On March 7th, Granite State Independent Living (GSIL) hosted their 9th Annual Hoops on Wheels event at Rundlett Middle School in Concord, NH. This annual wheelchair basketball event raises money for GSIL programs which “promote quality of life with independence for people with disabilities and seniors through advocacy, information, education, support and transition services.” Hoops […]
The torch is lit and the games are in full swing down in Peru! Wheelchair rugby, para table tennis, and sitting volleyball kicked off prior to the Lima 2019 Parapan Am Games opening ceremonies with some preliminary matches on Thursday and Friday. Chile’s Tamara Leonell took home the first gold medal on Friday in table […]
The 2019 ParaPan-Am Games will be held in Lima, Peru from August 23rd to September 1st and will be the biggest ever! It will feature over 1800 athletes from 33 countries. Events will be held in 17 sports: athletics, badminton, boccia, cycling, blind and paralympic football (soccer), goalball, judo, powerlifting, shooting, sitting volleyball, swimming, table […]
We’re over a week into the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, but the events we’ve been waiting for are finally here! There are six adaptive tournaments to be played out over the next four days: Singles and Doubles for Men’s Wheelchair, Women’s Wheelchair, and Quad Wheelchair. All Singles tournaments will start on Thursday, July 11th while Doubles […]
A terrific first day laid the groundworks for the 2019 NESHL Championship group stages and today continued the excitement. In Division A, the Northeast Passage Wildcats and Pittsburgh Mighty Penguins took the 1 and 2 seeds respectively, defeating their other opponents in convincing fashion. If these teams take care of business in the semifinals, we’ll […]
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