Wheelchair Rugby

BSF Asia has been invited to join the Asian Para Games with in the inaugural Indonesian Wheelchair Rugby team.The Asian Para Games,second only in importance to the Paralympics, will be held in Incheon,Korea with over 4000 parathletes from 42 countries in attendance.

Wheelchair rugby is a sport for those with cervical spinal injury and was designed by combining the elements of handball, wheelchair basketball, and rugby with a lot contact between wheelchairs. Started in Canada in 1977, this sport was played between the disabled with quadriplegia (Cervical spinal injury). Today, it continues its explosive growth centering on America, Canada,Australia, European countries and in Asia including now Indonesia.

Supported by the National Paralympic Committee of Indonesia,the Indonesian wheelchair rugby team has gone for a mix gender team consisting of six males and four females living in Bali. Each member is either quadriplegia,cerebral palsy with a disability in three limbs. They have never been out of Indonesia. Each person will need to obtain a passport and most have never even been on a plane before. They have been selected by BSF Asia to represent Indonesia and each one is associated with one of the following Yayasan’s in Bali:YPAC,Senang Hati, KupuKupu and Cahaya Mutiara.