Interested in traveling to new places and sharing the game of wheelchair rugby with future players?

The International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) Americas Zone is looking for interested athletes, coaches, classifiers and referees for a demonstration event and clinic to be held at the Para Pan American Games.

The Para Pan American Games will be held in Mar del Plata, Argentina this December 3rd to the 10th.  Approximately 23 countries from the region will be participating in other sports and will be available for wheelchair rugby demonstrations and clinics.

The preferred plan to demonstrate wheelchair rugby would be to send eight players, two coaches, a referee and a classifier to the games.  This would allow competitive demonstration games to be played and clinic sessions.  The referee and classifier would also hold training sessions for interested personnel.

The hosts are definitely interested in having wheelchair rugby as a demonstration sport but their funding is limited.  The IWRF, Canadian Wheelchair Sports and the USQRA are committed to sponsoring this event to an extent to which they are capable but unfortunately the athletes and staff would have to pay some of their own expenses.

The present plan is to see if there are interested US and Canadian players/staff who could fund part of their own expenses.  The exact cost and days of the trip are not known at this time.  Knowledge of Spanish and/or Portuguese would be an asset but is not required.

Please reply to me if you are interested in this opportunity.

Don Lane
Secretary,
IWRF Americas Zone

on behalf of Dan McCauley,
IWRF Americas Zone President