Wheelchair Tennis
By chance, we stopped to talk to a man fishing on the beach and he turned out to be responsible for sport for the disabled at the University and invited John to play wheelchair tennis on Saturday morning - so we went.
The actual gymnasiums were very spartan and in need of a coat of paint, but they were very well kitted out with special sports wheel chairs and plenty of tennis rackets and balls. In the next gym, there were a group of blind people playing a type of football with a ball with a bell inside it, so that they could track it by sound.
There were three other men playing tennis, and a coach, who was really helpful. It was free and everyone was very friendly. Given that access for wheelchairs is not, on the whole, good here, the arrangements for wheelchair sports was impressive. They also have wheelchair basket ball.
posted by Jenny Mackness at 12:39 PM
2 Comments:
There seems to be quite a provision for disabled sport in Florianopolis - from your posts anyway. That seems far more than comparable places in the UK for instance but perhaps thats because I've not been aware of what I haven't been looking for ...
You or John are probably in a better position to make some comparisons.
I would say that provision in England/Europe for disabled people is far in advance of here. It is rare here to see people out in wheelchairs - so where are all the people who have had spinal injuries - and the majority of buildings and pavements do not have ramps. But this might just be Florianopolis.
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