by Joe Ability | Jul 2, 2015 | Sports - LivAbility
By Anna Werner If everything goes as planned, SpoFit will be adding yet another team sport to its list of adaptive sports for people with disabilities to play in the near future. Wheelchair lacrosse is new, aggressive and has the competitive intensity many individuals...
by Joe Ability | Jun 25, 2015 | Sports - LivAbility
First Annual Stand Up Amputee 3-On-3 Basketball Tournament Players from all over the country, Saturday, played in the first annual Stand Up Amputee 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament at the Virginia C. Piper Sports & Fitness Center for… By Anna WernerPhoto by...
by John Beaubien | Jan 14, 2015 | General - News
PHOENIX, Ariz. (Jan. 12, 2015): Last year it was bronze, this year the Virginia G. Piper Sports and Fitness Center for Persons with Disabilities (SpoFit) has been designated as a Silver Level Paralympic Sport Club (PSC) by U.S. Paralympics, a division of the United...
by John Beaubien | Oct 17, 2014 | Event Recap - News, Sports - News
SpoFit hosted the first night of the Stand-Up Amputee Basketball program on Wednesday, October 15. Twelve amputees, many who had never visited SpoFit showed up to play some 3 on 3 and 4 on 4 games and to discuss what type of organized team might be assembled for...
by John Beaubien | Sep 11, 2014 | Sports - News
Christine Alicea comes to SpoFit almost every day. Every day she straps up her skates and goes in circles. Around and around she goes. But there’s a purpose to it all, she’s in training. Christine, (aka Hawaiian Blaze), is a member of the Smashers,...
