Medals for Both USA Elite Junior Teams

Both boy’s and girl’s USA elite junior goalball teams earned medals last week at the 2015 World Youth Goalball Championships in Colorado Springs. The USA boys team took home bronze, behind Sweden and Germany, while the USA girls took home silver, behind Canada. Eleven teams from seven countries met for the tournament that took place July 27-31. Each of the teams showed excellent sportsmanship and competitive spirit from the first game. Though the boys faced tough competition in their first game against Germany, they rose to the occasion and fought to win three of the four next games leading up…  Read More

2015 IBSA World Youth Championships Daily Results

Final Standings Boy's Gold: Germany Silver: Sweden Bronze: USA Girl's Gold: Canada Silver: USA Bronze: China Day Four Boy's Semifinals Sweden 7 – Hungary 6 Germany 15 – USA 5 Boy’s Bronze: USA 6 – Hungary 3 Boy’s Gold: Germany 12 – Sweden 2 Girl’s Semifinals Canada 10 – Germany 2 USA 6 – China 1 Girl's Bronze: China 6 – Germany 4 Girl's Gold: Canada 4 – USA 3 Day Three Boy's Hungary 12 – Canada 3 Sweden 13 – Korea 6 USA 6 – Hungary 5 Germany 11 – Canada 5 Girl’s Germany 6 – Korea 1 Canada 8 – China 2…  Read More

2015 IBSA World Youth Goalball Championship Opening Ceremony

The 2015 IBSA World Youth Goalball Championships opened at 7:00pm MT on July 28 at the University of Colorado – Colorado Springs. Eleven teams from seven countries proudly marched in the Parade of Nations at Gallogly Gym. Flag bearers were as follows: Canada - Meghan Mahone China - Xu Youxin Germany - Sabine Kuxdorf Hungary – Zoltan Ruzsa Korea – Kim Myeong Jin Sweden – Nils Posse United States – Marybai Huking USA Men’s Goalball Team member, Matt Simpson, introduced teams as they entered the gymnasium. USABA Executive Director, Mark Lucas, and Head IBSA Official, Kari Rasnen addressed the athletes,…  Read More

2015 IBSA World Youth Championships

This week, athletes from around the world will compete on an international stage in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, for the title of World Champion. The 2015 IBSA World Youth Goalball Championship will feature some of the world’s top up and coming athletic talent, many of whom aspire to be Paralympians. Delegations from Canada, China, Germany, Hungary, South Korea, Sweden and the United States began arriving Friday evening. “This event is an incredible opportunity for our elite junior teams to compete on an international stage that will showcase some of the best youth goalball athletes in the world. It is another…  Read More

Men’s National Resident Goalball Team Program Announcement

TO:  ALL U.S. Goalball Men’s National Team, Talent Pool, Emerging, and Military Athletes From:  Mark Lucas, Executive Director Copy: John Potts; USABA Goalball High Performance Manager, Head Coach; Mike Lege and Assistant Coach;  Matthew Boyle Date: July 20, 2015 Re:  Men’s National Resident Goalball Team Program Announcement PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) has created a long-term residential goalball program for Men’s National Goalball Team members, development team members and emerging goalball athletes in partnership with the Turnstone in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The Resident Program has been created to enable male goalball athletes who have demonstrated…  Read More