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The USQRA’s 2010-11 Post-Season is Sponsored in Part by
Astra Tech - Eagle Sportschairs – Fusion Medical
Melrose USA – The Roho Group – Spinergy - Coloplast - Xcalibur
If you were not at the Pasqua Yaqui Invitational on Jan 13, you really missed out. The Tucson Pterodactyls and the Pasqua Yaqui Tribe hosted a bang up of a tournament. Teams from Portland (Pounders), Utah (Scorpions) Phoenix (Fusion) and Canada’s National Red and Black Teams all tried their best to unseat the Pterodactyls. 15 games over three days produced some great action on the court.
The “Sunshine State” sure lived up to its name during the first full weekend of 2012, as ten teams enjoyed warm weather and action packed rugby during the 5th Annual Southern Slam in Jacksonville Florida. Once again the Brooks Adaptive Sports and Recreation Program and their Bandits team hosted what has become one of the premier and most enjoyable rugby tournaments in the league. The great mix of teams represented four regions and included the Brooks Bandits, Carolina Crash, Chicago Bears, Magee Eagles, North Texas Cowboys, Pittsburg Steelwheelers, Shepherd Smash, South Florida Rattlers, Tampa Generals, and A.J. Nanayakkarra’s surprising “at large” Global Abilities team.
This past January, the Tampa Generals hosted the 20th Annual Coloplast International Wheelchair Rugby Tournament in Tampa, FL. This is one of the longest running tournaments and brought together participants from around the globe for 3 days of hard hitting action. The tournament featured 10 teams, including Minnesota, Michigan, St. Louis, Jacksonville, London (Ontario), and Brazil.
2012 POST SEASON
The 10th Annual Columbus Collision took place December 10th and 11th in Columbus, Ohio at Franklin Park’s Big Run Athletic Complex. This year the tournament was a round robin style tournament with six teams from the Heartland region, teams were Ohio Buckeye Blitz, Indy, Pittsburgh, Grand Rapids, Chicago and the newly developed Adaptive Sports Ohio (ASPO) team, coupled with a few guys from the Ohio Buckeye Blitz team (Playing as Ohio II). Congrats for the guys and girl from ASPO on getting the first tournament under their belt.
On December 3rd 2011 four Wheelchair Rugby Teams battled for bragging rights at Gaylord Hospital’s annual Connecticut Classic Wheelchair Rugby Tournament. The CT Classic was held at the American School for the Deaf in West Hartford CT. Competing teams included the New York Warriors, Philadelphia Eagles, North East Passage Wild Cats and Gaylord Hospital’s own CT Jammers.
On behalf of Team USA wheelchair rugby and the lakeshore foundation I am happy to welcome you to the announcement of the USA squad going forward that will represent the United States in the 2012 London Paralympic games.
The Michigan Storm hosted their tournament over the weekend of December 3rd-4th in Cereal City USA, Battle Creek Michigan. Those who made the trip up in the snow were St. Louis, Minnesota, London, Ontario and Grand Rapids Thunder.