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DeSilva & Hayward Win Opening Matches In Chile

DeSilva & Hayward Win Opening Matches In Chile

[Written by Stephen Wright] Yushae DeSilva-Andrade and Omar Hayward made winning starts to the World Boccia Challenger in Santiago, Chile, yesterday [June 27]. Andrade, who claimed silver at the World Boccia Cup in Montreal in May, won her opening BC1 Division match 9-0. Hayward won his men’s division match 16-0. Related Stories Yushae DeSilva-Andrade... Read more of this article

DeSilva-Andrade Ready For Boccia Challenger

DeSilva-Andrade Ready For Boccia Challenger

[Written by Stephen Wright] Yushae DeSilva-Andrade hopes to build on her recent medal win when she competes at the World Boccia Challenger in Santiago, Chile. Andrade, who won silver at the World Boccia Cup in Montreal in May, starts her round-robin campaign today in the women’s BC1 Division. Omar Hayward is also representing Bermuda in the men’s... Read more of this article

Yushae DeSilva-Andrade Reflects On Medal Win

Yushae DeSilva-Andrade Reflects On Medal Win

[Written by Stephen Wright] Yushae DeSilva-Andrade has described her silver medal win at the World Boccia Cup in Montreal as the highlight of her career. DeSilva-Andrade delivered a series of impressive displays to finish runner-up in her division, losing 5-3 to Yee Ting Jeralyn Tan, of Singapore, in a hard-fought final on Friday. The 29-year-old said... Read more of this article

DeSilva-Andrade Wins Silver At World Cup

DeSilva-Andrade Wins Silver At World Cup

[Written by Stephen Wright] Yushae DeSilva-Andrade claimed a silver medal for Bermuda at the Boccia World Cup in Montreal. DeSilva-Andrade defeated Angeline Lawas, of Malaysia, in the semi-final, winning a thrilling tie-breaker after the game finished 5-5 before facing Yee Ting Jeralyn Tan, of Singapore, in the final, losing a hard-fought match 5-3. The... Read more of this article

Bermuda Boccia Players Compete In Montreal

Bermuda Boccia Players Compete In Montreal

[Updated] Omar Hayward and Yushae DeSilva-Andrade are competing at the Montreal World Boccia Cup this week. A spokesperson said, “Omar and Yushae are competing at the Montreal World Boccia Cup this week from April 25 to April 28 in their first competition of the year. Over 100 athletes from 28 countries are competing. Yushae goes into the competition... Read more of this article

DeSilva-Andrade ‘Excited’ To Be In World Top 10

DeSilva-Andrade ‘Excited’ To Be In World Top 10

[Written by Stephen Wright] Yushae DeSilva-Andrade has high hopes for the coming year after breaking into the world’s top ten boccia players for the first time following a superb showing at the Boccia World Championships in Rio de Janeiro. DeSilva-Andrade produced a string of fine performances to reach the quarter-finals of the championships earlier... Read more of this article

DeSilva-Andrade Ranked 10th In The World

DeSilva-Andrade Ranked 10th In The World

Bermudian boccia player Yushae DeSilva-Andrade is closing out 2022 being ranked 10th in the world and 3rd in the America’s region. DeSilva-Andrade said, “This is my first full year of competition since Covid, I can’t believe I finished it number 10 in the world and third in the America’s region. “This is so surreal to me because... Read more of this article

Yushae DeSilva-Andrade Concludes In Worlds

Yushae DeSilva-Andrade Concludes In Worlds

Yushae DeSilva-Andrade concluded competing in the Boccia World Championships in Brazil, taking on Dora Basic from Croatia in the quarter-finals, with Basic claiming the 3 – 2 win. Coach Troy Farnsworth said, “She has played in multiple world championships previously, however this was the first time she has progressed to the knockout stage... Read more of this article

DeSilva-Andrade Advances To Quarter-Finals

DeSilva-Andrade Advances To Quarter-Finals

Yushae DeSilva-Andrade continued competing in the Boccia World Championships, advancing to the tournament’s quarter-finals. In her third group stage match of the competition, DeSilva-Andrade defeated Katerina Curinova from the Czech Republic 4 – 1, advancing to the quarter-finals. Coach Troy Farnsworth said, “DeSilva-Andrade played well and... Read more of this article

Yushae DeSilva-Andrade Wins In Brazil

Yushae DeSilva-Andrade Wins In Brazil

Yushae DeSilva-Andrade continued competing in the Boccia World Championships in Brazil, making a strong showing on the second day of action to defeat Kinga Kaza from Poland — who is the number 6th ranked player in the world — by a score of 5 – 1. Coach Troy Farnsworth said, “She played a great match and despite going down early... Read more of this article

DeSilva-Andrade Starts Competing In Brazil

DeSilva-Andrade Starts Competing In Brazil

Yushae DeSilva-Andrade started competing in the Boccia World Championships in Brazil, with over 170 athletes from 41 countries taking part in the event. DeSilva-Andrade took on the world number 1 Andreza Vitória De Oliveira from Brazil in her first round match, with the Brazilian winning by a score of 5 – 2. “Although she lost Yushae... Read more of this article

Yushae DeSilva-Andrade To Compete In Brazil

Yushae DeSilva-Andrade To Compete In Brazil

Bermuda boccia player Yushae DeSilva-Andrade is set to compete in the World Boccia Championships in Rio, Brazil from December 6 to December 10. A spokesperson said, “The competition will be held in Carioca 1 arena in the Olympic Park. Over 170 athletes from 41 countries will be competing. Yushae’s first game will be on Tuesday. We are very... Read more of this article

Bermuda Boccia Players World Rankings

Bermuda Boccia Players World Rankings

With the Rio de Janeiro 2022 World Boccia Championships set to get underway on December 5th, take a look at the Bermuda players’ current Boccia world rankings just released by the Boccia International Sports Federation [BISFed]. Yushae Desilva-Andrade is ranked 23rd in the BC1 Individuals Female Class and Omar Hayward is now ranked 33rd in the... Read more of this article

DeSilva-Andrade & Hayward Win Bronze Medals

DeSilva-Andrade & Hayward Win Bronze Medals

[Written by Stephen Wright] Yushae DeSilva-Andrade and Omar Hayward claimed bronze medals at the Veldhoven World Boccia Challenger event in the Netherlands yesterday. Both players reached the semi-finals of their respective categories, the BC1 women’s division and BC1 men’s division. Hayward lost his semi-final against Greece’s Panagiotis Soulanis... Read more of this article

DeSilva-Andrade & Hayward Advance To Semis

DeSilva-Andrade & Hayward Advance To Semis

Yushae DeSilva-Andrade and Omar Hayward have both claimed victories and advanced to the semi finals at the Veldhoven World Boccia Challenger in the Netherlands. In her opening event in the BC1 female pool B division, DeSilva-Andrade recorded two wins. She won her first match defeating Angeline Melissa Anak Lawas from Malaysia 10 – 2, and advanced... Read more of this article

Boccia: DeSilva-Andrade & Hayward To Compete

Boccia: DeSilva-Andrade & Hayward To Compete

[Updated] Yushae DeSilva-Andrade and Omar Hayward are representing Bermuda at the World Boccia Challenger in Veldhoven, Netherlands, this week. Both athletes are competing in the BC1 Division at the NH Eindhoven Conference Centre Koningshof and will be in action later today. DeSilva-Andrade competed at the World Boccia Cup in Povoa de Varzim, northern... Read more of this article