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  • World ParaVolley to collaborate with FIVB

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    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 beach ParaVolley. World ParaVolley is the independent organisation responsible for planning and delivering the sport…

  • Sit2Play Launch Meeting

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    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 Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union, will develop an inclusive format of sitting volleyball to…

  • Mozambique hosts World ParaVolley courses with funds from Agitos Foundation

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    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 the sport in the region.  Through a generous funding grant from the Agitos Foundation, a…

  • Sitting volleyball league returns December 22

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    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 the men and women’s categories, according to the Rwanda National Paralympics Committee (NPC). Last year,…

  • Paralympics not impossible

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    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 is not impossible for the Filipino athletes who are into sitting volleyball. “It will take…

  • Iranian women make history as referees at sitting volleyball

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    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 ParaVolley Europe New Nations Subzone men’s tournament in Tourcing in France. The 34-year-old Jafari refereed…

  • Amputees play exhibition volleyball match to raise awareness

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    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 Cajun Crushers were preparing for a pick-up game of volleyball. Two years ago, Empson never…

  • Beach volleyball Paralympic bid has “personal backing” of IPC President, claims World ParaVolley boss

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    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 made the claim in his most recent blog on the WPV website, where he also…

  • Netherlands 2018: Paralympic champs open strong

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    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 Sitting Volleyball World Championships opened Sunday (15 July) in the Netherlands. Eight matches took place…