Largest gathering of wheelchair
users on ice-world record set by
PSI Network Leeds
LEEDS, UK --106 wheelchair users gathered at the Ice
Cube in Leeds
Millennium Square during an event organized
by Linda Boadle
from the Physical
and Sensory Impairment Network
at Voluntary Action-Leeds-setting
the world record for the Largest
gathering of wheelchair users on ice
.
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photo
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“I am thrilled that so many people turned
up to the event. We have been amazed at the support the event
has received and I would like to thank everybody who has been
involved”, said Linda Boadle
from the Physical
and Sensory Impairment Network
at Voluntary Action-Leeds
who organised the event.
The previous
world record
for the Largest
gathering of wheelchair users on ice
was 48 people
and was set at the Eden Project last year.
The Ice
Cube
has been holding weekly free sessions on ice
for wheelchair users.
Photos were taken by the Leeds City Council
photographer
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photo
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Mrs Boadle,
63,
said it was
great Leeds City Council
was making the rink so accessible
to wheelchair users and those with disabilities and encouraged
people to give it a go because it was so exciting.
The gran-of-three said: "You just go 'wow'.
The PSINetwork
(Leeds)
is a project managed by Voluntary Action-Leeds.
The Ice
Cube
is the UK's largest temporary outdoor ice rink.
It is supported by the Yorkshire Evening Post
and Radio
Aire
and will be open until Sunday March 8.
"One of the issues for many wheelchair users
in particular, but probably also for people with sensory impairment,
is that the ability to take risks can be limited by non-disabled
people – for the best possible reasons." She said: "I have
a powered wheelchair which will go on the ice. "It's not controllable
in the same way – but it's enormous fun. "The manual wheelchairs
can self-propell but the marshalls can push you, which is
a wonderfully exhilarating feeling."
The PSINetwork
(Leeds)
provides an opportunity for groups of disabled
people, and voluntary and community groups working in the
field of physical and/ or sensory impairment to work together
to share information, to represent the interests and concerns
of disabled people and to improve communication between the
voluntary/ community sector organisations and groups, and
the statutory sector.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
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