“Quad rugby”

Our university hosted the Heartland Sectional Championship this weekend for the US Quad Rugby Association’s post season tournament. Here are two players of the Chicago Bears team that competed. As their web site affirms, quad rugby is a full contact sport but personal contact is not allowed.

Updated 06.23.2023
» See [ Wikipedia ] [ US Wheelchair Rugby Association Page doesn’t finish loading ]

Busted links (it’s been twelve years):
» http://www.quadrugby.com/
» http://www.quadrugby.com/the_game

[Michelle]

Oh wow.. Brilliant photo

[Thom Mitchell]

@michelleyoung Thank you, Michelle!! It was a lot of fun to watch and I snapped quite a few good shots, but alas this is only ***a*** photo a day!

[cohare]

great picture! That would have been fun to watch.

[Thom Mitchell]

@cohare It *was* great fun to watch! And loud, too, when their chairs crashed into each other! In one instance, play had to stop because two chairs smashed into each other so hard that one was lifted off the floor enough to be resting on the other. A referee + helper were required to disentangle them!

[Wendy]

Great action shot! What fun!

[Thom Mitchell]

@exposure4u Thanks, Wendy. Another interesting shot was the equipment they bring, especially the spare wheels: racks and racks of wheels! I saw wheels replaced a couple times. Those things are literally “plug and play”: pop off the old, pop on the new. No tool seemed to be used!

[Wendy]

@rhoing That's so crazy! Must have been fun to watch!

[Isla Wight]

Nice sports action shot!

[Thom Mitchell]

@islawight Thanks, Isla!! I tried a few panning shots to capture the rotating wheels, hand movement and arm strength, but I preferred the human perspective of this one! Still love your bubble shot!

[Caren]

Awesome action shot! Looks like that would have been such a fun game to attend.

[Charlene Barker]

Nice action shot and would of loved to seen the game. Fascinating design to the wheelchairs. My brother was born handicap and I've tried to get him interested in sports. He's only into NASCAR ... sigh.

[Thom Mitchell]

@shortperson2002 @peacerebel Thank you, Caren & Charlene! I'm a week behind but I appreciate the time you take to leave comments! It's part of what keeps me going on this project day-in and day-out. As you probably know, some days it's nearly *all* of what keeps me going!! So thank you!