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August
2003 - Newsletter
Australian Athletes with a Disability Since our last newsletter the Board of Australian Athletes with a Disability Ltd. (AAWD) has appointed Tanya Cox Chair of the organisation. Tanya joined the AAWD Board earlier this year and will be supported by Liz Pollock who has been appointed Deputy Chair.
Final preparations are under way for the World Wheelchair Games, a team of thirty-two will represent Australia at these Games in seven sports Archery, Athletics, Cue Sports, Handcycling, Lawn Bowls, Swimming and Table Tennis.
Athletics IAAF World Championships - Keep an eye out on the Athletics Australia website www.athletics.org.au for results of Darren Thrupp, Neil Fuller and Louise Sauvage as they compete at the World Athletics Championships currently being held in Paris. Adelaide's City-Bay
Fun Run - This year's event will be held on Sunday 21 September and
is again on the Grand Prix Circuit. Contact Victoria Andrew from Wheelchair
Sports South Australia for further information vandrew@wheelchairsports-sa.org.au.
Under 20 Squad - Evan Bennett and Barry Barker have been named as Co-Coaches of the WSA Under 20 Basketball Squad for the next two years. Evan and Barry have both been reappointed after the success of their previous two-year appointment. The under 20 team to attend the NZ Basketball Nationals has been finalised. The team is:
NRMA Insurance National League - Finals of the NRMA Insurance National League will take place at the Hills Basketball Stadium, NSW, September 6-7, going into the finals the VW's lead the competition followed by the Hills Hornets, North's Bears and the QLD Storm. AVON Club Championships - The AVON Club Championships will be held in Wollongong, NSW, 1-2 November 2003. Frank Castelli has been named as Games Commissioner for the weekend. For further information visit http://wnwbl.sports.org.au/ NWBL - Finals of the NWBL will be held in Brisbane 26-28 September. Before the finals there are two rounds to be played, round eight, 30-31 August in Wollongong, Brisbane & Melbourne and round nine, 13-14 September in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. According to Noel Rowsell round eight promises to provide an invaluable insight to the upcoming playoff series of the national competition, with reigning premiers the Perth Wheelcats headed to Queensland to take on the red-hot Brisbane Spinning Bullets in a double-header weekend. These two teams are currently in a three-way share of the competition lead, along with the Wollongong Roller Hawks, but either the Wheelcats or Spinning Bullets will drop back to third after this round, as the Hawks look odds on favourites to defeat a depleted West Sydney Razorbacks lineup on Saturday afternoon in Albion Park. The Wheelcats and Spinning Bullets have lost just one game apiece this season, although it is significant to note the Queenslanders are currently on a seven-game winning streak and are being led superbly by Canadian Paralympian Patrick Anderson. The contest between Anderson and the Wheelcats big guns of Australian Paralympians Brad Ness and Justin Eveson should determine the outcome of the game but the low-pointers could be the key to a Wheelcats victory, if they can hamper Anderson's all-court mobility and coverage. For further information visit http://nwbl.sports.org.au/
Andrew Budge has been appointed National Handcycling Coach. Congratulations Andrew! Our best wishes go to the Australian team competing at the European Cycling Championships in the Czech Republic 11-22 September 2003. For the first time two handcyclists are official members of the Australian team.
The 2003 Australian National IPC Powerlifting Championships will be held in Brisbane 8 November, hosted by Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association. It is hoped given the event is the week following the World Wheelchair Games international athletes may stay on and attend the event. For further information contact Robyn Stephenson from Queensland Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association on robyns@sportingwheelies.org.au
The final round of the AstraTech National Wheelchair Rugby League will conclude this final weekend of August. The journey to the title began for all five teams back in April. Each team has played in 12 games, which included 3 against each other. Now it all comes down to head to head meetings to determine each place on the ladder. The League has featured world-class players from Australia, New Zealand, and Belgium. The highly competitive League has also prepared our National team athletes for their upcoming Zonal Championships, NZ Nationals and Chris Handy Cup. For further information visit www.quadrugbyaustralia.com.
The Excell Team to attend the Pan Am Championships in Argentina in December has been finalised. The team is
John Ornsby (Victoria) has been named as Head Coach, and Bruce Power (New South Wales) and Kylie Wood (Victoria) have been named as Coaches.
5-7 Rugby Oceania
Championships Japan Correct at time of print. |
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