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Wheelchair Sports NSW, the Glossary

Wheelchair Sports NSW is the peak New South Wales sports organisation that assists people with disabilities ranging from spinal cord injury, spina bifida, amputation, paraplegia, quadriplegia to other similar disabling conditions.^[1]

32 relations: Alan Chadwick, Australia Day, Blacktown City Council, Bruce Thwaite, Coca-Cola, Daphne Ceeney, David Hall (Australian tennis), Eric Magennis, FESPIC Games, Gary Hooper (Paralympian), Gerry Hewson, Handcycle, John Maclean (sportsperson), Kevin Betts, Kurt Fearnley, Liesl Tesch, Lisa Edmonds, Louise Sauvage, Matt Levy, Mogo Wheelchairs, New South Wales, Rotaract, Ryley Batt, Terry Giddy, The Rocks, New South Wales, Trevor French, Troy Sachs, Vic Renalson, Wheelchair basketball, Wheelchair Basketball World Championship, Wheelchair rugby, Wheelchair tennis.
Organisations based in New South Wales

Alan Chadwick

Alan Chadwick (July 27, 1909 – May 25, 1980) an English master gardener, was a leading innovator of organic farming techniques and influential educator in the field of biodynamic/French intensive gardening.

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Australia Day

Australia Day is the official national day of Australia.

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Blacktown City Council

Blacktown City Council is a local government area in Western Sydney, situated on the Cumberland Plain, approximately west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Bruce Thwaite

Bruce Oliver Thwaite (2 December 1923 – 21 September 1991) was an Australian Paralympic competitor.

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Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a carbonated soft drink with a cola flavor manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company.

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Daphne Ceeney

Daphne Jean Hilton (née Ceeney; 7 January 1934 – 25 July 2016) was an Australian Paralympic competitor.

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David Hall (Australian tennis)

David Robert Hall, OAM (born 14 January 1970) is an Australian former professional wheelchair tennis player.

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Eric Magennis

Eric Magennis (born 1937/1938) is an Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player and archer.

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FESPIC Games

The FESPIC Games or the Far East and South Pacific Games for the Disabled, was a multi-sport event in Asia and the South Pacific region which is considered to be a precursor to the Asian Para Games, as two of its edition games in 1999 (7th) and 2002 (8th) were held parallel to the 1998 Asian Games and the 2002 Asian Games.

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Gary Hooper (Paralympian)

Gary Leslie Hooper, MBE (born 11 February 1939) is an Australian Paralympic competitor.

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Gerry Hewson

Gerard "Gerry" Benjamin Hewson, OAM (born 5 June 1958) is an Australian former Paralympic wheelchair basketballer.

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Handcycle

A handcycle is a type of human-powered land vehicle powered by the arms rather than the legs, as on a bicycle.

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John Maclean (sportsperson)

John Alexander Maclean, OAM (born 27 May 1966) is an Australian triathlete, rower, and motivational speaker.

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Kevin Betts

Kevin Francis Betts, OAM (13 August 1926 – 4 May 1990) was a sports administrator known for his work in the Paralympic movement in Australia and his founding work related to wheelchair sports in New South Wales.

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Kurt Fearnley

Kurt Harry Fearnley, (born 23 March 1981) is an Australian wheelchair racer, who has won gold medals at the Paralympic Games and crawled the Kokoda Track without a wheelchair.

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Liesl Tesch

Liesl Dorothy Tesch AM (born 17 May 1969) is an Australian wheelchair basketball player, sailor, and politician.

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Lisa Edmonds

Lisa Edmonds (née O'Nion) (born 5 June 1967 in Hertfordshire, England) is a wheelchair basketball player from Australia.

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Louise Sauvage

Alix Louise Sauvage, OAM (born 18 September 1973) is an Australian paralympic wheelchair racer and leading coach.

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Matt Levy

Matthew John Levy, (born 11 January 1987) is a retired Australian Paralympic swimmer.

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Mogo Wheelchairs

Mogo Wheelchairs is an Australian manufacturer of sporting wheelchairs established by Michael Callahan who competed in wheelchair basketball for Australia at the 1984 Summer Paralympics and 1992 Summer Paralympics.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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Rotaract

Rotaract originally began as a Rotary International youth program in 1968 at in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, and has grown into a major organization of 11,172 clubs and nearly 170,000 members in 189 countries and geographic areas.

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Ryley Batt

Ryley Batt, (born 22 May 1989) is an Australian wheelchair rugby player.

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Terry Giddy

Terence Kenneth Giddy (2 April 1950 – 18 August 2023) was an Australian Paralympic athlete with paraplegia, who won six medals over six Paralympics.

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The Rocks, New South Wales

The Rocks is a suburb, tourist precinct and historic area of Sydney's city centre, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Trevor French

Trevor French (died 22 August 2012) was an Australian Paralympic swimmer.

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Troy Sachs

Troy Sachs, OAM (born 3 December 1975) is an Australian wheelchair basketball player.

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Vic Renalson

Victor "Vic" Allen Renalson, MBE (1926/1927 – July 1998) was an Australian athlete, weightlifter, and track and field coach.

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Wheelchair basketball

Wheelchair basketball is a style of basketball played using a sports wheelchair.

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Wheelchair Basketball World Championship

The IWBF World Wheelchair Basketball Championship (World Championships from 1973 to 2002 (2006) known as Gold Cup) is an international wheelchair basketball competition contested by the men's and the women's national teams of the members of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF), the sport's global governing body.

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Wheelchair rugby

Wheelchair rugby (originally murderball, and known as quad rugby in the United States) is a team sport for athletes with a disability.

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Wheelchair tennis

Wheelchair tennis is one of the forms of tennis adapted for wheelchair users.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheelchair_Sports_NSW