Scottish Boccia were represented at the Boccia England Team and Pairs event at the David Ross Sports Village at Nottingham University on the 14 and 15 December 2019.
The competition afforded the opportunity to take seven players to compete, five of whom, were making their first appearance for Scotland. The squad were ably led by experience players, Kieran Steer and Ross Munro.
BC3 Pairs
Ross MacNeil (alongside the Vipers English Academy)
BC4
A. Kieran Steer & Scott McIntyre
B. Ross Munro & Tyler McClelland
C. Fiona Muirhead & Paul McIntyre
Remarkably, Ross MacNeil and his father, Stewart (ramp assistant), struck up a formidable partnership with Lewis Fisher and Azhad Fauzi in which they managed one training session prior to the competition. They pushed England B in their first match, losing narrowly 3-5 in the end. However, this performance set their tone for the rest of the competition. The Vipers reached the semi-final, losing to 1-7 to England A. This set up a bronze medal play-off with Wales, in which they triumphed 6-2.
In the BC4 Pairs competition Scotland had three strong pairs involved in a five team round robin, which inevitably saw the teammates competing against one another, and it is these results that would have a big impact in the overall league standings. Scotland A (Kieran & Scott) won an engaging contest 13-0 against Scotland B (Ross & Tyler) and followed this up with an 8-0 victory against Scotland C (Fiona & Paul). Whilst Scotland C beat the Gladiators 3-1 they had to withdraw from the competition due to illness, which meant the finished bottom of the group. However, Scotland A and Scotland B ensured that we would record a 1-2 finish as gold and silver would come north of the border.
The competition provided an excellent competitive outlet for Scotland’s next generation of performance players and each will have taken lots of learning, as we look ahead to a positive 2020 for Boccia in Scotland. Scottish Disability Sport would like to thank Boccia England for hosting the event and inviting Scotland to be part of it.
A full list of results can be seen via the link below:
https://www.bocciaengland.org.uk/teams-and-pairs-2019
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