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11th May 2011

2011 Wheelchair Tennis World Team Cup

The New Zealand Wheelchair Tennis Team competed at the 2011 Wheelchair Tennis World Team Cup. The New Zealand team was solely comprised of Cantabrians – Glenn Barnes, Tyler Belcher & Travis Moffat.

Glenn and Travis both came away with some wins; however the overall competition was too strong at this event.

 

IPC Shooting World Cup - Poland

Grant Philip competed at the IPC Shooting World Cup in Szczecin, Poland in late March. Unfortunately Grant’s build up to this competition had been disrupted due to the Christchurch Earthquake.

Grant competed in both the 10m Air Rifle Prone & Standing SH2

R4 10m Air Rifle Standing – 689.6 finishing 8th overall

R5 10m Air Rifle Prone – 585 / 600 finishing 22nd

 

IPC Shooting World Cup - Spain

Grant Philip (Canterbury), Grant Sharman (Auckland) and Michael Johnson (Auckland) represented New Zealand at the IPC Shooting World Cup in Alicante, Spain in early May.

 

R4 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2

5th   Michael Johnson

23rd  Grant Philip

41st  Grant Sharman

 

R5 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2

6th Michael Johnson

41st Grant Sharman

55th Grant Philip

 

20th April 2011

Australian Athletics Championships

Holly Robinson represented New Zealand (& Canterbury) at the Australian Athletics Championships in Melbourne over the weekend of 15 - 17th April.

Holly won a silver medal & broke the New Zealand record in Ambulant Javelin, and a bronze medal in the Ambulant Shotput.

The New Zealand team won five silver and two bronze medals.

For results of the New Zealand team please go to Paralympics New Zealand website

 

New Zealand Wheelchair Tennis Championships

The PUMP 2011 New Zealand Wheelchair Tennis Open was held in Hamilton between the 10th -13th March and featured players from New Zealand, Australia and Japan.
The men's singles was won by Ben Weekes (Australia) who defeated Yoshinobu Fujimoto (Japan) 6-4, 6-3 in the final.
Fujimoto teamed Masahiro Honma (also from Japan) to defeat the Australian pairing of Weekes and Keegan Oh-Chee 7-5, 6-4 in the men's doubles.
New Zealand's best performance came from Canterbury player Travis Moffat, won made it to the semi-finals of the men's singles before being beaten by Fujimoto 6-3, 6-1.

 

 

Bronze medal for McBride in World Rowing Championships

New Zealand has today won its first medal in the World Rowing Championships Danny McBride, New Zealand's adaptive rower at the Lake Karapiro regatta, won the bronze medal in the men's arms and shoulders single sculls race.
The race was comfortably won by Tom Aggar of Great Britain and the silver medal went to the Ukraine's Andrii Kryvchun. In a tight finish McBride narrowly beat Russian Alexey Chuvashev to take bronze.
He said he was "rapt" to have won a medal and said the home crowd cheering for him spurred him on in the final metres. "I'm really rapt, I've only been really seriously rowing since February this year," he said. "And since we got included in Rowing New Zealand's Elite Programme, our times have really come down. This is great."
To view images click here

For more results - go to World Rowing Website

 

For more information and full results go to www.2010wwrc.com

 

9th April 2011

Pascoe wins Swimming New Zealand award
Sophie Pascoe was named the Swimmer of the Year with a Disability at the 2011 State Insurance Swimming New Zealand Awards held on 9th April in Auckland.
The award was a result of another successful year for Pascoe, which included a world record and five medals at the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships held in Holland last August.
The Swimming New Zealand Awards were held at the conclusion of New Zealand Open Championships, where Pascoe qualified and competed for the first time in the able-bodied programme. The 18 year old competed in the 50m butterfly and 100m backstroke, placing 24th and 38th respectively.
Rebecca Dubber was a deserving finalist in the Swimmer of the Year with a Disability category, following her bronze medal in the 100m backstroke at the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships.
For a full list of award winners visit www.swimmingnz.org.nz.

 

11th April 2011

ParaFed Canterbury Services

ParaFed Canterbury has reviewed some of our services due to the earthquake and is able to provide starting dates for some of our groups.

We hope to have all groups up and running as soon as possible.

The ParaFed Canterbury Office is open regular office hours 8.30am - 5pm.

 

14th February 2011

Latest ParaFed newsletter out now!

 

14th December 2010

ParaFed Canterbury Christmas & Awards Function

The ParaFed Canterbury function was a succesfull  event celebrating ParaFed’s successes throughout the 2010 year.

First Place Art Awards - Jill Lloyd

Junior Sports Person of the Year - Holly Robinson

Sports Person of the Year - Sophie Pascoe

Volunteer of the Year - Tony King

Full list of award winners                   Photos

 

13th December 2010

Holly Robinson Results from New Zealand Secondary Schools Athletics Championships

Shot put    1st  8.83m

Discus       1st  30.06m   Paralympics NZ Record

Javelin       1st  24.94m

Congratulations on great results Holly! A great build up for the World Champs in 6 weeks time

 

24th November 2010

Results & photos from 2010 ParaFed South Island Games

Click here

 

8th November 2010

New Zealand Goalball National Champs Results

The New Zealand Goalball National Championships were held in Christchurch in October. A total of eight teams competed, with the Wombats from Australia defeating Auckland 7-2 in the men's final and Auckland defeated the Canterbury Senior team 1-0 in the women's final.

Final Standings

Men                                       Women

1 - Wombats (Australia)            1 - Auckland

2 - Auckland                           2 - Canterbury Senior

3 - Waikato                            3 - Canterbury Junior

4 - Wellington

5 - Canterbury

 

8th November 2010

New Zealand Para Table Tennis Camp & Open Results

The New Zealand Para Table Tennis Open were held in Auckland between the 22 - 25 October 2010. Seventeen players (12 from New Zealand and 5 from Australia) competed in the singles, doubles and teams events. The tournament also included a Trans Tasman Series in the Standing Class, which was won by Australia 8-2.
A two day training camp was held prior to the tournament and run by Spain's Ramon Ortega Montes as part of the ITTF Development Programme.

For full results check out this link or for more information go to the Table Tennis New Zealand website

 

World Wheelchair Rugby Championships Results

The International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) 2010 World Championships were held in Vancouver,

Canada in September. Results: USA, Gold; Australia, Silver; Japan, Bronze. New Zealand finished in 9th

place.

 

26th October 2010

Sophie Pascoe a Finalist in Commonwealth Sports Awards
New Zealand Paralympian, Sophie Pascoe, has been named a finalist for the 29th Annual Commonwealth Sports Awards, to be held in Birmingham, England on 6th November 2010.

New Zealand has made the finals in the four categories - Outstanding Female Elite Athlete with a Disability, Sophie Pascoe; Outstanding Young Achiever, Sam Webster; Most Outstanding Team, NZ All Whites; and Lifetime Achievement, Susie Simcock.

Susie Simcock, Sam Webster and Sophie Pascoe are travelling to Birmingham to attend the awards.

 

13th September 2010

Canterbury Table Tennis Championships Results

The Canterbury Table Tennis Open was held at Canterbury Table Tennis Centre on Blenheim Road on Saturday 11th September. The event ran very smoothly and produced some great competition including the two epic doubles finals that went down to the wire in the fifth and final set. Congratulations to all competitors for your outstanding effort and a big Thank You to Table Tennis Canterbury for their support and inclusion of athletes with disabilities.

 

2010 Champions:

Ambulant Singles - Mark Bruce

Wheelchair Singles - John Marrable

Ambulant Doubles - Mark Bruce & Jason Wali

Wheelchair Doubles - John Marrable & Alex McIntyre

Thanks again to everyone involved and good luck to those who are moving on to compete at the Nationals in October.

Photos from the event

 

6th September 2010

Results from the 2010 South Island Boccia Championships

The South Island Boccia Champs were hosted by the Dunedin Boccia Club over the weekend of 28th & 29th August. It was a successful event with 3 Canterbury athletes attending - Kerri Bonner, Robin Haskell and Jeremy Morriss.

Canterbury had a dominant showing taking out 3 of the top 4 places and Paralympic representative Jeremy Morriss finishing unbeaten.

Photos

 

24th August 2010

Great results from IPC Swimming World Champs Results - Sophie Pascoe wins 5 medals!

The New Zealand Team have finished a very successful IPC Swimming World Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands winning a total of 7 Medals.

Sophie Pascoe (Canterbury) finished with a World Record and a Gold, 3 Silver medals and a Bronze Medal.

Congratulations Sophie!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3rd August 2010

Waikato to host the 2011 Mitsubishi Motors Paralympics NZ Nationals Champs

The Waikato region has been awarded the rights to host the 2011 Mitsubishi Motors PNZ National Championships in November of next year which is expected to have around 200 athletes involved in up to 15 sports throughout the region.

“ParaFed Waikato is excited by the opportunity to host the next Paralympics New Zealand Nationals here in the Waikato in 2011. It gives us a fantastic opportunity to present our athletes to the Waikato public to showcase their achievements.” said Peter Martin, President of ParaFed Waikato.

“The Mitsubishi Motors Paralympics New Zealand National Championships are an important development event that enables young, aspiring and development athletes to compete against New Zealand Paralympians and World Champions. We are absolutely delighted to announce ParaFed Waikato as the host of this event in 2011 and I have no doubt this event will continue to build on the success of previous years” said Fiona Pickering, Chief Executive of Paralympics New Zealand.

The 38th PNZ National Championships will be held in November, 2011, based out of Hamilton.

Click here for ParaFed Waikato website

 

 

30th July 2010

Complete NZ Team Results from IPC Shooting World Championships

The New Zealand Shooting Team has returned from a succesful 2010 IPC Shooting World Championships. Michael Johnson (Auckland) returned with a Gold & Bronze medal as well as a World Record.

Congratulations Michael!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To view the official schedule and results visit www.hpo.hr/ipc_shooting_wc_2010/index.html

 

26th June 2010

North Island Wheelchair Basketball Championships Results

The North Island Wheelchair Basketball Championships were on 19-20th June at Trusts Stadium.

Ten teams competed over the whole weekend with Canterbury competing in the A Division.

Canterbury made it into the final with Auckland A, during which Canterbury really controlled the pace of the game to win 40 to 37.

This was a great result for the weekend which also had Mark Sullivan and John Wieser made the All Star Five for the competition.

 

14th June 2010

Holly Robinson named Athletics Canterbury Athlete with a disability of the Year

Holly Robinson (Greymouth Athletics Club) has won the 2010 Athlete with a disability of the year award from Athletics Canterbury.  For a full list of winners click here

 

4th June 2010

You Can Do It In Canterbury newsletter out now

Click the link on the right to read the latest ‘You Can Do It In Canterbury’ newsletter            Newsletter

 

26th May 2010

IPC Shooting World Cup Results

Shooters Michael Johnson (Auckland), Grant Philip (Canterbury) and Greg Reid (Wellington) competed in the IPC Shooting World Cup in Germany over the weekend. The competition doubled as the 16th International Hessian Trophy.
A summary of the New Zealand athletes results are below:

Michael Johnson

  SH2  R4  10m Air Rifle Standing   Silver  598              

  SH2  R5  10m Air Rifle Prone       Silver  600 + 105.7  

Greg Reid

  SH1  R6  50m Prone                  18th   582

  SH1  R1  10m Air Rifle Standing   29th   534   

  SH1  R3  10m Air Rifle Prone       46th   587     

Grant Philip

  SH2  R4  10m Air Rifle Standing   23rd   589

  SH2  R5  10m Air Rifle Prone       36th   589  

 

Wheelchair Tennis World Team Cup

The New Zealand Wheelchair Tennis team, consisting of the Canterbury trio of Glen Barnes, Travis Moffat and Eamon Wood have just returned from competing at the World Team Cup held in Turkey.
The New Zealand Team finished 6th in the Mens’ World Group 2.

To read the report from the Tennis New Zealand website, click on the link below http://www.tennisnz.com/Article.aspx?id=5789&Mode=1

 

From this tournament our New Zealand athletes improved their world rankings - as below:

Eamon Wood    82nd Singles      97th Doubles

Glenn Barnes    118th Singles     128th Doubles

Travis Moffat   133rd Singles      89th Doubles

 

10th May 2010

New Zealand Club Road Cycling National Results

The Bike New Zealand Club Road Nationals are a club based championship that consists of an individual time trial and road race from Under 15 through to Masters grades and Para Cyclists. This years competition was held in the Hawkes Bay between the 30th April - 2nd May 2010.
A total of 16 Para Cyclists contested this year's Road Nationals.

 

13th April 2010

ParaFed Regional Games Results  

The ParaFed Regional Games were held at QE2 over 10 & 11 April 2010. This was a successful event with great results from all our athletes. The Results are available here       Event Results

 

11th March 2010

Canterbury Track & Field Championships results

The weekend of 6th & 7th March saw ParaFed athletes competing at the Canterbury Track & Field Championships. Congratulations to Jack Woods who broke the New Zealand Open & Junior record for F35 Shotput.

Attached are the full AWD Results   Event results

 

4th February 2010

Power Football Open Day - Come & give it a go!

Sport Canterbury is running a Power Football Open Day on 9th February. Please see the attached flyer for more information

Power Football Flyer

 

1st February 2010

Canterbury Swimming Championships Results

The Canterbury Swimming Champs were held at QE2 Pool from 21 - 24th January 2010. Results

 

27th January 2010

Results from Australian Wheelchair Tennis Tournaments

Queensland Wheelchair Tennis Open

ParaFed Canterbury had 4 members competing at the Queensland Wheelchair Tennis Open in early January.

James McLeod won the Mens Quad Singles Division.

Travis Moffatt made it to the Mens Singles Semi finals, unfortunately losing the Britain’s Gordon Reid.

Glenn Barnes won the Mens Consolation Round, beating Australian David McCormack.

Eamon Wood lost in the quarter final round.

The Men’s Double of Eamon Wood & Glenn Barnes lost in the semi final to the eventual winners of the tournament.

 

Adelaide Open

Travis Moffatt travelled on to the Adelaide Open where he won the Mens Singles Consolation Round.

Congratulations to these players for their great results.

 

24th January 2010

Sophie Pascoe finalist in Westpac Halberg Awards

Outstanding performances by New Zealand sportsmen and women at world championship level last year have been reflected in the finalists selected for the 2009 Westpac Halberg Awards.

 

There are 13 finalists named in the three categories from which the supreme Halberg Award winner will be chosen - Sportsman (5), Sportswoman (4), Sports Team (4).

 

The awards organised each year by the Halberg Trust to salute outstanding achievement by New Zealanders in sport at home and overseas over the previous 12-months. The Awards will be announced at a glittering black tie dinner at the SKY CITY Convention Centre in Auckland on Thursday, 4th February 2010.

 

Sportsman of the Year: Scott Dixon (Motorsport), Mahe Drysdale (Rowing), Duncan Grant (Rowing), Richie McCaw (Rugby), Daniel Vettori (Cricket)

Sportswoman of the Year: Sophie Pascoe (Swimming), Alison Shanks (Cycling), Valerie Vili (Athletics), Sarah Walker (Cycling)

Sports Team of the Year: All Whites (Soccer), Men's Pair (Rowing), Men's Lightweight Double Scull (Rowing), Women's 420 (Sailing)

Coach of the Year: Richard Tonks (Rowing), Tim Carswell (Cycling), Ricki Herbert (Soccer), Kirsten Hellier (Athletics)

 

17th December 2009

ParaFed Canterbury Christmas & Awards Function

The ParaFed Canterbury function was a succesfull  event celebrating ParaFed’s successes throughout the 2009 year.

 

Jill Lloyd won First place in the ParaFed Art Awards.

Holly Robinson won the Junior Sports Person of the Year.

Sophie Pascoe was once again awarded the Sports Person of the Year award.

Full list of award winners

 

Photos

 

7th December 2009

Auckland Wheelchair Tennis Champs

Eamon Wood & Glenn Barnes represented Canterbury at the Auckland Wheelchair Tennis Open over the weekend of December 5th & 6th.

Eamon Wood took out the Men’s Singles beating Glenn Barnes in the final.

Eamon and Glenn won the Men’s Doubles finals against the Auckland Double.

 

4th December 2009

Fantastic Results for NZ Swim Team at World Short Course Champs

The New Zealand Swim Team is currently competing at the World Short Course Swim Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

 

At the end of Day 5, the New Zealand Team Medal Tally is

    4 GOLD

   1 SILVER

   7 BRONZE

   4 World Records

 

Canterbury’s Sophie Pascoe has achieved fantastic results:

Gold & World Record     100m Individual Medley

Gold & World Record     200m Individual Medley

Gold & World Record     100m Butterfly

Bronze                       400m Freestyle

Bronze                       100m Breaststroke

 

The World Championships conclude on Saturday 5th December. For more results go to the event website

 

20th November 2009

ParaFed Canterbury Team return successful from the PNZ National Championships

Canterbury was represented by 27 athletes at the recent Paralympics NZ National Championships across 8 sports.

We had fantastic results all weekend with medals, New Zealand records, and Personal bests achieved by many of our athletes.

Congratulations to all those who competed at the Nationals!

 

Results can be obtained from the PNZ Website  www.paralympics.org.nz/nationals2009.htm

 

Images can be found in our Photo Gallery

 

We look forward to more successes at the 2011 PNZ National Championships.

 

Canterbury

Team Medal Summary

 

8th November 2009

Asia Oceania Wheelchair Rugby Champs Results

Australia defeated the Wheel Blacks 53-45 in the final of the IWAS Wheelchair Rugby Asia Oceania Zone Championships at Christchurch’s Pioneer.

Mitchell said that his team had had a great tournament and, although extremely disappointed at the end result, was delighted with the effort of the entire squad. “Senior players like Jai (Waite), Curtis (Palmer) and Dan (Buckingham) were amazing and we were able to give some of the newer squad members a taste of international competition,” he said.

Australia, New Zealand and third-placed Japan, all qualified for the 2010 world championships with their performances this week. In the bronze medal match Japan defeated Korea 65-29.

 

20th October 2009

Great Results from New Zealand Junior Athletes - Australian Paralympic Youth Games

A total of 42 medals were won by the 15 New Zealand athletes who have recently returned from the Australian Paralympic Youth Games in Melbourne.

 

Hokitika’s Holly Robinson, 14, won five gold medals in athletics and Warkworth’s 14 year-old Aine Kelly-Costello won four gold in swimming.

All the athletes performed well and nearly all came away with at least one medal.

 

The Games took place in Melbourne’s premier sporting venues, including the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre and Olympic Park and were an opportunity for young athletes from around New Zealand, Australia, USA and Papua New Guinea to participate in a world class event in six sports: Athletics, Swimming, Wheelchair Basketball, Table Tennis, 7-a-side football and Wheelchair Tennis.

 

The Games were seen as an integral pathway for junior athletes to develop their skills in the pursuit of further national representation including the Paralympic Games. “Being able to participate in an event like this is essential for the development of our young and talented New Zealand athletes. The entire team performed extremely well and were a credit to both themselves and New Zealand,” says Ken Sowden, Team Manager.

 

Athletics

Connor Endrodi - Otago

George Hewitt - Wellington

Kaelym McGrath - Canterbury

Richard Nelson-Parker - Auckland

Holly Robinson - Canterbury

Chelsea Seagar - Auckland

Jason Wali - Canterbury

Jack Woods - Canterbury

 

Swimming

Mary Fisher - Wellington

Sarah Fuhrer - Waikato

Tyler Jennings - Hawkes Bay

Tyla Johnson - Canterbury

Aine Kelly-Costello - Auckland

Jesse Reynolds - Waikato

Michelle Taylor - Hawkes Bay

 

Support Staff

Ken Sowden - Team Manager

Chloe Wickman - Assistant Team Manager

Gail Cross - Medical Support

Aly Youngman - Athletics Coach

Noel Hardgrave-Booth - Swimming Coach

 

Click here for summary of results

 

7th October 2009

Sophie Pascoe wins 4 awards at the 2009 Canterbury Sports Awards

The accolades keep mounting for Christchurch swimmer Sophie Pascoe, winning four awards at last nights Canterbury Sportsperson Awards, including the overall supreme award.

 

It was the first time in the 19 years since the Sir Richard Hadlee Sports Trust awards started that the supreme award had been won by a disabled athlete, and that an athlete had picked up four awards. Pascoe, 16, won three gold medals and a silver medal at the Beijing Paralympic Games last year.

 

Pascoe won the following four awards:

- Canterbury Sportsperson of the Year

- Sportswoman

- Disabled Sportsperson or Team

- Junior Female Sportsperson

 

Gillian Hall (deceased) was also awarded the Voluntary Administrator of the Year award, sharing with Jerard Cross (rugby & cricket) and Kevin Barry Snr (boxing)

 

Chef de Mission Confirmed For 2012 London Paralympic Games

Paralympics New Zealand has had no hesitation in confirming its Chef de Mission for the London 2012 Paralympic Games, despite the event being nearly three years away.

 

Duane Kale from Wellington who was the Chef de Mission at the Beijing Paralympic Games has been ratified by the PNZ Board to continue the role in London.

 

Kale was appreciated by the media for his honestly and forthrightness when talking about the New Zealand’s performance at Beijing and was a popular team member.

 

“I’m excited about the opportunity to take the success and experience from past games to make London a greater success and better experience for New Zealand athletes,” says Chef de Mission Kale, a four-time gold medallist at the Atlanta Paralympic Games.

 

6th September 2009

Robin Tinga - World Rowing Champs Results

New Zealand adaptive rower, Robin Tinga, has finished in fifth place in the World Championship final in Poznan, Poland - a great performance in his first major final.

Tinga held third through the first half, but missed out in a very close battle for bronze. Britain's Tom Aggar was unstoppable and will take some beating in 2010.

He improved his time by 16 seconds from his first regatta in June to the World Champs, which is a great improvement.  

 

23rd August 2009

Asia & South Pacific Boccia Championships Results

New Zealand sent a team of 6 athletes to compete at the Asia & South Pacific Boccia Championships in Hong Kong. This is the first event in qualifying for London 2012 Paralympic Games.

ParaFed Canterbury was represented by Kerri Bonner and Jeremy Morriss.

 

Kerri Bonner finished 14th overall in the BC2 grade, achieving her goal of making it through to the last 16 playoffs.

Jeremy Morriss had a disappointing tournament finishing 18th overall.

The New Zealand Throwing Team finished 8th and the BC3 Pair also finished 8th. This has given both the team and pair international ranking points in their bid to qualify for the 2012 Paralympic Games.

 

3rd August 2009

A Tribute to Gillian Hall, QSM

New Zealand recently lost a great ambassador for Paralympic Sport. ParaFed Canterbury Board and Staff would like to pass on their sincere condolences to the Hall Family at the recent passing of Gillian Hall, QSM.

Gillian's contribution to Paralympic sport has been vast, particularly in her most loved areas of snow sports and the overall development of grassroots athletes. As a Paralympics NZ Board member, Disabled Snowsports New Zealand Founder and Board member, NZ Paralympic Games Physio, PNZ Classifier and IPC Head of Classification for IPC Alpine Skiing Sport Technical Committee, Gillian made a tremendous contribution to the development of disabled sport in New Zealand and Internationally.

Gillian will be sorely missed and are warm thoughts are extended to Gillian's family and friends.

 

2nd August 2009

Canterbury Table Tennis Results

The Canterbury Table Tennis Open was held at the Canterbury Table Tennis Centre on Blenheim Road on Saturday 1st August.

Congratulations to Mark Bruce who won the Singles Competition, and Daryl Humberstone & Mark Bruce who won the Doubles Competition.