WheelPower Inter Spinal Unit Games 2024

Name: WheelPower Inter Spinal Unit Games 2024
Start: 2024-09-23T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-09-27T19:00:00+01:00
Location: Stoke Mandeville Stadium

Schedule

Mon Sep 23 2024 at 10:00 am to Fri Sep 27 2024 at 07:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Stoke Mandeville Stadium | Aylesbury, EN

The WheelPower Inter Spinal Unit Games are held annually at Stoke Mandeville Stadium and form an essential part of many spinal patients’ rehabilitation.
Find out more: www.wheelpower.org.uk/activities/inter-spinal-unit-games/
Over 100 patients and 60 support staff from fourteen Spinal Injury Centres and Specialist Units across the United Kingdom come together for a week of sport and activity at the Birthplace of the Paralympic Movement.
Patients receive coaching and demonstrations from current leading wheelchair sports athletes and coaches in over 20 sports which include archery, wheelchair rugby, athletics, fencing, basketball, powerlifting, boccia, swimming, shooting and tennis.
During the event they experience first-hand what can be achieved, both in terms of sport and an independent lifestyle and discover the tremendous benefits of leading a healthy lifestyle.
The Games are sometimes a participant’s first experience outside a hospital environment since their injury, and provide a pathway to finding out the tremendous benefits that sport and physical activity can have on people’s lives.
Please note: The Inter Spinal Unit Games are for current spinal patients connected to a spinal unit. Teams are selected by the units and their physical activity advisors.