Western Electric Sporting Association Perth Western Australia - Electric Wheelchair Sports
About N.E.W.S
The National Electric Wheelchair Sports (NEWS) is specifically for people who use electric wheelchairs for their everyday mobility and have a neuromuscular disorder.
This is the only competition available for people with neuromuscular disorders to compete on an "equal playing field".
NEWS, was the brainchild of Roger Melnyk, who had Muscular Dystrophy and was the Executive Officer of the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Victoria.
He took his idea to the Muscular Dystrophy Associations of Australia and the sports were developed to give athletes an opportunity to compete for their state.
NEWS
is the showcase for electric wheelchair sports in Australia. It is an unique annual event which displays the all round skills of each athlete in the three sports of electric wheelchair hockey, balloon soccer and rugby league. Today, we have competing teams from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia and New Zealand. The games are played in a highly competitive atmosphere.
The 2007 National Games were held at Sydney Academy of Sport and Recreation, in Narrabeen.
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60 McCabe Street
Mosman Park WA 6018
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