Hartford Ski Spectacular Honors Injured Soldiers

The 18th Annual Hartford Ski Spectacular was again held last December at the Beaver Run Resort and the Breckenridge Ski Area, Breckenridge, Colorado. The event is conducted each year by Disabled Sports USA (DS/USA), Rockville, Maryland, and sponsored by The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., the founding sponsor of the US Paralympics. More than 600 disabled participants, including more than 50 American soldiers and marines injured in conflict abroad, spent December 4-11 in Breckenridge taking part in ski and snowboard lessons and clinics. "Since 1967, Disabled Sports USA's mission has been to promote sports as an important aspect of rehabilitation. The Hartford Ski Spectacular allows participants the opportunity to test their limitations and then surpass them," said Kirk Bauer, executive director of DS/USA and a disabled Vietnam veteran. The soldiers attended as part of the Wounded Warrior Disabled Sports Project conducted by The Wounded Warrior Project and DS/USA and members of the US Paralympic Team were available throughout the week providing support and advice to all participants. The Wounded Warrior Disabled Sports Project, working with Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC), Washington DC, and Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, provides sports rehabilitation programs for service members injured in the line of duty, and--through donations--provides them with participation in sports events free of charge. CAF Recognized During Rose Bowl Several athletes from the Challenged Athletes Foundation, Del Mar, California, were recognized in a televised half-time presentation during the January 4, 2006, Rose Bowl college football championship game in Pasadena, California. The Rose Bowl Game featured undefeated teams USC and Texas battling for the National Championship, with the Texas Longhorns defeating the USC Trojans 41-38 in an exciting fourth-quarter finish. CAF was featured in the Chairman's Message shown at half-time and 50 CAF representatives also attended the game. Citi Bank, the title sponsor of the Rose Bowl, selected CAF as the official charity of the game. As part of the presentation, Rudy Garcia-Tolson, Sara Reinertsen and Captain David Rozelle spoke about CAF with a group of several other challenged athletes arranged around them holding a Challenged Athletes Foundation banner in the background. SPORTS BRIEFS Extremity Games College Park , Fraser, Michigan, is accepting registrations for its O&P Extremity Games scheduled for July 28-30, 2006, in Orlando, Florida. The O&P Extremity Games by College Park is an extreme amateur sporting competition for individuals 13 years of age and older living with limb loss or limb difference. Competitions include skateboarding, BMX biking, rock climbing, and wakeboarding. A $25,000 total cash purse is available. For more information visit www.extremitygames.com OPAF Golf Grant The Orthotic & Prosthetic Assistance Fund (OPAF) announced it is the recipient of a Wadsworth Charities Golf Foundation grant for 2006. The most recent First Swing clinic sponsored by OPAF was held in cooperation with Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington DC, for returning soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan. Wadsworth Charities Golf Foundation is dedicated to improving society through embodiment of the moral, ethical, and cultural codes of the game of golf. First Swing is an adaptive golf program, developed by Bob Wilson, National Amputee Golf Association executive director and bilateral amputee, for instructing therapists to teach and encourage the game of golf to those with physical challenges. Russia Standing Ice Hockey The Russian National Team beat Team Europe to capture the International Standing Ice Hockey Federation Super Cup in late November at a match held at the Yubileiny Ice Place in St. Petersburg, Russia. Team Europe comprises players from Latvia, Czech Republic, and Israel. The match was a part of the Tenth Russian National "People and Health" Congress. The joint Standing/Sledge Ice Hockey project was organized by the International Paralympic Committee Ice Hockey Committee, the Russian and Estonian Paralympic Committees, the "People and Health Congress," and the International Standing Ice Hockey Federation (ISIHF).

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