Dr Andrew Evans

Lecturer in Sport Psychology @SalfordUni

[Dr Andrew Evans @DrALEvans]

What an incredible 2 weeks in Rio de Janeiro supporting @BocciaUK athletes at the 2022 World Championships!

It is an absolute privilege to work with such a talented group of athletes, assistants, coaches and practitioners.

🇧🇷 🇬🇧🥇🥈🥈👏

[Boccia UK @BocciaUK]

Overcame major injury and surgery ✅
Committed himself to rehab ✅
Climbs world rankings ✅
Claims late bipartite slot for Paris ✅
Wins the gold ✅

@bocciabhoy

[Boccia UK @BocciaUK]

So proud of @bocciabhoy and @TaggartClaire who have been named in the King’s new year honours list.

https://t.co/zfvgBmXqOS

[ParalympicsGB @ParalympicsGB]

It's GOOOOOOOOLLLLLD for Stephen McGuire!

Our first ever BC4 medal in the Boccia! What a moment for a legend of the sport. YES, Steph!

#ParalympicsGB🥇

[ParalympicsGB @ParalympicsGB]

Stephen McGuire would have loved to join the thousands of others in the queue for Oasis tickets - but he was a bit busy winning Paralympic gold 🥇

#ParalympicsGB

[ParalympicsGB @ParalympicsGB]

Meet the ParalympicsGB Boccia team selected for #Paris2024! 🇬🇧

[British Elite Athletes Association @GBEliteAthletes]

Paris-bound 🇫🇷

Congratulations to every member of @BocciaUK's Paralympics squad 👏

#BEAAWithYou

[ParalympicsGB @ParalympicsGB]

Introducing our Boccia team who are ready to throw for gold in Paris 🇬🇧

#Paris2024 #LoveBoccia 🔵🔴

[Boccia UK @BocciaUK]

Five #boccia athletes named by @ParalympicsGB in the Paris squad!

Congratulations to

@WilliamArnott14 & Connor Wellfare
@kayleigh_haggo
@sallykidson1 & Hannah Stewart
@Bocciasmithy
@TaggartClaire

[Dr Nanaki J. Chadha @NanakiJChadha]

NEW PAPER 📄

“I must make the grade!”: the role of cognitive appraisals, irrational beliefs, exam anxiety, and affect, in the academic self-concept of undergraduate students.

Open access 🔓

@DrMJTurner @DrALEvans @GeorginaFortune

https://t.co/tOWVctj9Hd

[Dr Martin J. Turner @DrMJTurner]

We validity tested the cognitive mediation beliefs questionnaire (CMBQ) with university students.

https://t.co/poCpKlmgvm

Believing that emotions are caused by events alone, is related to poorer emotional reactivity and worse positive mental health.

Temporal studies needed.

[Paralympic Games @Paralympics]

We’re outdoors for the #EPC2023 Boccia finals in Rotterdam, there’s a full crowd watching, the sun is shining and Sweet Caroline is playing. ☀️🎵

@EuroParaChamps

[Claire Morrison @ClaireMorrison6]

A cracking first day of Pairs today. 3 wins from 3 for the @BocciaUK BC4s against tough opposition: Germany (5-2), Croatia (11-0) & Portugal (4-3). We qualify for the semi-finals on Sun, with Hungary our next opponents! A great team effort on and off the court! #EPC2023

[Claire Morrison @ClaireMorrison6]

Great 1st day of training at the Ahoy Arena ahead of the #EPC2023 with @BocciaUK Another day on the practice courts tomorrow before we start the individual competition. Excited to see this group of players take to the courts with #Paris2024 qualification the prize!

[Boccia UK @BocciaUK]

Want to see the GB squad in training?

They were on the courts at Rotterdam Ahoy for the first time today and #EPC2023 caught up with them!

[Boccia UK @BocciaUK]

And we give you the Boccia UK squad for #epc2023

👏 👏

[Dr Andrew Evans @DrALEvans]

Christ the Redeemer and Copacabana and Praia da Barra da Tijuca Beaches

🇧🇷 🏝️ @ Rio De Janeiro, Brazil https://t.co/vEX2XMxXew

[Dr Andrew Evans @DrALEvans]

Christ the Redeemer and Copacabana Beach

🇧🇷 @ Rio De Janeiro, Brazil https://t.co/vEX2XMxpoY

[Dr Andrew Evans @DrALEvans]

Just posted a photo @ Rio De Janeiro, Brazil https://t.co/WagNf0XItu

[Boccia UK @BocciaUK]

If you’ve been watching the World Championships, you may have seen our new World Champ @TaggartClaire wears a glove, made by @dmorthotics

“My condition Dystonia causes painful contractures. The glove helps me to grip. I wouldn’t be the boccia athlete I am today without it.”