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Wheelchair basketball 'to be featured
By Elaine Townshend
Two of the top wheelchair
basketball teams in Ontario -
Kitchener/ Waterloo
Spinners and London Forest
City Flyers will vie for their
conference championship in
F'.E. Madill Secondary
School gym Wingham, on
unday. February 22, at 2
p.m.
Co -captain of the Flyers,
Keith Cartwright, is a
former resident of the
Blyth,Londesborough area.
He attended public school in
Blyth andhigh school in Clin-
ton. His wife, Linda, of
Belgrave was a high school
student in Wingham.
Cartwright, -33, broke his
back in a farming accident
in 1967. The next year he and
Linda moved to London,
where he is now an un-
derwriter for London Life
Insurance Company. The
Carwrights have two
daughters - Donna, 13, and
Patricia. 9.
Cartwright became in-
volved in sport in 1976 when
a weightlifter from London
and a basketball player from
Toronto founded the London
and District Wheelchair
Sports Association of which
Cartwright is now treasurer.
The basketball team was
formed in 1977. They posted
one win and six losses in
their first season but came
on strong in the second with
nine wins and one loss. In
January 1981. they were tied
with Kitchener for top spot
in the Ontario Conference of
the National Wheelchair
Basketball Association. The
other teams in the con-
ference are Scarborough,
Niagara and Ottawa.
Although many strong
wheelchair basketball teams
exist in Ontario and across
Canada. the five Ontario
teams are the only Canadian
representatives in the 150 -
team NWBA Cartwright
feels at least three of the
Canadian teams rank close
to the top 50 American
teams in the NWBA.
This is the first season for
the Ontario Conference in
the National Wheelchair
Basketball Association.
Previously the five teams
belonged to the Southern On-
tario Wheelchair Basketball
League (SOWBL).
Cartwright explains the
difference between the two
organiza tions.
SOWBL allows able-bodied
players to participate. This
helps smaller centres, that
don't have enough disabled
athletes interested in play-
ing basketball. to form a
team. NWBA permits only
individuals. who art; per.
manently disabled and can-
not play stand-up basketball,
to compete.
Wheelchair basketball has
three classifications, which
are defined according to the
level of disability. Class 1
consists primarily of
paraplegics to whom the
wheelchair is part of regular
Cardiff returns
from market trip
by Debbie Ronney
Huron -Bruce MP Murray
Cardiff recently returned
home from a trip to France,
Germany. Sweden and
Finland where he was part
of a committee looking into
successful export
marketing.
In June of 1980, Mr. Car-
diff was nominated to a com-
mittee trying to further ex-
pand Canada's export
markets. particularly in the
area of manufacturing. In
the fall. meetings were held
with businesses from
throughout Canada. Mr. Car-
diff said it was felt that they
should look at countries that
are successfully export
marketing and meet their of-
ficials.
The final report of the
committee is due in the
House of Commons on
March 31. Mr. Cardiff left
Ottawa on January 9 and the
first country the committee,
visited was France.
Some of the things discuss-
ed In France were what type
of export financing is
available. the types of pro-
jects they were exporting,
capital projects - even areas
where they were co-
operating with another coun-
try and export insurance.
Mr. Cardiff said France had
been very successful in ex-
porting and subsidizes ex-
ports. but that it would be
disastrous if all exporting
countries got into a financial
battle subsidizing exports.
Following the trip to
France. the committee
travelled to four different
locations in Germany, in-
cluding Bonn, Koln,
Deusseldorf and Hamburg.
The MPA met with the bank-
ing community or went to
two East, Block countries
and the rest flew to
Stockholm. Sweden, in-
cluding Murray Cardiff.
There is little or no sub-
sidization for exporting but
the banking community is
very heavily involded in ex-
porting projects.
Mr. Cardiff said the one
thing he liked about Ger-
many was the small amount
of government interference.
He said enterprising of-
ficials get out and get
business without a lot of
government involvement.
"The German people
appear to be very aggressive
and upfront in their business
dealings. I think it's a good
way of doing business," he
said.
The Swedish are very
proud of their country and
very aware of preserving the
natural resouces and en-
vironment.
"Their environment com-
es first. We could take a
lesson from them," Mr. Car-
diff said.
Manufacturers rely heavi-
ly on the exporting of
manufactured goods and the
products that they're
building are of good quality.
Sweden has 80 trade com-
missioners posted
throughout the world who
have the initiative to go
ahead if they think there is a
market for some product.
The Swedes have a lot of in-
terest in Canada because
they have businesses here.
The Swedish are, however,
heavily in debt. They have a
deficit of 18 billion a year but
their social programs cost a
lot of money.
Income tax rates are high,
averaging out to about 50
percent of income. Interest
is deductible from income
tax and as a result, most
people are heavily in debtas
well. While in Sweden Mr.
Cardiff took advantage of
the opportunity to speak to
some of their agricultural
representatives.
He said young people in-
volved in industry are sent to
school for three or four
years to train to become ex-
porters. One of the
qualifications for enrolling
in this school is the ability to
speak three languages -
Swedish. Finnish and usually
English. This training would
cost about $2 million dollars
per year (Canadian)
money).
Companies in Finland are
interested in industrial ex-
pansion and have a bid on a
project with some Canadian
companies "which would
certainly help the export of
some of our manufactured
goods.' Mr. Cardiff said.
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life. Class 2 Is made up of
moderately disabled
athletes. Class 3 is usually
comprised of people who
have had polio or am-
putations. Most athletes in
Class 2 and Class 3 use the
chair only for sport.
A point system ensures
that members of each class
have equal opportunity to
play. Class 1 equals one
point; Class 2 is two points;
and Class 3. three points.
Combined points of the five
players on the floor at one
time cannot excede twelve.
A starting line up, for exam-
ple. may consist of three
Class 3s. one Class 2 and bne
Class 1 for a point total 'of
twelve. Teams can play with
a point total below twelve.
Rules of wheelchair
basketball differ only slight
ly from conventional ball. A
referee is required to work
three wheelchair games
before he is considered
qualified to officiate.
A player is allowed to have
the ball in the "key", the
rectangular area beneath
the basket for five seconds.
In stand-up ball, a player is
allowed three seconds. An
athlete can push his
wheelchair twice before
dribbling. He must remain
seated in the chair at all
times. If not, a physical ad-
vantage foul. is called.
Devices to prevent tip-
ping. such as a roll bar at the
front of the chair under the
foot pedals or "tipping
wheels" at the back, are
part of a basketball
wheelchair. If the devices
touch the floor while the
player has the ball, a viola-
tion is called because the
chair is considered part of
the body. A player must
have his wheelchair under
control at all times.
A basketball wheelchair
costs aproximately $500, and
a repair kit is essential since
the chair takes a beating in
every game. The sport chair
is lighter in weight than a
regular chair, and the back
CHAMPS WHEEL IN WINGHAM Action gets rough as opponents attempt to block a shot
in a regular season wheelchair basketball game. A championship game will be played in
Huron County on Sunday in Wingham Secondary School gym.(photo by John Alldredge)
wheels are slanted in to in-
crease maneuverability.
The basketball season runs
from September to April.
Twelve regular season
games, are sandwiched
between tournaments in
which teams often play as
many as three to five games
in 48 hours. The K -W
Spinners scheduled 50 games
for the 80/81 season.
Last September, the
Forest City Flyers won a
tournament in Rochester,
New York. One of the best
tournaments in Ontario is
Kitchener's Oktoberfest.
Last year. Kitchener placed
second and London fourth
out of eight teams. The tour-
nament was won for the se-
cond consecutive year by the
Connecticut Spokebenders -a
team ranked close to the top
ten in the NWBA.
The game in Wingham is
being sponsored by the
Awareness League of
Physically Handicapped
Adults in Huron County
(Alpha Huron) as part of
their activities in the Inter-
national Year of Disabled
Persons. Tickets, ;2 for
adults and $1 for children un-
der 12. will be available at
the door.
The contest will be the
final game of the regular
season for the Kitchener -
Waterloo Spinners and the
Forest City Flyers. They
will be going all out, vying
not only for the Ontario
Conference Championship
but also for a better position
as they head into the first
round of NWBA play-offs.
The game could be low
scoring. Better wheelchair
basketball teams' keep
scores low, stressing
defence rather than offence.
London plays man -on -man,
while Kitchener prefers zone
defence.
The Flyers and Spinners
are well -matched. Both have
players who have competed
at Regional. Provincial
National and Olympic
levels Each year Ontari+
sends a provincial team ti
the national championships
In November 1980
preliminary selections werf
made tor the 1981 Canadian
Games to be held in Nev
Brunswick at the end o.
April Of the twelve player:
and three alternates chosen
five starters were frorr
Kitchener and four Iron
London.
According to Cartwright
Dean Mellwav of the K -N
Spinners is a world etas:
athlete - one of the few On
tario Players, on the Cana
dain National Wheelchair
Basketball team. which has
competed in tournaments
around the world. The Cana•
dian team stacks up well
against international con:
petition.
When wheelchair basket-
ball comes to Wingham on
Sunday. calibre of play will
be high and competition will
be keen.
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