanHoek
• Apprentice Coach, Tammy McLeod
• Apprentice Coach, Katie Elliott
• Team Manager, Jane Dukovich

For more information regarding the 2008-09 Boccia Team Staff, please click here . 

Ontario Athlete Assistance Program

Athlete Selection Criteria:

• Boccia
• Athletics

Thank you to all the incredible officials and volunteers for making the Ontario Boccia Championships such a great event!

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Toronto, ON - Paralympics Ontario, whose mission is to promote parallel opportunities for athletes with a physical disability in the province, revealed its new logo and name “ParaSport Ontario” at their annual awards evening Saturday.

In 2003, Sport for Disabled Ontario signed a franchise agreement with the Canadian Paralympic Committee and as a result became Paralympics Ontario.  Due to a recent change in the Canadian Paralympic Committee’s trade mark policy, Provincial Organizations are no longer permitted to use the term “Paralympic” at the provincial level prompting the name change.

“We choose the name ParaSport Ontario because we feel the term ParaSport will become the defining word to describe sports for athletes with a physical disability at all levels.” said Executive Director, Cathy Vincelli. 

The term ‘ParaSport’ refers to the English prefix ‘para’ meaning ‘alongside’ able-bodied sport. The term is widely gaining popularity both internationally and nationally.

A new corporate logo has been created that incorporates the look of the organizations previous logo’s dating back to 2003. The logo sees the familiar abstract depiction of a runner crossing a finish line within the trillium, a symbol of Ontario.

ParaSport Ontario will continue to support the development and promotion of the Paralympic movement in Ontario by providing elite competitive opportunities for athletes with a physical disability through the Ontario ParaSport Summer/Winter Games. These Games are the largest multi-sport Games in the province for athletes with a physical disability and have a prestigious history dating back to 1976. The Ready Willing and Able Program will continue to introduce young and newly injured persons with a disability to Paralympic sports throughout the province. To date the program has reached over 15,000 Ontarians in the four years of its existence.

For further information please contact Matt Rhodes, Marketing/Communications Manager at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

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