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Sherry Ramsey's Induction into Wheelchair Sports Hall of Fame

Sherry Ramsey writes about her participation in competitive wheelchair sports on her blog. Check it out as she takes a look back at her phenomenal career.

33rd Annual Masonic Junior regional wheelchair meet

US athletes came to South Brunswick New Jersey to compete in the 33rd annual Masonic Junior regional wheelchair meet this summer in track and field, swimming, table tennis and weightlifting. Top performances by Xavier Perez, Alexander Xue and Miguel Jimenez-Vergara led the men's field. Top female competitors were Caitlin Chaser and Jennifer Fae in weightliftin and Alexandra Kay and Lynne Ganley in track and field.

Wheelchair softball warm-up

This video has some great shots of wheelchair softball in action. Check it out!

The Basics of Wheelchair Track & Field

In these videos by Seattle Adaptive Sports, the basics of wheelchair track and field are shown.

Part 1



Part 2



Seattle Adaptive Sports' site can be found here.

East Coast Cripplers: On Their Way to USQRA National Championships

Hampton Roads' wheelchair rugby team, the East Coast Cripplers, is on their way to the USQRA National Championship Tournament next week. Featured in the movie Murderball, quad rugby "bears little resemblance to rugby and instead has elements of wheelchair basketball, football, soccer and ice hockey."

This video shows interviews with some of the players, who talk about why they play.



For an article about the team from the Virginian-Pilot, click here.

For more information about quad rugby, visit the USQRA site.

Wheelchair Bodybuilding

via YouTube:

Nick Scott is the foremost promoter of wheelchair bodybuilding. He is the founder and owner of the largest online wheelchair bodybuilding community www.wheelchair-bodybuilding.com, and a global promoter the sport of wheelchair bodybuilding. As a wheelchair bodybuilder he is an active part of the bodybuilding scene, having competed in 21 shows in 18 national locations since March 2006.



To visit Nick's site and see videos of the 2010 Wheelchair Nationals, click here.

Wheelchair fencing

via youTube
Grand Canyon State Fencing Foundation Seated Fencing Promotion - The Grand Canyon State Fencing Foundation (GCSFF) is a non-profit 501(c) 3 organization. The mission of the Foundation is to increase awareness of fencing and to promote and develop the amateur sport in Arizona. This promotional video was created to increase the awareness of their Seated Fencing program and the opportunities and empowerment the sport brings to its athletes. For more information go to: www.gcsff.org

Wheelchair Table Tennis

This is a great example of a sport that can be played either competitively or recreationally. It also can be played with both disabled and nondisabled opponents. Check out these Romanian top notch players in this video.



For more information go to USA Disabled Table Tennis.

National Veterans Wheelchair Games in Denver this July

Hosting 17 medal events and an exhibition event, Denver will hold the National Veterans Wheelchair Games from July 4 to 9, 2010 at the Colorado Convention Center and other venues.

Volunteers are needed and the deadline to apply for athletes and volunteers is April 15, 2010. Links for more information can be found here.

A clip from last year can be seen here:

Wheelchair basketball tournament results

The Illini men's wheelchair basketball team won the men's national championship this weekend.

The Illini were down by eight at halftime, but with the leadership of the tournament MVP, Steve Serio, the Illini came back to score 42 points in the second half.


U of Alabama women's Wheelchair basketball team won a women's tournament.

Alabama beat the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 76-31, in the first game and beat Illinois, 67-46, in the second game.

They will play Sunday in the national tournament.

Here's a clip of the U of Alabama women playing in a match against UWW earlier this year.

American Wheelchair Bowling Association

Check out these stories from the American Wheelchair Bowling Association in this video:

and in this article.

Paralympic schedule today

Competition Schedule - March 13
Alpine skiing: Downhill, 11:00 a.m.
Biathlon: Pursuit, 12:00 p.m.
Curling: USA vs Korea, 12:30 p.m.
Sled hockey: USA vs Korea, 5:00 p.m.
Curling: USA vs Canada, 6:00 p.m.

Who Plays Wheelchair Sports?

This series of videos is about athletes with disabilities who play wheelchair sports. They talk about how they got into playing sports, why they play and, as one player says, how it's opened their world.

Here's part 2:



Go here to see Part 1 and Part 3.