New face in GB kit in Olbia

Great Britain’s boccia players are packing their bags once again and this time, they’re headed to Olbia in Italy.

reigning european champion sally kidson squares up for olbia

Action gets underway from Wednesday 8 October and we’ll see a new face in the GB kit.

Alex Medley, 20, from Perthshire has been given a call-up and will go through classification ahead of the tournament.

He has been competing for the Scotland squad for the last two years and is coached by Peter McGuire. He has been training alongside the likes of Stephen McGuire and Patrick Wilson at Stirling University.

Medley said:

“I’m really excited to compete in Olbia. I know many of the squad already from training and competing on the domestic circuit. There’s no pressure on me in this competition so I’m just looking forward to soaking up the experience.”

He will be joined in Italy by European Champion Sally Kidson. It will be the first competition for Bristol University music student since she teamed up with new ramp assistant, Chloe Lewis.

Fiona Muirhead and Penny Froude will also feature in the BC4 category.