Disability Sports Australia (DSA) will be sending a team to the 2020 International Bowls for the Disabled (IBD) World Championships in October in New Zealand.
Read more about expressing your interest to compete!
Read MoreDisability Sports Australia (DSA), in partnership with the Australian Football League (AFL) are pleased to announce Hobart, Tasmania as the host location of the 2020 Toyota National Wheelchair AFL Championship to be held 2 - 4 April 2020.
Read MoreCPISRA, the Cerebral Palsy Foundation and Disability Sport Australia are thrilled to announce the inaugural CPISRA Conference on Physical Activity and Health for People with Cerebral Palsy or Acquired Brain Injury. This unique and exciting conference will take place at the University of Sydney from the 4th to the 6th December 2020.
Read MoreDisability Sports Australia (DSA), together with @SportAustralia and all National Sporting Organisations for People with a Disability (NSOD's) are proud to announce this exciting Australian-first joint working statement on Buidling a Collective Voice and Collective Vision so everyone with a disability has an opportunity to participate in sport.
Read MoreInternational Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) is celebrated each year on 03 December 2019 to increase public awareness, understanding and acceptance of people with disability. Please see below a selection of sport-oriented programs and events happening for IDPwD in each state across Australia. Check them out and register today!
Read MoreDisability Sports Australia is excited to announce the “Start Up Kidz” multi-adaptive-sports program rolling out in 2020 for children with a physical disability, made possible through support from Sport Australia through a “Move It AUS” grant.
Read MoreWith the entire sport of basketball going through a resurgence in Australia, Disability Sport Australia (DSA) and Basketball Australia (BA) are taking the opportunity to build the discipline of Wheelchair Basketball throughout the country.
Read MoreDisability Sports Australia (DSA) is proud to announce the planned opening of its Northern Territory Branch in late 2019. Thanks to a partnership with, and generous support from, the NT Government, Disability Sports Northern Territory will help Territorians with a physical disability be more active more often!
Read MoreDisability Sports Australia (DSA) is announcing a change to its structure that will create exciting opportunities for wheelchair rugby in Australia. The change will provide greater development opportunities and growth for athletes, coaches and officials nationwide.
Read MoreQuaycentre in Sydney Olympic Park will this week play host to what many are expecting to be the most hotly contested Wheelchair Rugby National Championship in recent memory.
The late inclusion of the New Zealand Wheel Blacks to the tournament complements the five committed Australian state teams, each hoping to leave Olympic Park crowned the 2019 GIO Wheelchair Rugby National Champions.
Read MoreFollowing a decision at a special General Meeting last Sunday by the membership of Disability Recreation and Sports SA (DRSSA) to wind up the organisation and enter into liquidation, immediate assistance is being provided by Disability Sports Australia (DSA) to DRSSA members.
Read MoreDisability Sports Australia (DSA) has received a 3.4-million-dollar funding boost over the next four years under a Federal Labor Government to provide more opportunities for sport and recreation to Australians living with disability.
Read MoreDisability Sports Australia (DSA) is excited to host the Multi-Disability Lawn Bowls National Championships in 2019 to be held in Mackay, QLD from Sunday, 19 – Friday, 24 May 2019 at Souths Suburban Bowls Club.
Read MoreAll eyes will be on South Australia at the Invacare 2019 Invacare Wheelchair Aussie Rules National Carnival as they chase their fourth consecutive victory in the annual tournament, this time with the advantage of playing on home soil for the first time. SA team member, Brodie Healy gives us his thoughts about the upcoming competition!
Read MoreComing from the spiritual home of AFL, the Victorian team have been medal winners at every Wheelchair Aussie Rules National Carnival since the inaugural Championship in 2016; yet the all-important gold has continued to elude them. Victorian team athlete Louis Rowe gives his take on Team Victoria’s chances at the Invacare 2019 Wheelchair Aussie Rules National Carnival!
Read MoreThe Invacare 2019 Wheelchair Aussie Rules National Carnival welcomes back the Australian Defence Force (ADF) teams who will take the court in Adelaide in the fourth instalment of the national carnival.
Disability Sports Australia sat down with captain of the two 2018 ADF sides, Able Seaman Mark Daniels to discuss!
Read MoreThe International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletes’ Council has published its first strategy which aims to place athletes firmly at the heart of the Paralympic Movement.
Read MoreDisability Sports Australia (DSA) is thrilled to announce leading mobility equipment provider Invacare as the Naming Rights Partner for the 2019 Wheelchair Aussie Rules National Carnival, to be contested in Adelaide next month.
Read MoreVolleyball Australia and Disability Sports Australia are pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for an Australian team to participate in an international ParaVolley Standing Beach event. The 2019 Pingtan Beach World Series Open, to be held in Pingtan, Fuzhou, China, from May 9th – 12th, 2019 is part of World Paravolley’s campaign to have Standing Beach Volleyball included in the 2028 Paralympics. More information can be found at http://www.worldparavolley.org/2019-pingtan-beach-world-series-open/
A team consisting of 3 athletes and a coach will be selected to represent Australia in this event.
Expressions of Interest - Coach
To register your interest in this coaching position, please submit your volleyball specific resume (coaching experience, qualifications, working with vulnerable people card or your state’s equivalent) to pathways@avf.org.au by 11 February 2019.
A player / coach will also be considered.
Call for Expressions of Interest – Athletes
To register your interest for consideration as an athlete for this event, please submit your volleyball specific resume (age, height, playing history including competitive beach volleyball, impairment including classification if known) to pathways@avf.org.au by 18 February 2019.
Participation in this event will be self-funded. VA and DSA will continue to seek sponsor support to reduce costs and will also facilitate classification and eligibility checks.
Standing Beach Rules
A team of 3 athletes (Male, Female or Mixed) will compete on a standard Beach Volleyball court using standard Beach Volleyball rules. More details of the rules can be found at the World ParaVolley website here.
Athlete Eligibility
In order to compete at the international level an athlete must have a physical impairment and must go through the process of Classification prior to participating. As a guide, an example of a minimum impairment is a cross hand or cross foot amputation. Other eligible impairments include cerebral palsy and other neurological or musculoskeletal conditions.
Enquiries can be directed to Phil Borgeaud at pathways@avf.org.au
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Read MoreDisability Sports Australia helps Australians with a disability get involved with sport and recreation. We believe that all Australians should have access to sport and active recreation. Regardless of their abilities.
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