FIPFA Congress 2009, Georgia, USA

Posted by Secretary General on November 3rd, 2009

                               The echos of enthusiastic enjoyment from the players in the first Americas Cup had scarcely faded from the Swannee sports halls, yet on Monday morning, 26 October 2009 six National Organisations of Powerchair Football gathered in a conference room in nearby Gwinnette Place for the biennial governing body of FIPFA (Belgium, Canada, England, France, Portugal as well as our host the US Powerchair Soccer Association). (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…)

The Main Principles of Powerchair Football

Posted by Hervé Delattre on July 6th, 2008

Powerchair Football is a team sport played in a power wheelchair that respects the sale rules as football:

  • an indoor basketball court with a specific floor marking
  • powerchair adapted to the play of football thanks to a footguard that that enables the player to control and hit the ball (more…)