24th Jan

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 Dec

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.

8th Dec

World Swimming Championships - New Zealand Team finishes 9th on Medal Table
The New Zealand Swim Team has just returned from a hugely successful World Short Course Championships. The World Short Course Champs saw 260 swimmers from 31 countries descending on Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The New Zealand Team had some fantastic results, finishing 9th on the Medal table and bringing home a huge total of 17 medals!
  6 GOLD
  2 SILVER
  9 BRONZE
  6 WORLD RECORDS
Sophie Pascoe had a great meet coming home with 4 Gold medals, 4 World Records and 3 Bronze Medals.
Summary of Sophie’s Results:
GOLD & World Record       200m Individual Medley SM10
GOLD & World Record       100m Individual Medley SM10
GOLD & World Record       100m Backstroke S10
GOLD & World Record       100m Butterfly S10
BRONZE                           400m Freestyle S10
BRONZE                           100m Breaststroke SB9
BRONZE                           100m Freestyle S10

7th Dec

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 Dec

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

11th March

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

26th Feb

NZ Spinal Trust Charitable Ball
10th April 2010 7pm until late
Christchurch Art Gallery
Check out the flyer for more information

15th Feb

ParaFed Canterbury Regional Games
ParaFed Canterbury is once again hosting the 2010 Regional Games in conjunction with the South Island Independence Games. The ParaFed Regionals will be for Athletics and Swimming and held at QE2 Stadium on 10th & 11th April.
Entry forms are available to download here or from the office.
Entries close 12th March 2010

15th Feb

South Island Independence Games
CCS & ParaFed are running the 2010 South Island Independence Games for children with a disability over the weekend of 9 - 11th April 2010.
For more information check out the Games website or download the entry forms here.

4th Feb

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

1st Feb

Canterbury Track & Field Championships Entry forms available now
Information & Entry Forms available here now.
Entries close on February 26th

1st Feb

Canterbury Swimming Championships Results
The Canterbury Swimming Champs were held at QE2 Pool from 21 - 24th January 2010. Please find the results here

27th Jan

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.