Parafed Manawatu

Parafed Manawatu We support physically and visually impaired people in the Manawatu to participate in sport etc

🎯 Parafed Manawatu June Activity Inter-Regional Boccia Tournament is less than two weeks away! Not too late to still reg...
14/06/2026

🎯 Parafed Manawatu June Activity Inter-Regional Boccia Tournament is less than two weeks away!

Not too late to still register for this upcoming event at Massey University on the 27th of June!

Attached below is some photos of some of our members at the 2025 event showing the fun you can have.

Please sign up for this event using the link below- https://forms.microsoft.com/r/njbqrncmji

If you have any questions please email [email protected]

🏀 Wheelchair Basketball Update! 🏀The 2026 season tipped off a couple of weeks ago at the Healthvision Festival of Disabi...
11/06/2026

🏀 Wheelchair Basketball Update! 🏀

The 2026 season tipped off a couple of weeks ago at the Healthvision Festival of Disability Sport in Tauranga, with our local players Luke and Rawiri getting a great first hit-out for the year! 💪

The event also hosted the 2026 Awards 🏆, where Luke took home both Sportsman and the Supreme Award Winner of the Year! What an incredible achievement!👏

Luke now has a busy few months ahead, travelling across the Tasman each week to compete in the Australian Wheelchair Basketball Men's National League with southern districts Spartans. A fantastic opportunity to build on an outstanding 2025/26 season. 🇦🇺

Next up is locally is the National League Round 1 in Whangārei (20–21 June), with Rawiri and Roy playing in this event!

This year we are focusing on growing wheelchair basketball in our region and supporting more local players to step up to National League level. We're excited to see more athletes from the Manawatu involved from Hamilton events onwards. We are also hosting Round 2 of the National League which is pretty exciting and will help drive the continued growth of the sport in our community also! If you interested to be involved please get in touch!

What a great first outing, and it's so great to be working alongside Team SLS for this new initiative! Great to watch 10...
11/06/2026

What a great first outing, and it's so great to be working alongside Team SLS for this new initiative! Great to watch 104-time NZ representative Greg showing us how to play Boccia at a high level.
Perfect activity for our out-of-school membership to be a part of, playing some consistent games of boccia, and anyone with a disability is welcome to come along and give it a go!

Bring on session 2 at Takaro Bowling Club between 10-11am on Thursday next week!

🎯 Parafed Manawatu June Activity Inter-Regional Boccia Tournament! Join us on Saturday the 27th of June between 10-2pm a...
07/06/2026

🎯 Parafed Manawatu June Activity Inter-Regional Boccia Tournament!

Join us on Saturday the 27th of June between 10-2pm at Massey University! This event is being run alongside ParaFed Taranaki Sport Whanganui Dsport and Disability Sport and Recreation Hawkes Bay! Will be great to bring so many athletes together to Palmerston North for the day!

This event is open to anyone with a disability. Come along, play some games, and meet athletes from across some other regions! Lunch will be provided at this event and all levels are welcome also!

You can sign up for this event using the link below- https://forms.microsoft.com/r/njbqrncmji

If you have any questions please email [email protected] and look forward to seeing you all there!

New Boccia Session for Older Members or community in partnership with Team SLS
is now available every Thursday from 10–11am at HIIT Gym, Palmerston North.

What a day at Pongaroa School on Tuesday giving the whole school a chance to jump in some chairs and give Wheelchair Bas...
04/06/2026

What a day at Pongaroa School on Tuesday giving the whole school a chance to jump in some chairs and give Wheelchair Basketball a go! What a great and skilled group of students with a few photos below showing wide range of students throughout the day between years 1-8!

Just a huge thanks to school for allowing this to happen and Sam from Sport Manawatū for supporting this session!

Looking forward to providing a chance for some more Tararua students starting on Monday 🦽🏀!

Sport Tararua

Over the past four weeks, I have been over in the UK representing 🇳🇿 in 3 major disability golf events.Results from the ...
26/05/2026

Over the past four weeks, I have been over in the UK representing 🇳🇿 in 3 major disability golf events.

Results from the trip🏌️‍♂️-
Disability Open 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 8th field 72 players
EDGA London 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 10th field 65 players
G4D Open 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Making the cut ended up placing 20th field 80 players (Biggest event in Europe for disability golf!)

What an unbelievable experience being able to put myself against the best disability golfers in the world and so cool to have so much local support during this event. I’m back in the Manawtu, watch this space with some Parafed Manawatu events fast approaching 🦽🏉🏀🎯…

The finalists for the 2026 Sport Manawatū Regional Sports Awards 2026 Disabled Sportsperson of the Year (Physical) categ...
25/05/2026

The finalists for the 2026 Sport Manawatū Regional Sports Awards 2026 Disabled Sportsperson of the Year (Physical) category have been announced, and it’s awesome to see all three finalists are members of Parafed Manawatu.

Massive congratulations to the 2026 finalists 🏆
Luke McDowall – Wheelchair Basketball
Rawiri Tristram Brown – Swimming / Wheelchair Basketball
Guy Harrison – Golf / Triathlon / Swimming

A huge thank you to St Dominic’s School for Deaf Charitable Trust for proudly sponsoring this award category.

It’s going to be a fantastic night celebrating Manawatū’s sporting successes from the past 12 months and if you interested in coming along information below!

📅 Thursday 11 June 2026
📍 Palmy Conference & Function Centre
🎟️ Tickets: $30 each https://www.sportmanawatu.org.nz/rsa

Great article on Team Manawatū’s 2026 Halberg Games MVP, Jakob Openshaw-Clarke, sharing his journey and how he’s now pus...
21/05/2026

Great article on Team Manawatū’s 2026 Halberg Games MVP, Jakob Openshaw-Clarke, sharing his journey and how he’s now pushing for more opportunities in the disability space, empowering others to speak up.
We’re incredibly lucky to have such a strong young leader representing our region. On top of everything, he’s also celebrating his 17th birthday today 🎉👏

Happy Birthday, Jakob!

Last month, one of our Parafed Manawatu members, Sam Harvey, travelled across the ditch to represent New Zealand at the ...
11/05/2026

Last month, one of our Parafed Manawatu members, Sam Harvey, travelled across the ditch to represent New Zealand at the 2026 Powerchair Football Club Championships. Playing for the Auckland FC Powerchair Football team, putting in a fantastic effort at their first-ever appearance at the event.
Tournament Results
Day 1
AFC vs Hills United — 0-2
AFC vs Newcastle Jets — 1-5
Day 2
AFC vs Western Sydney — 0-8
AFC vs Football St George — 1-2
AFC vs Adelaide Comets — 2-1 ✅
Day 3
AFC vs Melbourne City — 0-4
AFC vs Westvale Olympic — 1-3
Day 4
AFC vs Sydney FC — 1-0 ✅
AFC vs River City — 0-4
9th Place Playoff
AFC vs Adelaide Comets — 3-0 WIN ✅
A great starting point for this group, and it’s awesome to have a Manawatū local as part of the team!
Closer to home, Powerchair Football is continuing to grow, with a Manawatū team now officially established. They are currently welcoming new players to attend their twice-monthly Saturday trainings at the Massey Sport and Recreation Centre.
If you would like to come along and give it a go, please contact Tina on 027 933 2283.

10/05/2026

Guy's busy across the world competing at the moment! Check out his Seven Sharp interview!

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