University of Houston Adaptive Athletics hosts wheelchair rugby camp

The University of Houston’s Adaptive Athletics has made equal opportunities a priority. They are currently in the middle of hosting the Halliburton Charitable Women’s Wheelchair Rugby Camp, which started July 26 and will run through the 29th. Athletes from around the country have the opportunity to make an impression before the Women’s Cup.

" I feel sad with those people on wheelchair, they can’t do what they want freely because of judgmental people, but happy also as they have a lot of fighting spirit to be happy"

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After playing wheelchair tennis and coaching the University of Arizona quad rugby team, the largest such collegiate-level program in the nation, Cottingham started the UH program when he arrived in 2012.

In 2015, the college organization added its own wheelchair tennis team, which is coached by students, many of whom also help out with TIRR Texans rugby practices. After practice, students are usually encouraged to hop into the rugby wheelchairs and join the athletes for a game.

UH regularly hosts TIRR Texans competitions, and the team uses the City of Houston’s Metropolitan Multi-Service Center to practice. The coaches are professionals who have competed for other wheelchair rugby teams.