Please note our postal details have changed. Our new details are:

PO Box 4083
HOMEBUSH SOUTH NSW 2140

Please amend your records accordingly.

Office Closure - Christmas/New Year
We wish to advise that the AAWD office will be closed from 12 noon Friday 23 December 2005 until 9.00am Monday 9 January 2006 for the Christmas/New Year break. However if the matter is urgent Robyn will be available on mobile.

The staff and board of AAWD and all its member organisations would like to extend our best wishes to all of you for the Christmas Season.

IWAS
The International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) is compiling a history of Paralympic/ISMGF Games 1960-1984. If you were involved in any of these games and have any medals, photos, results, programmes, stories or other interesting items, please contact the IWAS Secretariat at info@wsw.org.uk

DRUGS IN SPORT
On 23 June 2005, the Australian Government announced the establishment of the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA). Please find below a link to a media release from Senator the Hon Rod Kemp, Minister for the Arts and Sport issued in relation to the introduction of the Legislation for ASADA. http://www.minister.dcita.gov.au/kemp/media/media_releases/new_anti-doping_body_legislation_introduced

A reminder also that the 2006 Prohibited List (released by WADA on 28 September 2005) comes into effect on 1 January 2006. A link to the 2006 list is available on the ASDA page of the AAWD website.

In short, there are four areas of change:
oHuman chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) and Luteinizing (LH) are now only banned in males.
oA number of glucocorticosteroids no longer require an ATUE for their use.
oSeveral stimulants have been added to the 'out of competition' monitoring program. Caffeine and pseudoephedrine remain on the 'in competition' monitoring program.
oThere have been several changes in "Substances prohibited in particular sports" in relation to alcohol and beta blockers.

Each sporting organisation/athlete will need to check the 2006 List changes to see how this affects them. Please advise your athletes where relevant.

SPORTS NEWS

Archery
Archery Australia National Championships
The 5th Archers with a Disability National Championships will be held as part of the Archery Australia Nationals 23-29 April 2006 in Moorwell, Victoria. For more information and the Entry Kit, please visit http://www.sports.org.au/docs/EntryKit.pdf

Athletics
Arrive Alive Summer Down Under
The Arrive Alive Summer Down Under series will once again be held in Sydney 22-27 January 2006. For the first time, the 2006 series will be included as part of the World Series - the world's elite wheelchair racing championship series. The Oz Day 10K will be the first World Series event of the year. For more information, visit http://www.sportingspectrum.com.au/index.php?id=164&ext_id=9

IWAS World Junior Athletics Championships 2006
IWAS have recently announced that Ireland will host the 2006 IWAS World Junior Athletics Championships in Dublin 11-17 July 2006. Expression of Interest information has been distributed to state associations.

Basketball
Albury Festival of Sport
The Albury Festival of Sport wheelchair basketball challenge, is on again 18-19 February 2006. This is the largest wheelchair basketball tournament in Australia, with 23 teams competing last year! Entry Forms can be downloaded from the NSWWSA website www.nswwsa.org.au or call Tiffany Normand at NSWWSA for more information.

2006 National Junior Wheelchair Basketball Championships
Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association will host the 2006 National Junior Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Brisbane 7-12 April 2006. Nomination packages are now available. Please contact Kate Jenian (Project Officer) or Rhonda Hill (Events Co-ordinator) on 07 - 3253 3333 or email Kate at 06jwbnc@sportingwheelies.org.au for more information

Cycling/Handcycling
2006 Australian Road Cycling Championships
Cycling Australia will be conducting the 2006 Australian Road Championships for Athletes with Disabilities (AWD's) in conjunction with the 2006 Australian Masters Road Championships (as per this year). These championships are the official national road championships for all AWD's and will be held in Sydney from Friday 5th to Sunday 7th May 2006. Details on event programme, venues & course profiles will be available as soon as confirmed.

There is intent to conduct a Road Race and Road Time Trial for every class/category (including Hand Cycling), however if there are low entries in any particular class/category, classes/categories may need to be combined.

As per the AWD/PPP Selection Policy (a copy can be viewed on the CA website www.cycling.org.au ), athletes from the following classes (both men & women) who compete in Road only events, will be required to compete at these Australian Road Championships in order to be considered for selection for the Australian Team to compete at the 2006 IPC World Cycling Championships:-

CP Div 2 (Tricycle)
CP Div 1 (Tricycle)
HC Div A (Hand Cycle)
HC Div B (Hand Cycle)
HC Div C (Hand Cycle)

Please note that all athletes will also be required to hold a valid 2006 Cycling Australia domestic licence prior to competing at these Championships. Licence applications can be obtained online by visiting the CA website at www.cycling.org.au

Powerlifting
2005 European Powerlifting Championships
Congratulations to the Australian team that competed in the European Powerlifting Championships recently. Though a small team, the squad returned good results:

NAME CATEGORY BEST LIFT PLACING
Darren Gardiner 100+Kg 225Kg Gold
Steve Green 82.5Kg 170Kg Bronze
Paul Hyde 82.5Kg 162.5Kg 6th
Wayne Sharpe 48Kg 120Kg 6th

Wheelchair Rugby
Oceania Zonal Championships
The Australian team have returned from the 2005 Oceania Zonal Championships held in South Africa. The World Number 1 New Zealand team had to fight hard and through 3 overtime periods before finally beating the Aussies by just 1 goal. Though disappointed with the loss, this result, after only three months at the helm, has pleased coach Evan Bennett and signs are looking good as the team now looks towards the World Championships next September.

Special congratulations must go to individual award winners:

Ryley Batt: MVP and Best in Class 3.5
Scott Vitale: Best in Class 1.5
Naz Erdem: Best in Class 0.5

IWRF Website
The International Wheelchair Rugby Federation has recently launched it's own website and new logo. Whilst still in early stages of development, this will eventually become the online one-stop shop for all information regards the International program and Wheelchair Rugby in general. I would encourage you to visit www.iwrf.com regularly.

Shooting
Australia Cup
Australian International Shooting Limited (AISL) has announced that the first Australia Cup in 2006 from 13-15 January in Sydney will be conducted as a joint event (both able bodied events and disabled events).

Entry forms will be available on the AISL website www.ausshooting.org , you will need to go to ASA, Competitions, Australia Cup.

This will be a ranking shoot; and new shooters are also welcome to compete.
If you would like more information, please contact Michelle Fletcher: michellefletcher@bigpond.com

Tennis
Junior Wheelchair Tennis Masters
Congratulations to Michael Esler (Qld), Dylan Alcott (Vic) and Kim Robins (WA), who have been selected to participate in the prestigious annual Junior Wheelchair Tennis Masters in Tarbes, France, which will take place from Thursday 2 February until Sunday 5 February 2006.

The ITF is delighted to announce that the partnership with the Cruyff Foundation will continue for it's junior programmes including this special event. The event is now known as the Cruyff Foundation Junior Masters. The selection for the event was based on the Cruyff Foundation junior ranking (October 2005) with the top seven boys who are eligible to compete in junior events in 2006 gaining automatic selection with one wildcard. In the girls event the top three players were selected automatically with one wildcard.

Summer of Tennis
Things are gearing up for a great summer of Wheelchair Tennis. Once again there will be a series of events around the country, culmintaing with the Australian Wheelchair Tennis Open in February. Check our calendar for dates and get along to see some of this great action wherever possible.

Tenpin Bowling
2006 National Championships
Entry forms are now available for the Australian Disability Championships and the State Teams Challenge to be held in June at AMF Castle Hill. These can be downloaded from the Tenpin Bowling Australia website www.tenpin.org.au in the "What's New" section.

Volleyball
Asia-Oceania Women's Sitting Volleyball Championships
Unfortunately this event has been cancelled due to only 2 countries registering their interest to compete. Our thanks to Mark Whiteman (Event Manager) for all his hard work in trying to get it off the ground.

January-March Calendar of Events

2006
January
2-5	Swimming	WA State Open Championships	Perth, WA
13-15	Shooting	Australia Cup	Sydney NSW
22-27	Athletics	Athletics Summer Down Under	Sydney NSW
26	Road	OZ Day 10K	Sydney NSW
26	Athletics	Telstra A-Series Meet	Canberra, ACT
26-30	Wheelchair Tennis	Queensland Open	Caloundra, QLD
30-4 Feb	Swimming	Telstra Australian Championships	Melbourne, VIC
February
1-5	Tennis	Sydney International WC Tennis Open	Sydney NSW
2-5	Athletics	Telstra Australian Athletics Champs	Sydney NSW
8-12	Wheelchair Tennis	Australian Open	Melbourne, VIC
11-18	Volleyball	Asia-Oceania Women's Sitting Volleyball	Newcastle, NSW
14-19	Basketball	OSAKA Friendship Cup	Japan
18	Athletics	Telstra A-Series	Melbourne, Vic
18-19	Basketball	Albury Festival of Sport	Albury
24-26	Fencing	World Cup	Hong Kong
25	Swimming	SWDA State Champs	Brisbane, Qld
March
1-5	Lawn Bowls	Sporting Wheelies State Champs	Brisbane, Qld
3	Athletics	Telstra A-Series	Brisbane, Qld
3-5	Athletics	WA State Championships	Perry Lakes, WA
10-19	Multi-sports	Winter Paralympic Games	Torino, Italy
15-19	Handcycling	Wild West International	Perth, WA
15-26	Multi-sports	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, VIC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subject to alterations
A full Calendar of Events can be found at http://www.sports.org.au/calendar.html


Building A 1 Herb Elliott Ave Sydney Olympic Park Homebush Bay NSW 2127
PO Box S83 Homebush South NSW 2140
Phone + 61 2 9763 5819 Fax + 61 2 9764 3757
ACN 104 461 814
info@sports.org.au
www.sports.org.au