Archive for February, 2006Liberty to play in 32nd Annual National Women’s Wheelchair Basketball TournamentMonday, February 27th, 2006The United Spinal Liberty women’s wheelchair basketball team will be participating in the 32nd Annual National Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Tournament in Birmingham, Alabama. Junior Nets Prepare to Defend Title at National Junior Prep ChampionshipsMonday, February 27th, 2006The 2005 National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) Prep League National Champions, the United Spinal Junior Nets wheelchair basketball team, is preparing to defend their title at this year’s National Jr. Prep Championships National Disability Organization Joins Wheelchair Sports of Tampa Bay To Host Sled Hockey ClinicMonday, February 27th, 2006United Spinal Association and the New York Rangers and New York Islanders, respectively, will be hosting a sled hockey clinic in conjunction with Wheelchair Sports of Tampa. 2006 Paralympic Winter Games Begin in Two WeeksThursday, February 23rd, 2006534 of the finest athletes with physical disabilities—including United Spinal members—from around the world will come together for ten days of elite competition before an estimated audience of 250,000. Wisconsin Resident Chosen to Compete in 2006 ParalympicsTuesday, February 21st, 2006Dave Conklin, United Spinal Association member and Paralympian, will be will be representing the United States with the 2006 Paralympic sled hockey team in Torino Italy Minnesota Resident Chosen to Compete in 2006 ParalympicsTuesday, February 21st, 2006Plymouth, MN – Manuel Guerra Jr., United Spinal Association member and Paralympian, will be representing the United States with the 2006 Paralympic sled hockey team in Torino Italy from March 10th through the 19th. Massachusetts Resident Chosen to Compete in 2006 ParalympicsTuesday, February 21st, 2006Wareham, MA – Francis “Kip” St. Germaine, United Spinal Association member and Paralympian will be representing the United States with the 2006 Paralympic sled hockey team in Torino Italy from March 10th through the 19th. Veterans With Spinal Injuries to Compete in Air Rifle Championship at Castle PointTuesday, February 21st, 2006The United Spinal Association–NRA Air Rifle Championship, sponsored by the Association, the National Rifle Association, and the Castle Point VA Therapeutic Recreation Department, will be taking place at the Castle Point VA Medical Center on Thursday, March 23, 2006. Bowlers with Disabilities to Compete in Adaptive Tournament in Castle PointTuesday, February 21st, 2006Over 50 individuals with disabilities from New York, Pennsylvania, and Maine will be competing in United Spinal Association’s 6th Annual Bowling Tournament on Thursday, March 2nd from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Quad Rugby Player Inspire Students at Brooklyn’s PS 136 to Hold onto HopeTuesday, February 14th, 2006Brooklyn, NY––United Spinal Association member Damon Rozier, along with members of the United Spinal Jets Quad Rugby team, will be demonstrating the game of quad rugby during a school assembly at P.S. 346 / Abe Stark School at 1400 Pennsylvania Ave. , Brooklyn on Friday, February 17, 2006. |
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