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Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards - Supreme Award winner dsport
dsport took out the Supreme Award and also the Sport and Leisure Award at the 2024 Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards for the World Wheelchair Rugby Paralympic Qualification Tournament.
Wellington International Airport and the five local councils come together to recognise the work carried out by community groups in the wider Wellington region. The focus of the awards is to celebrate volunteers for their valuable contribution to society.
The awards recognise the valuable contribution of volunteers to community groups and organisations across the Wellington Region, across five categories – Art & Culture, Education & Child Youth Development, Health & Wellbeing, Heritage & Environment and Sport & Leisure, and our Rising Star award celebrates new and emerging groups.
Find out more about the Awards https://www.wellingtonairport.co.nz/community-hub/community-awards/community-awards/2024-regional-winners/
Award citation
dsport inspire and enable disabled people to participate in sport and recreation and provide opportunities for them to achieve, at whatever level they choose.
This year, in a world first, dsport transformed an indoor artificial grass turf into an international standard hardcourt wheelchair rugby competition space at the NZ Campus of Innovation and Sport (NZCIS) in Trentham. Over 10 days of competition, eight teams, with nearly 90 wheelchair athletes including the NZL Wheel Blacks, vied for the last three spots for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
See the dsport 30 second video on the event https://youtu.be/SQ3usUZPsHk