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Disability Sports Australia begins delivery of Activate Inclusion Sports Days
This unique disability adaption program was run by Sport NSW with the funding support of Variety – The Children’s Charity NSW/ACT since 2016, catering for over 6,200 students aged 5 to 18 years of age with a physical, sensory or intellectual disability across NSW.
International Bowls for the Disabled (IBD) World Championships | Call for Expressions of Interest
Disability Sports Australia (DSA) will be sending a team to the 2020 International Bowls for the Disabled (IBD) World Championships in October in New Zealand.
Read more about expressing your interest to compete!
Hobart to host the 2020 Toyota National Wheelchair AFL Championship
Disability Sports Australia (DSA), in partnership with the Australian Football League (AFL) are pleased to announce Hobart, Tasmania as the host location of the 2020 Toyota National Wheelchair AFL Championship to be held 2 - 4 April 2020.
Your Sport Guide to International Day of People with a Disability, 3 December 2019
International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) is celebrated each year on 03 December 2019 to increase public awareness, understanding and acceptance of people with disability. Please see below a selection of sport-oriented programs and events happening for IDPwD in each state across Australia. Check them out and register today!
Australia’s Best Wheelchair Rugby Talent Converge on Sydney for the 2019 National Championship
Quaycentre in Sydney Olympic Park will this week play host to what many are expecting to be the most hotly contested Wheelchair Rugby National Championship in recent memory.
The late inclusion of the New Zealand Wheel Blacks to the tournament complements the five committed Australian state teams, each hoping to leave Olympic Park crowned the 2019 GIO Wheelchair Rugby National Champions.
Mackay set to host the 2019 Multi-Disability Lawn Bowls National Championships
Disability Sports Australia (DSA) is excited to host the Multi-Disability Lawn Bowls National Championships in 2019 to be held in Mackay, QLD from Sunday, 19 – Friday, 24 May 2019 at Souths Suburban Bowls Club.
South Australia look to secure a fourth straight title at Invacare 2019 Wheelchair Aussie Rules National Carnival
All eyes will be on South Australia at the Invacare 2019 Invacare Wheelchair Aussie Rules National Carnival as they chase their fourth consecutive victory in the annual tournament, this time with the advantage of playing on home soil for the first time. SA team member, Brodie Healy gives us his thoughts about the upcoming competition!
Victoria eager to prove their talent at the Invacare 2019 Wheelchair Aussie Rules National Carnival
Coming from the spiritual home of AFL, the Victorian team have been medal winners at every Wheelchair Aussie Rules National Carnival since the inaugural Championship in 2016; yet the all-important gold has continued to elude them. Victorian team athlete Louis Rowe gives his take on Team Victoria’s chances at the Invacare 2019 Wheelchair Aussie Rules National Carnival!
Australian Defence Force teams prepare for competition at the Invacare 2019 Wheelchair Aussie Rules National Carnival
The Invacare 2019 Wheelchair Aussie Rules National Carnival welcomes back the Australian Defence Force (ADF) teams who will take the court in Adelaide in the fourth instalment of the national carnival.
Disability Sports Australia sat down with captain of the two 2018 ADF sides, Able Seaman Mark Daniels to discuss!
Invacare commit to 2019 Wheelchair Aussie Rules National Carnival
Disability Sports Australia (DSA) is thrilled to announce leading mobility equipment provider Invacare as the Naming Rights Partner for the 2019 Wheelchair Aussie Rules National Carnival, to be contested in Adelaide next month.
Announcement of the dates for 2019 Multi-Disability Lawn Bowls National Championships
The Multibowl is back in 2019! The 2019 Multi-Disability Lawn Bowls National Championships, otherwise known at the 2019 Multibowl, will be held at Souths Suburban Bowls Club in Mackay, Queensland from Sunday, 19 - Friday, 24 May 2019.
2018 GIO Wheelchair Rugby National Championship Recap
From Friday, 5 - Sunday, 7 October 2018, the GIO NSW Gladiators, Suncorp QLD Cyclones, Victoria Protect Thunder and the Australian Invictus Wheelchair Rugby Team met at Penrith Valley Regional Sports Centre for three hard-hitting days of the best wheelchair rugby Australia has to offer!
Official selection of the Australian team competing in the 2018 CP World Games
Disability Sports Australia is proud to announce the Australian Team selected to compete at the 2018 CPISRA CP World Games in Sant Cugat, Barcelona, Spain in August 2018.
Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games medal winners
Wow! What a fantastic Commonwealth Games we've had so far! It's hard to keep track of everyone who has won medals, so we took the time to extract the Para sport medal winners from the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games medal tally webpage. We'll do our best to keep this list up to date as more medal winners are announced. Please let us know if we've missed any!
IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship Results
Congratulations to Australia, who have won gold at the IWRF AsiaOceania Championship held in Auckland, New Zealand from August 25-31, 2017. Japan ended up with the silver medal, and have secured a spot at next years IWRF World Championship to be held in Sydney.
Wheelchair Rugby Wrap-up - 2017 GIO Wheelchair Rugby National Championship
From 2-5 August 2017, six (6) of the world’s finest teams showed why wheelchair rugby is ‘Not just your regular seat at the rugby’. Two Championships were on offer - the 2017 GIO Wheelchair Rugby National Championship and the GIO 2018 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championship Official Test Event.
2017 GIO Wheelchair Rugby National Championship – not your regular seat at the Rugby!
From August 2 - 5, six of the world’s finest wheelchair rugby teams, including three international teams, will do battle on court in the 2017 GIO Wheelchair Rugby National Championship and the GIO 2018 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championship Official Test Event
Prince Harry launches the 2018 Invictus Games in Sydney
Prince Harry, Patron of the Invictus Games Foundation, has officially launched the countdown to the fourth Invictus Games at a celebration to mark 500 days to go until the opening ceremony of Invictus Games Sydney 2018.
Welcome, Bangladesh, to the Wheelchair Rugby family!
Hot steamy conditions welcomed us to the colourful chaos that is Dhaka, Bangladesh in early April. Thanks to funding from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Australia, via support from Disability Sports Australia, the IWRF was able to bring a development clinic to Bangladesh.