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Texas Regional Games
2013 Texas Regional Games Highlights

San Antonio, Texas April 10th - 13th.

The Texas Regional Games are a Paralympic Style Competition for athletes with physical disabilities and visual impairments. All ages and level of athletes are welcome.

For more information click here

Track and Field Officials

Officials Training material area available though Wheelchair and Ambulatory Sports and US Paralympics web sites. Take the on-line training and test to add Athletics for the Disabled certification to your USA Track and Field Officials certification. Click on the image to go to either site.

http://www.wasusa.org/athleticstrackfield.htm

UIL Adding Wheelchair Athletes To 2014 State Track & Field Meet

AUSTIN (October 21, 2013) -- The University Interscholastic League Legislative Council approved a proposal to add competitions for students in wheelchairs to the 2014 Track and Field State Meet as a pilot program.

Student-athletes using wheelchairs will compete in the 100-meter and 400-meter dash, along with the shot put. The proposal will be effective immediately once approved by the Commissioner of Education.

Link to the announcement

Check out our new page under resources.

BEST PRACTICES for DISABILITY TRACK and FIELD

Para Sport for High School Students

(Provided by USOC-Paralympic Track & Field)

These chairs are part of the SWAA-DFW loaner program. If you're interested in checking out one of our racers contact us at swaa.wsusa@gmail.com

Dallas Stars Tickets

Dallas Stars player Tyler Seguin has generously purchased a suite for the season and wants it to benefit persons with spinal cord injuries. Check out the Stars article about the Stars Players giving back to the community. Click here for the article. Click here for a video feature on Seguin's Stars

Tyler is providing a 12-person suite for every home game and is donating the use to SWAA’s Sled Hockey program. We would love to have two to three guests and their families for each game. To show our support for this awesome person and his team the Dallas Stars.

Click hereto register for a chance to attend. Come back each month all season for the opportunity to enter for a chance to attend.

If selected you will be emailed and will need to pick up your tickets the Saturday before the game at the Sled Hockey practice held at Dr. Pepper Starcenter, 12700 N Stemmons Fwy, Farmers Branch, TX.

POC: Alfredo Corona, 682-556-1277 or email: dfwsledhockey@gmail.com

Dallas Sled Hockey Spring practice schedule posted click here

6th Annual JIMMY MAC Golf Tournament & Gala

benefiting: SWAA, Community for Permanent Supported Housing and Miracle Athletes

Gala Dinner:Sunday, August 17, 2014 Doors/Registration 5:00PM

Zituna Banquet Hall, S/E Corner Coit @ Arapaho 970 N. Coit Road Richardson, TX 75080

Golf Tournament Monday, August 18, 2014 Shotgun Start 10:00AM Gleneagles Country Club 5401 W. Park Road Plano, TX 75093

Click here for more information

Click here for the event flyer

SWAA lost a close friend and supporter.

It's with a heavy heart that we share the passing of Larry Turner. Larry is a once in a lifetime kind of person. He shared his whole heart with the adaptive sports community. Larry passed, doing what he loved, playing wheelchair basketball with his team. Our hearts go out to the Austin community and his family. This is a huge loss for Texas. He is truly irreplaceable.

You can make a donation to the Larry Dean Turner Memorial Donation to help his family. Click here

This is Paralympic Track and Field

Lyon 2013

IPC Athletics World Championships 19-28 July

Lyon, France will host the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships between 19-28 July. Around 1,300 athletes from 90 countries are expected to attend Lyon 2013. http://www.paralympic.org/Events/Lyon2013

You can watch it on the web on You Tube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gleZdbb-J0

Event schedule and results can be found here. http://www.paralympic.org/events/lyon-2013/live-results

note 09:00 Lyon start times begin at 02:00 central and 15:30 Lyon starts begin at 08:30 central

2013 National Junior Disability Championships

July 6-13, 2013

Rochester, Minnesota

Check out results and pictures at http://www.wasusa.org/

SWAA Regional Meet

hosted by Southwest Wheelchair Athletic Association

Thank you to the Athletes and Volunteers who participated in the SWAA Regional Meet. We look forward to seeing you at other SWAA events.

click here for Results

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Southwest Wheelchair Athletic Association is the regional organization for Wheelchair & Ambulatory Sports USA. The regional area includes: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma & Texas.

We are a non-profit 501c3 organization that provides sport competition for those individuals with a physical disability.