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Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby
The Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby Limited (GBWR) is a non-profit organisation and the governing body for wheelchair rugby in Great Britain. The organisation represents Great Britain in IWRF and the national wheelchair rugby team in the British Paralympic Association. The organisation is responsible for the selection and training of the team that represent Great Britain in international tournaments, including the IWRF World Championships and Games of the Paralympiad and the qualifiers therefore, as well as for the promotion of the sport amongst prospective players, spectators, and fans. References Official site of Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby (GBWR) External linksOfficial site {{International wheelchair rugby |
British Paralympic Association
The British Paralympic Association (BPA) is the National Paralympic Committee for ''Great Britain'' (GBR), and is responsible for the United Kingdom's participation in the Paralympic Games. The BPA select, prepare, enter, fund and manage the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team at the Paralympic Games. This team is known as ParalympicsGB. Structure * Chief Executive Officer: Mike Sharrock * Chair: Nick Webborn, CBE Arms See also *Great Britain at the Paralympics *British Olympic Association The British Olympic Association (BOA) is the National Olympic Committee for the United Kingdom. It is responsible for organising and overseeing the participation of athletes from the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team, at both ... References External linksBPA Official Site National Paralympic Committees Paralympics 2012 Summer Paralympics 1989 establishments in the United Kingdom Disability organisations based in the United Kingdom {{UK-spor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Governing Bodies In The United Kingdom
Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, through casual or organized participation, improve participants' physical health. Hundreds of sports exist, from those between single contestants, through to those with hundreds of simultaneous participants, either in teams or competing as individuals. In certain sports such as racing, many contestants may compete, simultaneously or consecutively, with one winner; in others, the contest (a ''match'') is between two sides, each attempting to exceed the other. Some sports allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure one winner and one loser. A number of contests may be arranged in a tournament producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging games in a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fan (aficionado)
A fan or fanatic, sometimes also termed an aficionado or enthusiast, is a person who exhibits strong interest or admiration for something or somebody, such as a celebrity, a sport, a sports team, a genre, a politician, a book, a movie, a video game or an entertainer. Collectively, the fans of a particular object or person constitute its fanbase or fandom. They may show their enthusiasm in a variety of ways, such as by promoting the object of their interest, being members of a related fan club, holding or participating in fan conventions or writing fan mail. They may also engage in creative activities ("fan labor") such as creating fanzines, writing fan fiction, making memes or drawing fan art. Etymology Merriam-Webster, the Oxford dictionary and other sources define "fan" as a shortened version of the word ''fanatic''. '' Fanatic'' itself, introduced into English around 1550, means "marked by excessive enthusiasm and often intense uncritical devotion". It comes from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spectator Sports
A spectator sport is a sport that is characterized by the presence of spectators, or watchers, at its competitions. Spectator sports may be professional sports or amateur sports. They often are distinguished from participant sports, which are more recreational. Most popular sports are both spectator and participant, for example association football, basketball, cricket, tennis, Rugby football, rugby, golf, Sport of athletics, athletics and volleyball. Less popular sports are mainly participant sports, for example hunting. The increasing broadcasting of sports events, along with media reporting can affect the number of people attending sports due to the ability to experience the sport without the need to physically attend and sometimes an increasingly enhanced experience including highlights, replays, commentary, statistics and analysis. Some sports are particularly known as "armchair sports" or "lounge room sports" due to the quality of the broadcasting experience in comparison ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IWRF European Championship
The IWRF European Championship or IWRF European Zone Championship is the European wheelchair rugby championships that take place every two years between national teams of the continents. The European Championship is also a qualifying tournament for the IWRF World Championships and the Paralympic Games. The first European Championship was held in 1995. Summaries Championships per nation Participation details See also *Wheelchair Rugby World Championships *IWRF Americas Championship *IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship *European Championships References Nyhedsarkiv - Det danske landshold i kørestolsrugby er udtaget!(Danish), Dansk Handicap Idræts-Forbund, August 3, 2005. Retrieved 2011-01-01.Rullstolsrugby(Swedish), rekryteringsgruppen.seRollstuhlrugby(German), rugby-rebels.de1997 European Championships United States Quad Rugby Association (USQRA)1999 European Championship United States Quad Rugby Association (USQRA)The European Championship results 2003 The Gaelic Warriors * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheelchair Rugby At The Summer Paralympics
Wheelchair rugby was first contested at the Summer Paralympics as a demonstration sport in 1996. It became an official medal-awarding sport in 2000 and has been competed at every Summer Paralympics since then. Only one event, mixed team, is held. Tournaments Medal table Updated after the 2020 Summer Paralympics Participating nations Four nations - United States, Canada, Australia and Great Britain have appeared in every wheelchair rugby Paralympic tournament since its introduction. The 1996 tournament was considered a demonstration event, but unlike the Olympics, medals were awarded and counted in the main medals table. The final placement for each team in each tournament is shown in the following tables. See also *Rugby at the Summer Olympics Rugby at the Summer Olympics may refer to: * Rugby union at the Summer Olympics (1900–1924) * Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics (2016–present) Rugby union ''Last updated after the 1924 Summer Olympics'' Rugby sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Wheelchair Rugby Championships
World Wheelchair Rugby Championships is an international wheelchair rugby competition contested by the :National wheelchair rugby teams, national teams of the members of World Wheelchair Rugby (World Wheelchair Rugby, WWR), the sport's global governing body. The first Wheelchair Rugby World Championships was held in Notwil, Switzerland in 1995. Results Summaries Medal table Participating nations See also *IWRF Americas Championship *IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship *IWRF European Championship References External linksInternational Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) at the 2010WWRC's YouTube channel {{Main world championships Wheelchair rugby competitions, World Championships World championships in football variants, Wheelchair rugby Recurring sporting events established in 1995 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Britain National Wheelchair Rugby Team
The Great Britain national wheelchair rugby team represents Great Britain in international wheelchair rugby. Great Britain is the most successful team in European competition, winning six gold medals at the European Championship and a gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games. Since a national poll as part of The Last Leg, the team have been known as ''The Sweet Chariots. Paralympics Great Britain has competed in every wheelchair rugby tournament at the Paralympic Games, first when it was a demonstration sport in 1996, then since it entered the official program in 2000. Since Great Britain was the host of the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, they qualified automatically for the wheelchair rugby event, as they were ranked on the IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Ranking List [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheelchair Rugby
Wheelchair rugby (originally murderball, and known as quad rugby in the United States) is a team sport for athletes with a disability. It is practised in over twenty-five countries around the world and is a summer Paralympic sport. The US name is based on the requirement that all wheelchair rugby players need to have disabilities that include at least some loss of function in at least three limbs. Although most have spinal cord injuries, players may also qualify through multiple amputations, neurological disorders or other medical conditions. Players are assigned a functional level in points, and each team is limited to fielding a team with a total of eight points. Wheelchair rugby is played indoors on a hardwood court, and physical contact between wheelchairs is an integral part of the game. The rules include elements from wheelchair basketball, ice hockey, handball and rugby union. The sport is governed by the International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) which was estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Wheelchair Rugby Federation
World Wheelchair Rugby (WWR) is the international governing body for the sport of wheelchair rugby. WWR is a volunteer-run organisation that supervises the international competitions and development of wheelchair rugby. It was created in 1993 as a sport section of the International Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Sports Federation (ISMWSF). (The ISMWSF is known as the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) since 2005). WWR became an independent sport federation on 1 January 2010. Official site of World Wheelchair Rugby (WWR) See also * * |
Great Britain
Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is dominated by a maritime climate with narrow temperature differences between seasons. The 60% smaller island of Ireland is to the west—these islands, along with over 1,000 smaller surrounding islands and named substantial rocks, form the British Isles archipelago. Connected to mainland Europe until 9,000 years ago by a landbridge now known as Doggerland, Great Britain has been inhabited by modern humans for around 30,000 years. In 2011, it had a population of about , making it the world's third-most-populous island after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan. The term "Great Britain" is often used to refer to England, Scotland and Wales, including their component adjoining islands. Great Britain and Northern Ireland now constitute the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
