30 Mar 2019 IPC ⒸGetty ImagesBy World ParaVolley The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) and World ParaVolley have teamed up for the first time to explore co-operative opportunities in the following disciplines: indoor volleyball, beach volleyball, snow volleyball, sitting volleyball and…
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Sit2Play Launch Meeting
Sit2Play Launch Meeting ParaVolley Europe President, Branko Mihorko, and Development Director, Richard Stacey Chapman, visited the Italian Volleyball Federation (FIPAV) headquarters in Rome from 19-20th February for the kick-off meeting of the Sit2Play project. The project, which is funded by the…
Mozambique hosts World ParaVolley courses with funds from Agitos Foundation
Nancy Gillen Friday, 28 December 2018 https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1073695/mozambique-hosts-world-paravolley-courses-funded-by-agitos-foundation World ParaVolley has staged four courses Mozambique’s capital of Maputo which were part funded by the Agitos Foundation. The courses were held for referees, classifiers, coaches and administrators from December 3 to 9 to develop…
Sitting volleyball league returns December 22
By Damas SikubwaboPublished : December 10, 2018 https://www.newtimes.co.rw/sports/sitting-volleyball-league-returns-december-22 The national senior men’s sitting volleyball team during a past match against Gisagara. File. The first phase of this year’s national sitting volleyball championship is scheduled to get underway on December 22 in both…
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Paralympics not impossible
October 16, 2018 https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1769554 SITTING VOLLEYBALL. American coach Eric Hodgson (in black shirt, standing) teaches participants the basics of sitting volleyball in a seminar. (Contibuted photo/PADS)+AA-October 16, 2018 THE US volleyball coach Eric Hodgson thinks that getting to the Paralympics…
Iranian women make history as referees at sitting volleyball
Florence Almond Sunday, 7 October 2018 https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1070798/iranian-women-make-history-as-referees-at-sitting-volleyball Halleh Jafari and Fariba Ahadi made history as they became the first Iranian women to referee international sitting volleyball match at the ParaVolley Europe New Nations Subzone tournament. Both women refereed matches at the…
Amputees play exhibition volleyball match to raise awareness
By Rick Portier Updated: Sep. 21, 2018 https://www.wafb.com/2018/09/20/amputees-play-exhibition-volleyball-match-raise-awareness/ By Rick PortierUpdated: Sep. 21, 2018 at 12:44 AM EEST BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) – Dick Empson pulled a long sock over his thigh before hitting the floor for warm-ups. He and the rest of the…
Beach volleyball Paralympic bid has “personal backing” of IPC President, claims World ParaVolley boss
James Diamond Tuesday, 31 July 2018 https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1068182/beach-volleyball-paralympic-bid-has-personal-backing-of-ipc-president-claims-world-paravolley-boss World ParaVolley (WPV) President Barry Couzner has claimed International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons has given his “personal backing” to WPV’s bid to get beach Para-volleyball into the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympics. Couzner…
Tagged with: Beach ParaVolley, Los Angeles 2028, Paralympics, world championships
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Netherlands 2018: Paralympic champs open strong
16 Jul 2018 Paralympic.org https://www.paralympic.org/news/netherlands-2018-paralympic-champs-open-strong Paralympic champions Iran defeated Japan 3-0 on day one of the 2018 Sitting Volleyball World Championships ⒸWorld ParaVolleyBy World ParaVolley and IPC Defending Paralympic and world champions all secured straight-set victories, as the 2018 World ParaVolley…
Tagged with: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Croatia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Netherlands, venlo, world championships
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When Sitting is not Resting 