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We at WFDF are honored to introduce to the eBook “Flying Disc Parasport
Wheelchair Ultimate - BOOK 1” written by José Amoroso, which is being
introduced as an important resource to promote the adaptive disciplines
in our sport to our global audience of more than 100 National Federations.
Initial discussions on the topic of the introduction of Wheelchair Ultimate
as a Flying Disc sport under the WFDF umbrella emerged during the 2013
WFDF Congress and it was broadly agreed that WFDF should support the
development of Wheelchair Ultimate competitions globally. The WFDF
Board of Directors approved moving ahead, adding the disabled sport section of the Flying Disc sports Ultimate (Wheelchair) and Disc Golf to the
event portfolio. WFDF had obtained positive reactions from major WFDF
member countries such as Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chinese Taipei,
France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong China, Hungary, Ireland, Japan,
Portugal, South Africa, Switzerland, and USA, when checking on Parasports
activities and interest to develop national adaptive programs.
In the following period in 2014/15 after the recognition granted by the IPC in
October 2014, WFDF collected further contacts from Wheelchair Ultimate
groups and worked with them on gaining practical expertise on how Wheelchair Ultimate should be structured as a sport. The Action Plan based on
this valuable input created for two-year periods starting in 2014 has resulted in improvements on the outreach program, the discussion with the fellow IFs like IWBF Wheelchair Basketball, IWRF Wheelchair Rugby, and IWAS
Wheelchair Fencing to learn on the operations of crucial competition rules,
classification and accessibility check of venues. The participation of WFDF in the IPC Observer Programme at the Rio 2016 and Pyeongchang 2018
Paralympic Games were milestones in the understanding of requirements
of adapted sports on highest competition level.
The present ebook is the next step in our process and establishes the
first set of competition rules including the guidelines on venue layouts for
Wheelchair Ultimate. And will greatly contribute to staging continental competitions in Wheelchair Ultimate in Europe, America, Asia/Oceania within
the next working period. This will eventually lead to World Championships
in the next 2-3 years.
We thank our partners at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC),
International Wheelchair and Amputee Sport Federation (IWAS), and our
scientific partners for their contribution. Our great thanks and appreciation
go to the editor of the “Flying Disc Parasport Wheelchair Ultimate - BOOK 1”
José Amoroso from Portugal who worked tirelessly on the project.