The June 11th to 13th have played their role in the history of brazilian Wheelchair Handball.
The 1st Brazilian Championship of WCH took place in the Universidade Paranaense (Unipar), campus Toledo, state of Paraná. Eight teams from four states joined the competition, to play in three categories: WCH7, WCH4 and female WCH4.
1st WCH7 1st WCH4 A 2nd WCH4 fem
1st WCH4 fem
2nd WCH7 2nd WCH4 A
3rd WCH7 3rd WCH4 A
4th WCH7 4th WCH4 A
1st WCH4 B 5th WCH7
2nd WCH4 B 3rd WCH4 fem 6th WCH7
3rd WCH4 B
Uptaded by Luiza Calegari - June, 26th
DROPS NEWS
WCH presentation at Reatech
ADERES/Sorocaba/SP e ATACAR/Unipar/Toledo/PR made a presentation game of Wheelchair Handball, during the Reatech (Feira Internacional de Tecnologias em Reabilitação, Inclusão e Acessibilidade). The game had a great audience, of brazilian athletes with disability and dirigents of several modalities for disabilited people.
WCH in UCB – Brasilia
Oldemar Barbosa and professor Décio Calegari have been Universidade Católica de Brasília (UCB), giving a lecture to the students of Doctor Professors Tania Mara Vieira Sampaio and Elvio Marcos Boato, both teachers of Adapted Physical Education
Besides the lecture, that explained all the main aspects of the modality, there was also a practical activity, in which the students could try the WCH. UCB has sportive wheel chairs, fact that made possible the practice
There was a great repercussion. UCB is already studying the possibility of beginning trainings on Saturday afternoons
ATACAR/UNIPAR bi-champion in Itajaí!
8 victories in 8 games: the ATACAR/UNIPAR team was impecable in the 11th Itajaí Handball Cup. Two gold medals were the results of the efforts throughout one year. The Cup, in all its cathegories, has gathered 114 teams from Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.
Professor Anselmo de Athayde Costa e Silva, who is transferring to Unicamp, where he is going to study Master Degree, with work directed to WCH, and the team from ATACAR/UNIPAR, bi-champion of Itajaí Handball cup
The event was also the farewell of athletes Paulo Emanuelli and Marcio dos Santos, who are transferring to Balneário Camboriú, where they are going to play Wheelchair Basketball and work for the implantation of WCH.
Prof. Marcos and athletes from A and B teams of Roda Solta Club of Itajaí
Professor Elisandra Lauffer and the WCH team of CEA Francisco Beltrão
The referees: Cintia Varela, Danielly Alli, Carlos Lovo, Gustavo Ragazzam
Itajaí Handball Cup!
The world’s second WCH competition, and the first one to have teams from different states, 11th Itajaí Handball Cup occurs from 22nd to 28th, January 2009. The news this year is the participation of Centro de Esportes Adaptados (Center of Adapted Sports) de Francisco Beltrão, a brand new team from the city of Francisco Beltrão. The team is supported by municipal administration, and has Elisandra Lauffer as coach.
You can check here the results of the games!
FRIDAY - 01/23
WCH4 RODA SOLTA A 2x0 FCO BELTRÃO (4x2 - 3x1) RODA SOLTA B 0x2 ATACAR (8x0 - 5x1)
WCH7 ATACAR 13 x 03 FCO BELTRÃO (3x2 - 10x01)
SATURDAY - 01/24
WCH4 RODA SOLTA A 1x2 ATACAR (5x3 - 2x1 - 2x0) RODA SOLTA B 0x2 FCO BELTRÃO (0x3 - 0x4)
SUNDAY - 25/01
WCH4 RODA SOLTA A 2x0 RODA SOLTA B (2x1 - 7x0) ATACAR/UNIPAR 2x0 FCO BELTRÃO (5x2 - 5x2)
WCH7 RODA SOLTA 11 x 03 FCO BELTRÃO
MONDAY 01/26
WCH4 RODA SOLTA A 2x1 CEA FCO BELTRÃO (2x3/6x2/2x0) RODA SOLTA B 0x2 ATACAR/UNIPAR (7x0/6x0)
ATACAR/UNIPAR 2x0 CEA FCO BELTRÃO (6x1/4x3) RODA SOLTA A 2x0 RODA SOLTA B (4x2/6x0)
TUESDAY 01/27 - FINALS
WCH4 BRONZE RODA SOLTA B x CEA FCO BELTRÃO
WCH4 GOLD and SILVER RODA SOLTA A x ATACAR/UNIPAR
WCH7 BRONZE: CENTRO DE ESPORTES ADAPTADOS DE FRANCISCO BELTRÃO
WCH7 GOLD and SILVER RODA SOLTA A x ATACAR/UNIPAR
Elisandra Lauffer and the CEA Francisco Beltrão Team
The Wheelchair Handball was subject of a lecture during the VII National Meeting of Handball Professors of College Institutions, an event organized by the Brazilian Confederation of Handball (CBHb), in the city of Bonito/BR. The event happened from October 22th to 26th, and was supported by the Sul-Matogrossense Handball Federation and UNIDERP/Anhanguera.
The Meeting is promoted anually by CBHb, and discusses the tendencies and perspectives of Brazilian Handball. The invitation for the WCH presentation came from the Confederation president, Professor Manoel Luiz Oliveira. He showed enthusiasm with the proposal: “the initiative of adapting the Handball to the Wheelchair practice is motivating and dynamical, and puts the Brazilian handball as protagonist in the world scene”.
To the professor Decio Roberto Calegari, “showing our proposal in this which is the main universitary event of handball was an unique experience, and I believe that, with the support of CBHb we have consolidated the development of the WCH in Brazil”. The german professor Ekke Hoffman was also excited about WCH and took some material to the International Handball Federation (IHF). He works in the Technical Departament of IHF and showed interest in becoming a partner in the disclosure of WCH.
Also because of the event, the WCH is going to be included in a didatic book about Handball, which is being organized by professor Dr. Pablo Greco, from UFMG. The invitation was accepted and rapidly attended by professor Décio, who sent him specific material.
Check a few more pictures, taken with the colaboration of professor Luciane Barcelos, who is specializing in Handball at Unifil. Our thanks to professor Luciane.
Professor Veloso, from Paraguay, hás been at the meeting and also took WCH material to the neighbour country.
Josimario (FHMS), Domingos (CREF) and Paulo (UNIDERP) leaded the local staff and contributed decisively to the success of the event.
Official picture, with all the participants of the event.
2008 EHF Wheelchair Handball Event
The European Handball Federation is promoting an event, that will happen in Viena, Austria, from 10th to 11th, October. In the words of the organisers, the proposal of the event is to be "acombination of a seminar and a small tournament and shall give allinterested people the possibility to learn, understand and spread theidea of Wheelchair Handball."
For more information, you may contact Nicole Huang in the following address: Hoffingergasse 18 A-1120 Vienna AUSTRIA
Or, through telephone or e-mail: Tel: +43 1 80 151 152 Fax: +43 1 80 151 149
Professor Decio Roberto Calegari has been in China, presenting a work about Wheelchiar Handball, in the Pre-Olympic Congress, that took place in Guanghzou, capital to the state of Cantão, from August 1st to 4th, 2008. More than 1.500 presenters were in the Congress, counting 989 posters, 315 oral presentations, 45 lectures and 7 workshops. It was the first time that the event joined reserarchers of both Olympic and Paraolympic sports.
ICSEMIS - 2008
The next edition will happen in 2012, in the city of Glasglow, Scotland, before the opening of London Olympic Games.
About the event, it is important to mention the
multidisciplinary aspect, and the importance of the interchange between
researches from many areas of knowlegde. It deserves a register the
initiative of the organization of the event, by rewarding with
scolarships more than 70 researchers, giving preference to those from
undeveloped or emerging countries.
Professor Decio presented the work “PERFORMANCE
ANALISYS OF WHEELCHAIR HANDBALL PLAYERS IN LOCAL COMPETITION”, in which
he discusses the actions developed by WCH that participated in the 3rd
Handball West Cup, that happened in the campus of Unipar/Toledo, in May
of 2007. Helped in the article the teachers: Dr. Paulo Ferreira de
Araujo, associated director fo the Physical Education College, and Dr.
José Irineu Gorla, Manager of the Adapted Physical Education
Departament, both from Unicamp; Ricardo Alexandre Carminato,
Coordinator of the Physical Education Course in Unipar/Cianorte; and
Anselmo do Athayde Costa e Silva, professor at FAESI/Uniguaçu, in São
Miguel do Iguaçu, and of Incomar School, in Toledo.
To the WCH, that was an opportunity to increase
the international interchange, through the contacts that were made (in
the pictures), and specially, to disseminate the initiative, once the
members of the Science Comission of IPC (International Paraolympic
Committe) were at the event. The initiative of adapting the Handball to
Wheelchairs was also praised by professor Gudrun Doll Tepper, president
of ICSSPE – International Council of Science of Sports and Physical
Education – who as a handball athlete and showed interest in publishing
the WCH book, that has already had its portuguese edition approved by
Phorte Editor.
Profesor Decio receive his certificate of Dr. Peter Van Vliet, from Belgium.
Profesor Decio gives a t-shirt of wheelchair handball to Dr. Gudrun Doll Tepper, President of ICSSPE. She was a handball player in germany.
Profesor David Wang, Secretary General from Taipei Sports Association for the Physycally Disabled also receive a t-shirt of wheelchair handball.
Agueda Gomes, from Angola - Africa, also was handball player, and was very excited with the wheelchair handball.
New webmaster: Ms. Luiza Regina Machado Calegari - Journalism Studente from UEL - UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE LONDRINA (University of Londrina, from Paraná State in Brazil).
Professor Decio Roberto Calegari has been in China, presenting a work about Wheelchiar Handball, in the Pre-Olympic Congress, that took place in Guanghzou, capital to the state of Cantão, from August 1st to 4th, 2008. More than 1.500 presenters were in the Congress, counting 989 posters, 315 oral presentations, 45 lectures and 7 workshops. It was the first time that the event joined reserarchers of both Olympic and Paraolympic sports. 
