Every month USPSA publishes its electronic newsletter covering what’s happening in US Power Soccer (Powerchair Football) and this September is no exception.
As well as the usual message from its President, Dominic Russo, you will also understand how the USPSA has made up a new face for the league this season.
Find out the dates of upcoming development workshops and discover news from Team USA on the new USPSA website by clicking on the link below.
The English WFA Sirus National League kicks off on Saturday 18 Sept 2010, this year sees some new changes with 20 teams taking part across the 3 Divisions. ASPIRE PFC will try and retain the Sirus Premiership Championship title, while newly promoted Villa Rockets will look to compete in the top division once again. In Sirus Championship Division Nottingham Powerchair FC will look to gain promotion back to the premiership, Newly promoted Evergreen will look to compete against other Championship teams for this new season. Sirus League One see 6 new teams join which will see 8 teams in total compete for the title. Read the rest of this entry »
Burnaby is on the spotlight. This city of the British Columbia (Canada) will host a FIPFA referee workshop on September 3rd to 6th.
Prior to the second Americas Champions Cup which will also take place in Burnaby next October, the FIPFA Training Referee Commission and the Training Department agreed to conduct a three days clinic. A year ahead from the 2011 World Cup, this is a great opportunity for new referees to step in and try to earn their FIPFA badge which is the ultimate recognition and may allow them to take part of the referee crew which will officiate in Paris. Read the rest of this entry »
FIPFA and the Americas Zone are pleased to announce the that the 2010 Americas Champions Cup (ACC) will be held in Burnaby, British Columbia on October 8-11, 2010. Host association, Sportability BC – Powersoccer has hosted many regional, national and international competitions and is a pioneer in the development of power soccer in the western hemisphere. Competition dates are October 10-11 and will be preceded by a classification training day on October 8 and athlete classification on October 9. Read the rest of this entry »
By Jenny Mitchell, San Jose Steamrollers
Last weekend, the San Jose Steamrollers hosted the Vancouver Lightning for two days of exciting International Power Soccer games. The BORP Bay Earthquakes (based in Berkeley), Hollister Free Wheelers, and Santa Barbara Rollin’ Gauchos also participated in the tournament, which served as a season finale for some teams and a warm-up for the USPSA National Championships for others. Read the rest of this entry »
This weekend a first ever Swiss Championship concluded. A first round took place in Vevey on 31 March 2010, with Vevey Aigles taking the lead with three points over Geneva Pirates, who looked forward to taking their revenge this weekend at the return match in Geneva.
Vevey Eagles gained the honours of the first ever title of Swiss Champions.
As in Vevey, the event was marked by a high turnout of supporters, because already Powerchair Football is attracting a lot of attention in Switzerland. We are expecting reports of a grand celebration of the victory in Plan-les-Ouates … The players are certain to be very proud of this first title.
Click here to watch the Swiss League report on LEMAN BLEU TV (starting on minute 13 )
Soon after the end of the development workshop held at the National Basketball Centre in Singapore, Jérôme Durand and Eric Dornan (two of the international players who had been present) were appearing on TV. This was another opportunity to promote our sport.
To see their interview on CHANNEL NEWS ASIA morning show, click on the link below:
Jerôme Durand and Eric Dornan’s interview on CHANNEL NEWS ASIA
YAHOO has also made a great coverage of the event thanks to Ion Danker, one of their local journalist, who spent one entire day with players, coaches and referees in Singapore.
The extended FIPFA family met last week in Singapore to take one of the most important steps for the development of powerchair football in Asia-Pacific-Oceania. With the valuable assistance of the Singapore Disability Sports Council and the Disability Classification and Research Centre, whose staff and volunteers did a remarkable job, our International Federation organized a comprehensive introductory course, intended for players, coaches and referees who want to discover Powerchair Football. The model used in Singapore has been used at other times on other continents. Read the rest of this entry »
For the first time ever in France, at the French First Division Championship evening match on Saturday, 17 April 2010, Boulogne honoured Powerchair Football at its match against Olympique Marseille. The kick-off at the match, given by Youcef Ayad Zeddam, who plays in the French national Powerchair Football team, was widely reported in the French sporting media and shown live on television, giving a great boost to the visibility of Powerchair Football. Read the rest of this entry »
Every month USPSA publishes its electronic newsletter covering what’s happening in US Power Soccer (Powerchair Football) and this month is no exception.
As well as the usual message from its President, Dominic Russo, you will find the list of the teams from Division 1 and Division 2 who qualified for the National Championships to take place in June 2010.
Find out the dates of upcoming development workshops and discover news from Team USA by clicking on the link below.