Throughout 2017, Athletes Roll was lucky enough to be able to cover several local, national, and world adaptive sports championships in person while following along and sharing other events from afar. We started our journey in Power Soccer a few years ago so we watched quite a bit in 2017, first traveling to Indianapolis, IN […]
2017 Northeast Passage Rugby Rampage Recap: Canadian Teams Dominate in New Hampshire
The Northeast’s first Quad Rugby tournament of the fall was a huge success! The event, hosted by Northeast Passage and featuring two Northeast Passage Wildcats squads, the New York Warriors, Montreal Quad Rugby, and the Québec Félins, took place on October 21st and 22nd. Each team played the other four in a round-robin format between […]
Adaptive Sports Weekend Roundup – May 12-14
On Sunday, four finals were contested in Wheelchair Tennis at the BNP Paribas World Team Cup, held in Alghero, Italy. We start in the Quad division, where Great Britain took on Israel. After the teams split the two singles matches, Great Britain’s Antony Cotterill and Andy Lapthorne won the gold for their country in doubles, […]
Adaptive Sports Weekend Roundup for April 21-23, 2017
First things first, let’s recap the results from last weekend’s events! In Blankenberge, Belgium, Team Great Britain won the 12th annual Easter Wheelchair Basketball tournament with a perfect 4-0 record! The squad clinched the title in their final game with a comfortable 15 point win over Spain, as Phil Pratt was named to the tournament all-star […]