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Tampa Bay Florida has been selected as the site for the 33rd National Veterans Wheelchair Games -July 13-18, 2013 - Tampa, Florida
More than 500 Veterans with
disabilities will meet in Tampa to compete in
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What are the National Veterans Wheelchair Games? This event offers 17 different sports to Veterans who use wheelchairs due to spinal cord injuries, amputations and neurological diseases. The Games promote rehabilitation through rigorous competition in such events as basketball, rugby, softball, handcycling and others. While past Games have produced national and world-class champions, the Games also provide opportunities for newly disabled Veterans to gain sports skills and be exposed to other wheelchair athletes. Experience Tampa Bay’s top three attractions with the Tampa Triplet Pass, valid for admission to The Florida Aquarium, Museum of Science & Industry, and Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo Maps to nearby Tampa hotel restaurants:
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Department
of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Paralyzed Veterans of America (Paralyzed
Veterans) to host the 33rd National Veterans Wheelchair Games in 2013.
Taking place from July 13-18, 2013, more than 500 Veterans with
disabilities will meet in Tampa to compete in the largest annual
wheelchair sporting event in the World. During the event, veterans will compete in 17 competitive events, including air guns, archery, basketball, bowling, field, handcycling, motorized wheelchair rally, nineball, power soccer, quad rugby, softball, swimming, table tennis, track, trapshooting, weightlifting, and wheelchair slalom. The 2013 event will mark the 33rd year in the history of the Games, and only the second time it will have been held in Florida (Miami, 1991). The Tampa Convention Center and St. Pete Times Forum will serve as the main venues for the 33rd annual event, with other local venues hosting ancillary events, including bowling, swimming, track, field, motorized rally, trapshooting and archery. The James A. Haley Veterans Hospital in Tampa, along with the Florida Gulf Coast and Central Florida Chapters of Paralyzed Veterans of America are partners in hosting the 2013 event. Source - Tampa Bay & Co. |
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Not affiliated with Department of Veterans Affairs
or Paralyzed Veterans of America,
this travel event news article is provided as a
public service
by
Boots to Bootstrapping, Inc.
(a Florida Nonprofit Corporation)
"A
network of veterans helping veterans to succeed in small business"