Bermuda’s Omar Hayward and Yushae DeSilva-Andrade have advanced to the semi-finals of the Veldhoven World Boccia Challenger event in the Netherlands.

DeSilva-Andrade was in dominant form yesterday in a reduced seven-woman BC1 field, winning 10-2 against Angeline Melissa Anak, of Malaysia, before surviving a tight encounter 3-2 against Simona Blazkova, of the Czech Republic.

With 12 players in his BC1 men’s division, Hayward got under way on Tuesday, suffering a 3-2 loss after extra ends to Tomas Kral, of Slovakia, before rebounding with a solid 7-1 defeat of Spain’s Serafin Rodriguez. Then yesterday, he returned for the first knockout round and booked his place in the last four with a 7-2 win over Riccardo Zanella, of Italy.

In the semi-finals today, DeSilva-Andrade takes on Barbora Skopalova, of the Czech Republic, and Hayward meets on Panagiotis Soulanis, of Greece.

Players from 24 countries are taking part in the event.