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  • Far West Wheelchair Sports (FWWS) is a tax-exempt, non-profit organization which promotes, develops, and organizes wheelchair sports for individuals with physical disabilities. It it the largest sanctioned Regional Sports group of Wheelchair Sports, USA (WSUSA) and includes California, Arizona, and Nevada. FWWS was incorporated in 1968 and operates under the guidance of a Board of Directors.

    Far West was founded on the philosophy that people with disabilities share the same desire and capability for attaining athletic excellence and physical fitness as do their able-bodied peers, and that these needs are best met through comprehensive sports programs which allow each person to achieve his or her own athletic potential.

    Today over 100 members are active in FWWS and it is estimated that there are over 5000 wheelchair athletes taking part in organized sports competition throughout the United States alone.

    Membership - Any individual, junior or adult, with a permanent physical disability, who is unable to take part in regular athletic competition, is eligible to participate.




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A wide variety of competitive sports are offered, including track and field, pentathlon (2 track and 3 field events), swimming, archery, fencing, weightlifting, air pistol and rifle marksmanship, table tennis, basketball, water-skiing and tennis. Each sport follows the rules of the respective National Governing Body (example: U.S. Table Tennis Association), with adaptations made for the use of the chair.

From local Wheelchair Sports, USA (WSUSA) sanctioned meets to the annual Far West Regional Games, athletes are provided the opportunity to qualify for the annual National Wheelchair Championships. Far West is proud of the fact that many of its members consistently earn berths on the WSUSA Teams which travel to international competition including the Paralympics.