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	Wheelchair Power Tag Rugby
		Created by group of students at Treloar College in the South of England in 2003, WPTR is a form of indoor rugby designed for individuals with various disabilties in both electric and manual chairs.
		Unlike mainstream Rugby there are no physical tackles and a medium sized ball and inflatable goal-posts are used.
		This game is not part of the official Rugby Union or League programmes but there is information avaliable from various sources suggesting that a modified form Tag Rugby could be a viable alternative to full-contact Rugby.
	www.geocities.com /treloarsport/index.html (135 words)

	Football - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		In 1823 William Webb Ellis, a pupil at Rugby School, is said to have "showed a fine disregard for the rules of football, as played in his time" by picking up the ball and running to the opponents' goal, but the evidence for this bold act does not stand up to close examination.
		Rugby league rules diverged significantly from rugby union in 1906, with the reduction of the team from 15 to 13 players, and the introduction of the play the ball (heeling the ball back after a tackle).
		Tag Rugby a form of Touch Rugby, in which a velcro tag is taken to indicate a tackle.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/f/o/o/Football.html (5903 words)

	Wheelchair Rugby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Indeed, Wheelchair Rugby is a growing sport amongst young disabled athletes with strong upper limb strength.
		Wheelchair Power Tag Rugby is a form of rugby football which is played indoors by two teams of three wheelchairs (two electrics and a manual) who aim to score points in various ways using a medium sized rugby ball.
		Quad Rugby, or wheelchair rugby as it is also called, is a sport with roots going back to wheelchair basketball and ice hockey, which is not surprising, since it was developed by three Canadians from Winnipeg, Manitoba as a quadriplegic equivalent to wheelchair basketball.
	www.info-pedia.net /about/wheelchair_rugby (638 words)

	Rugby Football Union - The Rugby Continuum For Season 2002/03
		The Rugby Continuum, which ensures that every youngster gradually acquires skills required for the full XV-a-side game by the age of under 13, aims to improve individual performance through purposeful and enjoyable activity, with a limited number of competitive fixtures and festivals played to test skills acquired.
		It is far more inviting to smaller, lighter, and less confident players and as rugby union has always been promoted as ‘a game with a position for everyone, irrespective of height, weight, size, gender or ability’ mini tag rugby supports this excellent concept from the start.
		The RFU has devised a set of mini tag rugby rules to be used for all competitive games in schools and clubs.
	www.rfu.com /index.cfm/fuseaction/RFUHome.TouchLine_Detail/storyID/1593/storytypeID/2 (1140 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The defenders have to pull one of the velcro tags from the ball-carrying attacking player, to force the player to pass the ball.
		Like most versions of tag rugby a tackle is made when one of two Velcro stripes, known as tags, from the ball carrier's shorts.
		Wheelchair Power Tag Rugby is a form of rugby which is played indoors by two teams of three wheelchairs each.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Tag_Rugby (322 words)

	Heuer Sport Tag Watch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		TAG Heuer - TAG Heuer (pronounced Tag-ho-yer) is a Swiss watchmaker known for manufacturing high-end sports watches and chronographs for both men and women.
		Wheelchair power tag rugby - Wheelchair Power Tag Rugby is a form of tag rugby which is played indoors by two teams of three wheelchairs (two electrics and a manual) who aim to score points in various ways using a medium sized rugby ball.
		Rag, Tag and Bobtail - Rag, Tag and Bobtail was a BBC children's television programme that ran from 1953 to 1965 as the Thursday programme in the weekly cycle of Watch with Mother.
	watches.vvvvvv3.com /heuersporttagwatch.html (395 words)

	directopedia : Directory : Sports : Football : Rugby Union
		Rugby union is a team sport that was developed from the rules used to play football at Rugby School in England.
		Rugby union is the national sport of New Zealand, Wales, and Pacific countries such as Tonga, Fiji, and Samoa.
		For the next few years rugby clubs continued to agree rules before the start of each game as they had always done, but on January 26, 1871, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) formed, leading to the standardisation of the rules for all clubs in England that played a variety of the Rugby School laws.
	www.directopedia.org /directory/Sports-Football/Rugby_Union.shtml (3966 words)

	Wheelchair Rugby
		The name was later changed to quad rugby and now it is played in over 36 countries.
		There is also organized, more traditional wheelchair rugby in a league.
		A league rugby ball is used for play, it can only be passed backwards, there's a handover of the ball after 6 tackles and offside rules apply.
	www.eventsoftheweek.com /sports/rugby/wheelchair-rugby.php (311 words)

	Bambooweb: Wheelchair Rugby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Wheelchair Rugby There are currently two rugby football games played by people in wheelchairs.
		Wheelchair Rugby is the most popular of the the two sports.
		It is an uncodified form of tag rugby invented by a small group of young individuals in the United Kingdom in 2003 following a Rugby Union match which occured between London Irish and Leeds Tykes.
	www.bambooweb.com /articles/w/h/Wheelchair_Rugby.html (469 words)

	Ryton RFC: rugby links database
		We also have pages with links to premiership clubs, other rugby clubs in Durham and Northumberland and to web sites of general interest in North East England.
		And it's in Limerick, rugby capital of Ireland.
		Governing body for rugby in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.
	www.rytonrfc.co.uk /links.asp (543 words)

	Wheelchair Rugby
		As you can imagine, rugby is a contact sport that would be difficult to play in a wheelchair without a few necessary tweaks to the game.
		The name was later changed to quad rugby after it was introduced in the United States.
		Finally, there is organized, more traditional wheelchair rugby in a league.
	www.thewheelchairsite.com /sports/wheelchair-rugby.aspx (425 words)

	Qwika - similar:Football
		Rugby league is played both as a professional and amateur sport in France, Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand.
		The Rugby Football League logo The Rugby Football League (RFL) is the governing body for Rugby League in the United Kingdom.
		Rugby union Portal Rugby union (sometimes refered to as just rugby or union, occasionally Rugby Football Union) is team sport played between two teams of fiftee...
	www.qwika.com /rels/Football (1643 words)

	Rugby Football Union - Rugby scheme scoops top award
		The CVOC Tag Rugby Festival is run in association with the Rugby Football Union and is the only national Tag Rugby festival in the UK.
		Tag rugby is a non-contact version of the sport and has proved an effective and popular way of introducing new players to rugby.
		That culminated in the successful staging of a wheelchair rugby tournament involving sides from the continent in Nottingham in September.
	www.rfu.com /index.cfm/fuseaction/RFUHome.News_Detail/StoryID/12423 (352 words)

	AudibleWordcast: Total Rugby
		Total Rugby explores the world of rugby and finds out more,including the phenomenon of Underwater Rugby as well as the development of the laws of Rugby.
		Rugby World Cup qualifying reaches its final stages with this weekend’s match in Casablanca between Morocco and Portugal.
		This week on Total Rugby in the second of our 2006 review shows...we celebrate a record breaking year of rugby as Japan's Daisuke Ohata breaks David Campese's try-scoring record, Munster break their Heineken Cup duck, a first Pacific Nations Cup is a huge success and France win a first ever world title at U21 level.
	wordcast.audible.com /wordcast/page/totalrugby (1168 words)

	Heuer Sport Tag Watch
		Several hundred beautiful heuer sport tag watch and meticulous full-color photographs not only show the watches' style heuer sport tag watch and exquisiteness, but also heuer sport tag watch and perhaps most importantly the watches' details such as movements, functions, case, dial heuer sport tag watch and shape.
		Rag Tag - Rag Tag Rag-Tags, Scum, Riff-Raff and Commies: The U.S. Intervention in the Dominican Republic, 1965-1966 by Eric Thomas Chester, In April 1965, a popular rebellion in the Dominican Republic toppled the remnants of the U.S. backed Trujillo dictatorship setting the...
		Heuer Sport Tag Watch - Heuer Sport Tag Watch TAG Heuer - TAG Heuer (pronounced Tag-ho-yer) is a Swiss watchmaker known for manufacturing high-end sports watches and chronographs for both men and women.
	ta12.teltopaz.com /heuersporttagwatch.html (1652 words)

	BBC Sport Academy \| Rugby League \| Give It A Go \| Give Rugby League a go
		Mini rugby is a great way of getting into rugby for boys and girls under nine.
		If you're desperate to start playing rugby but the thought of crunching tackles frightens you, then tag rugby is for you.
		Wheelchair Rugby is the world's fastest-growing wheelchair sport.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sportacademy/hi/sa/rugby_league/give_it_a_go/newsid_3410000/3410695.stm (315 words)

	directopedia : Directory : Sports : Football
		The English language word football is also applied to Rugby football (Rugby union and Rugby league), American football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, and Canadian football.
		In 1845, three boys at Rugby School were tasked with codifying the rules then being used at the school.
		Tag Rugby — a form of Touch Rugby, in which a velcro tag is taken to indicate a tackle.
	www.directopedia.org /directory/Sports-Football.shtml (6299 words)

	Football — It's for everybody - wheelchair football - Brief Article Accent on Living - Find Articles
		Virtually anyone can play wheelchair football regardless of the type or level of their disability including ventilator-dependent quads.
		Rules of wheelchair football require paraplegics and others who have use of their hands and upper body to catch and control the ball to complete a pass.
		Defensively they must tag the opponent on the body to score a tackle.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0803/is_3_45/ai_69550892 (610 words)

	TeachersParadise.com Education Directory & Teacher Guide > Sports> Football> Rugby Union> Wheelchair
		Canadian wheelchair sport links - from the CWSA - Wheelchair Rugby Links around the World..
		Wheelchair Power Tag Rugby - General information, rules, contacts, scores, and links..
		Wheelchair Rugby - Information about the competition at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens.
	www.teachersparadise.com /dir/index.php?browse=/Sports/Football/Rugby_Union/Wheelchair (154 words)

	Mobility Impairment resources on CODI: Cornucopia of Disability Information
		Wheelchair Power Tag Rugby -- A new form of rugby which is played indoors by two teams of three wheelchairs
		EASE Seating Systems, Inc -- patented wheelchair cushions that prevent pressure sores for immobilized individuals by varying pressure areas on the cushion through a system of air chambers.
		Used Wheelchairs USA -- Gently used electric wheelchairs that are gentle on your wallet.
	codi.buffalo.edu /mobility.htm (962 words)

	Wheelchair Tag Rugby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		A form of non-contact Wheelchair Rugby which is a mixture of Tag, Touch Rugby, Rugby Union and Rugby League.
		It is also infulenced by American Football Links: WPTR Quad Rugby Similar sports: Flag Football and Touch Football
		Wapipedia > Index > W > Wh > Wheelchair Tag Rugby
	www.wapipedia.org /wikipedia/mobiletopic.aspx?cur_title=Wheelchair_Tag_Rugby (81 words)

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		Brenda is a wheelchair racer and swimmer that presents her results, story, photos, job and resume.
		A professional wheelchair tournament on the NEC wheelchair tennis tour held at the Stone Mountain Tennis Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
		American Wheelchair Bowling Association The American Wheelchair Bowling Association (AWBA) is a non-profit organization, composed of wheelchair bowlers, dedicated to encouraging, developing, and regulating wheelchair bowling and wheelchair bowling leagues.
	members.tripod.com /pex/recreation.html (1061 words)

	The British Amateur Rugby League Association
		Tag Rugby is a minimal contact version of rugby, containing many elements of the game.
		Tackles are made by removing one of the Velcro ‘tags’ attached to each player’s belt and the games are fast and skilful.
		There will be the opportunity to experience wheelchair rugby with a display programme by the GB Wheelchair rugby league team.
	www.barla.org.uk /News/Details.asp?id=518 (556 words)

	Rugby - ToseekA Search Results
		The RFU and Premier Rugby appear to be on the brink of a £5m central contracting...
		Rugby Union may have more kicking, more stops and less clarity to spectators.
		That is why it is popular- the nastiness is on the pitch (a bit like gladiators) and other players are respected (or you might get a clout) and everything can chat about it after the game.
	www.toseeka.com /subject/Rugby (482 words)

	BlazeSports :: Disabled Athletes :: Blind Sports :: Wheelchair Sports
		Quad Rugby, or wheelchair rugby as it is also known, was developed by three Canadians from Winnipeg, Manitoba as a quadriplegic equivalent to wheelchair basketball.
		The first quad rugby match in the US was between North Dakota and Minnesota, as an exhibition game at the 1982 National Wheelchair games, also held at Southwest State University.
		Without question, quad rugby is the fastest growing wheelchair sport in the world today.
	www.blazesports.com /DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=6&tabid=28&tablevel=2 (347 words)

	Rugby Union from the Virtual Library of Sport
		International Rugby Academy of New Zealand located at the Adidas Institute of Rugby in Palmerston North and the Royal New Zealand Police College on the outskirts of New Zealand's capital city, Wellington.
		ACT Rugby Union Coaching and Development `Drill of the Week` developed to provide a continual resource for coaches of all ages and all levels for either direct application to training programs, to stimulate ideas in relation to developing training practices specific to a particular teams play.
		Rugby Union is BIG in South Africa with more than 4000 referees covering over 400,000 players at all levels.
	www.sportsvl.com /ball/rugby/rugbyunion.htm (2787 words)

	THE HISTORY AND GAME OF FOOTBALL \| FIRLE CRICKET CLUB \| GLYNDEBOURNE OPERA HOUSE \| FIRLE BEACON \| RAM INN EAST SUSSEX ...
		Sheffield Football Club also has a claim to be the world's oldest surviving "football club", in the sense of a club not attached to a school or university.
		This occurred reputedly at the behest of President Theodore Roosevelt, who was considered to be a fancier of the game but who had threatened to ban it, unless the rules were modified to reduce the numbers of deaths and disabilities.
		Tag Rugby a form of Touch Rugby but a velcro tag must be taken to indicte a tackle.
	www.budweiser-beer.net /football.htm (5750 words)

	Family Village / Wheelchair Sports
		AAASP’s mission is to oversee the partnership of leaders in education and community to lay the foundation for a national network of interscholastic adapted athletic programs.
		The NWBA is a non-profit organization which serves as the national governing body for men's, women's and youth wheelchair basketball in the United States.
		Disability-sporting group based out of Ryde, Sydney Australia which supports a wide range of wheelchair sporting events and programs for athletes of all ages and skill levels, both in Sydney and across most regional areas of the state.
	www.familyvillage.wisc.edu /Leisure/wc-sports.html (263 words)

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