AAWD

The Board of AAWD has reviewed its funding guidelines for 2006-2007. The AAWD Office will distribute information regarding the application process in August.

SPORTS NEWS

Basketball

Gold Cup
The Wheelchair Basketball World Championships (Gold Cup) took place in Amsterdam in July. The Rollers placed third and the Gliders finished fourth. Canada won both the men's and women's competition with the USA taking silver in both.

Game scores and further information on final placings can be found on the Gold Cup website http://www.goldcup2006.com/

Congratulations must go to Shaun Norris (WA) of the Rollers and Kylie Gauci (NSW) of the Gliders who were both named in the All Star Five after the completion of the Championships.

NWBL
Noel Rowsell reports Colin Price has joined the Razorbacks while Patrick Anderson has joined the Brisbane Spinning Bullets. It is believed Anderson, the undisputed superstar of international wheelchair basketball, will undoubtedly lift the Spinning Bullets out the competition cellar.

The Wheelcats are currently the form team of the competition, for further information visit
http://nwbl.sports.org.au

WNWBL
The third weekend of the Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL) was played in Brisbane over the weekend of 5-6 August, with the Hills Hornets recording four victories to move into second spot on the competition ladder. The Hornets defeated the Queensland Comets 49-35 and the Western Stars 51-45 on Saturday, then followed up with a 52-50 win over the Western Stars and a last-minute 53-52 win over Queensland Comets on Sunday.

The Hornets will now play the North's Bears and the Queensland Comets in a three-team playoff series in Sydney the weekend of 1-3 September.

2008 National Junior Wheelchair Basketball Championships
The Board of Wheelchair Sports Australia is pleased to announce that Wheelchair Sports WA will be the host of the 2008 National Junior Wheelchair Basketball Championships. Congratulations WA!

Boccia

The 2006 Boccia National Championships in Perth were a great success with
teams from QLD, NSW, VIC, WA & NZ competing. An undefeated QLD team won Gold. Next year Boccia Australia hopes to welcome Tasmania and South Australia to the Championships being held in Melbourne. An international team of nine is presently preparing to compete at FESPIC in November.

Cue Sports

WSA will not be conducting a Cue Sports National Championships in 2006 as the Australian Eight Ball Federation will for the first time this year include a division for athletes with a disability at their National Championships. This event will be held in the Northern Territory from 11 October - 21 October. This decision by WSA supports the principle of mainstreaming. For further information contact the AAWD Office or visit http://www.aebf.asn.au

CF Football

National CP Football
A training squad of 16 players has been announced as follows:

David Barber QLD	Chris Pyne NSW
Beau Menzies QLD	Brett Cross NSW
Jeremy Thorpe QLD	Brett Fairhall NSW
Jason Driscoll	Brett Sharrock NSW
ACT
Ben Roche VIC	Sam Larkings NSW
Luis Miguel Marcelino WA	Jamie Laybutt NSW
Marik Gleizer NSW	Pat Grant NSW
Chris Restall NSW	James Campbell NSW

This squad will be expanded to 20 players in the near future so if you are interested in playing CP Football then please contact David Campbell - National Team Manager on 0407 393 433.

The next training camp will be held on the 22nd to 24th September 2006. The team for FESPIC will be named after that camp. The FESPIC Games is scheduled for the 18th Nov - 2 Dec 2006 in Kuala Lumpa, Malaysia.

The National CP Football Championships will be held on the 15th - 17th September at the Sydney Academy of Sport, Wakehurst Parkway, Narrabeen, NSW. The draw will be announced as soon as all teams are finalised

NSW CP Football
On Sunday 30 July 2006 the NSW CP Football Team was named for the 2006 National CP Football Championships. Congratulations to all players. The Team is as follows:

1. Chris Pyne (Capt) C7	2. Brett Fairhall C7
3. Brett Sharrock C7	4. Brett Cross C6
5. Sam Larkings C7	6. Marik Gleizer C7
7. Chris Restall C8	8. Jamie Laybutt C7
9. Pat Grant C7	10. James Campbell C8
11. Kevin Mundy C6	12. Ben Atkins C8

Reserves (in case someone gets injured between now and the competition) are: Mickayla Gooch C6 and Paul Nicholls C7.

VIC CP Football
The next training day for the Victorian CP Football Team is scheduled for Saturday 19th August, 10.00am to 11.30am at: Brimbank Soccer Club, Furlong Rd, Sunshine (located between the Western Ring Road and the Sunshine Hospital). For further information please contact: Paul Roche, Team Manager, proche@eduinsights.com.au or alternatively, 03 9720 9574.

QLD CP Football
Queensland are currently preparing their side for the National Championships. For further information please contact Sporting Wheelies & Disabled Association on (07) 3253 3333 or email mail@sportingwheelies.org.au

Lawn Bowls

2006 Tri-Nations
Wheelchair Sports Australia is pleased to announce the Australian team to compete at the Tri Nations Championships to be held in Adelaide from September 30th - October 6th 2006. Congratulations to the following players:

Stephen Lockey QLD	George Charlesworth SA
Eddie Gollan NSW	Andrew Brandolin VIC
Brian Hyatt NSW	Vic Dagley QLD
Josh Barry VIC	Doug Lambert NSW
Stephen Odgers	Greg Brown
VIC	NSW

2007 National Championships
Wheelchair Sports Australia is also pleased to advise that the 2007 National Lawn Bowls Championships will be held in Adelaide from 19-24 April 2007.

Wheelchair Rugby

2006 Telstra National Wheelchair Rugby League
Round two of the Telstra National Wheelchair Rugby League was held in Adelaide from 14-16 July. NSW came away with six wins out of six games to be on top of the ladder followed by QLD, VIC and SA. For full results visit www.sports.org.au/newsletters/docs/NWRL%20Rnd%202%20Results.pdf

The finals of the 2006 Telstra National Wheelchair Rugby League will be held in Melbourne from 11-13 August for game details visit http://www.sports.org.au/docs/Game%20Schedule%20Melbourne.pdf

2006 Chris Handy Cup
In another very close Chris Handy Cup series, New Zealand defeated Australia 3 matches to 2 to retain their hold on the trophy. The Australian team pushed the World Number 1 ranked Kiwis hard all the way, with very tight games earmarking the tournament and with the series being decided in the final match.

Australian Team Coach Evan Bennett was pleased with the performance of the Australian team noting that the team is definitely on the improve with each game being played at great pace, with close scoring and either team could have won at any time.

The next competition stop for the Australian team is the World Championships to be played in Christchurch, NZ, from the 7-17 September.

For game scores visit http://www.sports.org.au/newsletters/news56.html

NSW Hall of Champions
Congratulations to Greg Smith who was inducted into the NSW Hall of Champions at the State Sports Centre on August 9. Three other athletes inducted at the same time were Todd Woodbridge (Tennis), Steve Mortimer (Rugby League) and Steve Waugh (Cricket). Louise Sauvage made the presentations and Jim O'Brien, CEO of WSA NSW, accepted the award on Greg's behalf. Well done Greg!

August - October Calendar of Events

August
5-6	Wheelchair Basketball	WNWBL Round 3	Brisbane, QLD
11-13	Wheelchair Rugby	NWRL Finals	Melbourne, VIC
14-15	Wheelchair Rugby	Australian PPP Camp	Melbourne, VIC
12-13	Wheelchair Basketball	NWBL Round 7
19-20	Wheelchair Basketball	NWBL Round 8
25-27	Wheelchair Rugby	NZ Nationals	Auckland NZ
26-27	Wheelchair Basketball	NWBL Round 9
27	Wheelchair Road Racing	City To Surf	Perth WA
September
2-3	Wheelchair Basketball	WNWBL	Sydney, NSW
2-3	Shooting	Australian Training Camp	Brisbane, QLD
2-9	Athletics	IPC World Championships	Holland
2-12	Lawn Bowls	International Test Series	Nottingham, UK
3	Wheelchair Road Racing	Perth Half Marathon	Perth, WA
7-10	Tenpin Bowling	Qld State Disability Championships	Brisbane, QLD
7-17	Wheelchair Rugby	World Wheelchair Rugby Championships	Christchurch, NZ
8-10	Shooting	Australia Cup	Adelaide, SA
9-10	Wheelchair Basketball	NWBL Finals Series
15-17	Soccer	CP Soccer National Championships	Sydney, NSW
16-17	Shooting	Australian Training Camp	Sydney, NSW
16-17	Shooting	Australian Training Camp	Perth, WA
17	Wheelchair Road Racing	City to Bay	Adelaide, SA
29 - 7 Oct	Fencing	World Championships	Torino, Italy
29 - 2 Oct	Tenpin Bowling	NSW State Disability Championships	Sydney, NSW
30-1 Oct	Wheelchair Basketball	NSW Slam Down Under	Sydney, NSW
30-1Oct	Shooting	NSW State Championships (Rifle)	Sydney, NSW
30 - 6 Oct	Lawn Bowls	Tri Nations	Adelaide, SA
30 - 1 Oct	Shooting	NSW State Championships (Rifle)	Sydney, NSW
TBC	Lawn Bowls	NSW WSA State Championships
October
11-21	Eight Ball	Australian National Championships	Darwin, NT
14-15	Shooting	Australian Training Camp	Sydney, NSW
21-22	Shooting	QLD State Championships (Rifle)	Brisbane, QLD

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


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