Poles are part of powerchair!

Posted by Secretary General on December 13th, 2009

p1040519The city of Zamość in Poland is 60km from the border with Ukraine, it has been a multi-cultural centre of learning and progress in Europe from its founding in the sixteenth century. It is also the furthest place to the south-east of FIPFA’s Europe Zone (as far as we know) to have a Powerchair Football club! (more…)

FIPFA Press Release – FIPFA, IPC International Federation

Posted by admin on November 21st, 2009

logo-fipfaKuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Paris, France – The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that its Governing Board officially approved FIPFA as an International Federation.

Xavier Gonzalez, IPC Chief Executive Officer, met with (more…)

FIPFA Press Release

Posted by Secretary General on November 6th, 2009

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EMBARGO: FOR RELEASE Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Interview Contact (in French, English): Herve Delattre, FIFPA President
Mobile telephone: +33 608 775 059 President@fipfa.org

Contact for Technical Questions (in English, French): Ms. Terrie Moore, FIPFA Secretariat.                                       Mobile telephone: +1 604 307 0675 International@fipfa.org

For more information about the sport of powerchair football and its organisation visit www.fi (more…)

WFA National League kick-off week-end

Posted by Ricky Stevenson on September 24th, 2009

Logo WFAThe WFA English National League kicks off this week-end (26&27 Sept. 09). This will see 17 teams from across England competing in 3 divisions. This year also see the introduction of the WFA Cup which will see all teams from across all 3 divisions play off to become Cup Champions in this knock out event.For more information and results, please see www.thewfa.org.uk (more…)

FRANCE – 16 years of the Aubevoye Tournament

Posted by admin on June 4th, 2009

P1040411.JPGIn June 1994, three years after the first official French Powerchair Football championship, an able-bodied French football coach decided to organize a very original tournament ! Dominique Scelles, boss of a company selling medical equipment, had the idea to organize a friendly (more…)

Powerchair Football in Singapore

Posted by Hervé Delattre on April 26th, 2009

img_0130.jpgAfter a number of emails conversations FIPFA President Hervé Delattre and FIPFA Sports Department President Adam Parry recently spent 2 days in Singapore with a view to lending support. (more…)

First official Powerchair game of history in Switzerland !

Posted by Nicolas Dubes on April 11th, 2009

vevey-4.jpgThe April 1st, 2009 will stay forever on fans memories in Switzerland, but it is also an important date for Powerchair Football international development. We will remember for a long time this first official Powerchair game between Vevey and Geneva, the two first structured teams in this country. If Vevey (more…)

France : Montauban on the way to his fourth Championship

Posted by Nicolas Dubes on March 24th, 2009

Tour préliminaire London - Montauban 08 11 2008 (20).jpg After winning the European champions club award at Douai during the Power Champion’s League last October, Montauban is on his way to winning his 4th French League title in a row. At 6 points ahead of their closet challenger Kerpape, Montauban is destined to be champions yet again. Throughout the season, (more…)