End of Summer Bash VI Promo

The End of the Summer Bash is Saturday, September 25, 2010 9am – 3pm at Meadowmere Park in Grapevine, Texas.  This Free Event provides a variety of outdoor leisure activities for those in the community of all ages with physical disabilities and their families.

Activities: Water Skiing, Scuba Demonstration, Jet Skis, Sailing, Kayaking, Swimming, Fishing, Disability Golf, Camping, Archery, Horseback Riding, Hand Cycling, Quad Rugby, Sled Hockey Equipment, Basketball, Climbing Wall, Face Painting, Remote Control Sailboats, Children’s Playground, Petting Zoo, Wood Carving, Silent Auction and much more…

Free food and drinks under the Grapevine AMBUC’s Food Court big tent.

Special Live Performances by JB Clark, and the Oak Lawn Symphonic & Marching Band.

Free Drawing for merchandise and gift-cards.

RISE is accepting preregistration for End of Summer Bash VI via email. Click on this link eosb@riseadventures.org and let us know how many folks in your group will be in attendance.

This years EOSB VI Title Sponsor is the Baylor Institute for Rehablitation.

Additional major contributors are: PepsiCo Enable, Southwest Airlines, Southwest Securities, Grapevine Parks & Recreastion Department, C&R Medical Supplies, and Lift-Aids.

We also appreciate the support of: Adventure Scuba, Hero’s on the Water, Classic Chevrolet, Pickles Custom Golf, Metroplex Adaptive Water Sports, John Horn’s Woodturning, Infinity Air, CIB Group, Backwoods, Grapevine AMBUCS, and Les Lacs Yacht Club.

CLICK HERE for a printable flyer for the event.

CLICK HERE for map.

WATCH SOME VIDEO FROM LAST YEAR’ EVENT!

Star-Telegram Profiles “Texas Cup” Wheelchair Rugby Tournament

The Texas Cup  wheelchair rugby tournament was held at UTA on June 26th and 27th.  The TIRR Houston Texans won the tournament with a clean sweep.  Check out some photos taken by the Star Telegram.  Click here for PHOTOS or VIDEO MONTAGE.  We all would like to thank UTA for providing the gym, all of the volunteers that helped out, and our sponsors RISE Adventures and C n R Medical.

RISE Adventures 2010 Summer Program Schedule.

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Southern Methodist University Track Team Raises Funds in their Change Drive!

The Women’s SMU track team held a change drive last fall and collected $722.  They chose RISE Adventures to be their favorite no-profit organization and donated us the money.  Two members, Lauren Kuhner and Kylie Spurgeon, of  the Women’s SMU track team presented the check on Friday night at RISE Adventure’s quad rugby game.   Kylie and Lauren volunteered helping out with the rugby equipment and even played in a few games.  Those track team ladies were fast.  RISE Adventures would like to thank the Women’s SMU track team for their donation.  CLICK HERE for more photos from the event.

RISE Board Member, Lea Stewart, featured in the February issue of ON Magazine.

RISE Board Member, Lea Stewart, featured in the February issue of ON Magazine.  CLICK HERE for the full story at ON Magazine.

USQRA Quad Rugby Tournament is Big Eye Opener for Local Team.

On Friday February 5th The North Texas Cowboys played their first real quad rugby game against Possibilities Crown, a team from Southern California.  They lost the game by 16 points…  But at the end of the game no one was hanging their head.  They were ecstatic, they played beyond their expectations and they played hard as a team.  There were a total of 7 teams from all around the country that came to play.  Crown went on to take first place in the tournament and the Cowboys continued to lose the rest of their six games. Read the rest of this entry »

Texas Thunder Quad Rugby Tournament, February 5-7th Great Results!

We would like to thank all of our volunteers  and sponsors, The Texas Stampede, RISE, C & R Medical,  Lift-Aids, the Hilton Garden Inn, and the City of Irving for helping put on an excellent tournament.  Seven quad rugby teams from across the country came to the city of Irving to compete in this three day event.  The competition was stiff with no teams going undefeated.

CLICK HERE for more photos of the tournament.

Check out the tournament results below…

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Charity Fundraising Rugby Match is a Huge Success!

On Friday December 18, the Dallas Harlequins played  Team RISE Adventures in a charity fund raising Quad rugby event. This year we gathered to help support two charities over the holidays. The event brought in tons of toys for Toys for Tots and some money for Triggers Toys. Both teams brought out numerous fans to support their team and these wonderful charities. Once again Team Rise dominated the scoreboard 56 – 46!  ON Magazine did a photo shoot with RISE and it will soon be profiled in their magazine.

This event wouldn’t have be possible without these great sponsors!  C & R Medical ,  Lift Aids, and  ON magazine

CLICK HERE to see more photos of the event.

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RISE Quad Rugby Keeps Growing (New Video)

The RISE Adventures Quad Rugby program is getting bigger and better.  There are new players showing up every week.  This week we had 18 players.   The competition is getting fierce!  Five of our consistent players now have their own chairs and RISE Adventures provides 13 more chairs!  So come on out and bash it up with us!   No reservations are required for this weekly program.  We play every Friday from 6 pm till 9 pm at the Georgia Farrow Recreation Center.

Georgia Farrow Recreation Center
530 Davis Dr
Irving, TX 75061    click here for map.

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Team RISE Quad Rugby Newest Player

RISE quad rugby has been growing leaps and bounds this past several months.  One of our newest players is an 18 year old man from Benbrook, Texas. Justin Miller’s first experience with RISE was with this program.  Here’s what Justin had to say:

“I heard about quad rugby over the internet and I first started playing sometime in May. I was encouraged to play rugby by watching the movie “Murderball” with Mark Zupan. He has been my idol since I was 4. I like playing rugby because I like the rough competition and playing with my friends. Also I like contact sports, which makes rugby all the better. Since I can’t play football, quad rugby is the next best thing. When I first started playing I kind of stunk, but now I am getting better and better as I practice. I plan on playing Murderball all the way through collage, even though I don’t know which collage I’m going to yet.”

Justin Miller

Taking Reservations!

RISE Fishing with Andy, RISE Children’s Camping, Children’s Cast for Catfish, Children’s Addison Fish Derby, Hand Cycling, Golf, Scuba, and Sailing are taking reservations. RISE Rugby and Sled Hockey do not require reservations.

RISE Sports a Smashing Success!

RISE Rugby makes the news in an exciting Dallas Morning article and video. The article can be found here. Click here for the video.

RISE Thanks to Local Iron Workers #263

Julio – I just wanted to personally thank you for helping out RISE Adventures. The Rugby chairs where certainly needing some attention and you all did a great job. RISE would like to thank the Local Iron Workers #263 for donating their time, labor, equipment, and material to repair these very expensive adaptive sporting wheelchairs.

Our Rugby program is one of our most popular events. We posted your group on our website for your wonderful donation. If we can ever do anything for you please just let us know. You or any of your group is welcome to come out and watch the guys and girls play. The sport is open to all physically challenged individuals free of charge. It is played every Friday night at the Georgia Farrow Recreation Center in Irving, Texas.

Thanks again, we appreciate you all!

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Huge Success! TEAM RISE Sled Hockey Party

The TEAM RISE Sled Hockey Introductory Party held Saturday, February 7th was a huge success with a total attendance of 62 folks. I found out early Friday morning that there was a schedule conflict with our ice time that we get for free. The center had accidentally double booked the ice.

TEAM RISE went into action with an alternate plan to make sure that everyone had a great time. We quickly developed a new plan in their parking lot as an outdoor event. We set up a tent and prepared lots of food and drinks. We set up three outdoor programs to introduce our participants to other RISE Programs. Rugby was a big hit as well as well as Handcycling and Golf.

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Rugby

Rugby last night was awesome! We fielded a team of mixed players. We had quad’s and para’s playing full contact, neck-n-neck games! We had a lot of fun and it was nice to see so many of you out enjoying yourselves. Since Coach Andy wasn’t in town (he’s attending a rugby tournament) we skipped the usual warm-ups and went straight into playing. Spencer and Justin did an awesome job explaining the rules to the new players and helped get everyone positioned. I want to send a special thanks to Eric (E-D) for encouraging the newbie John to come out and play. Can you believe John has only been injured since June?! We look forward to seeing him and all the other regulars next week!

If you’re a quad or para and are interested in playing, check our Rugby Program page and get yourself acquainted. We have lots of pictures and if you have any other questions feel free to email Paul Gray at pgray@riseadventures.org.