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Dear USPSA Members and Supporters,

I would like to thank you for your patience while waiting for the distribution of the USPSA 2012 Elections Candidate Application. Applications can be found at the USPSA website under the Downloads tab or click here to download the application directly. It is important to note the application deadline has been extended to Tuesday, May 1, 2012.

The 2012 positions available to submit an application for are President, Executive Vice President, and Secretary. Position descriptions can be found at www.powersoccerusa.net > Downloads > Organization > USPSA Constitution and Bylaws. If you feel that you could add to the growth of the USPSA, we strongly encourage you to apply for this life changing opportunity!

Get involved, and be a part of the 2nd Annual Let YOUR Voice Be Heard Campaign!

Sincerely,

Ericka Sutton
Nominations & Elections Committee Chair
United...

The « Association québécoise de sport pour paralytiques cérébraux (AQSPC) » is the sport federation mandated by the government to support the development of Powerchair Football in Quebec. Also, AQSPC is implicated with Powerchair Football Canada (member of FIPFA) to support the expansion of this young sporting discipline in Canada and around the world.

As mentioned in Paris (2011 World Cup), we would like to invite you to participate to our 2012 Powerchair Football “International Invitation” Competition. This event, focused on participation, will be held in Longueuil (suburban of Montreal) in Quebec (Canada), from April 27th to April 29th, 2012. Through this event, we wish to offer the players and the volunteers that surround them the occasion to compete with foreign athletes, to learn from others, to improve their skills and most of all, to meet with people sharing a common passion!

This rendezvous will take place within the Defi Sportif. This exceptional sporting event (competition and recreation) takes place on one week and gather a dozen sports, about 20 countries and thousands of athletes. For almost 30 years, the Défi Sportif insure the management of the overall activities logistic that take place...

The U.S. Power Soccer Team went head to head with the best in the world last fall and came away champions of the 2011 FIPFA World Cup. It's the second win for Team USA, which previously won the 2007 Cup in Japan.

Returning as undefeated champions, expectations were high for the U.S. players.

"It was more difficult this time around knowing that every team wanted to beat us," said J.C. Russo, 21, Team USA's goalie. Russo was one of five players making his second World Cup appearance.

Taking place over four days in November 2011, in Paris, France, the World Cup is the premier international competition for power soccer, the first competitive team sport designed specifically for power wheelchair users.

The Fédération Internationale de Powerchair Football Association, or FIPFA, hosts the single-elimination tournament every four years, drawing teams from 15 power soccer organizations worldwide from countries such as England, France and Japan. New to the 2011 games were clubs from Australia, Canada, Ireland and Switzerland.

Representing Team USA were 11 players — eight starters and three alternates. Of the 11, seven have muscular dystrophy or a related disease....

The USPSA Executive Committee is pleased to announce the locations and dates for the 2012 USPSA Conference Cups. The Executive Committee extends its thanks to all the bidders for their hard work in assembling their bids and their interest in providing the highest level of competition experience for all conference teams.

All Conference teams owe a $500 non-refundable deposit to USPSA by January 1st. The $500 will be passed along to your Conference Cup host and be deducted from your team's tournament registration costs. Make checks out to "USPSA" and mail to: USPSA Treasurer, Nancy Mitchell, PO Box 15668, Fremont, CA 94539.

Tournament hosts will send out more information to all teams in their conference as the events get closer.

PREMIER
June 15-17, 2012
Tampa, FL
Sponsored by Braun

CHAMPIONS
July 13-15, 2012
Fort Wayne, IN

PRESIDENTS+FOUNDERS
June 21-23, 2012
Minneapolis, MN
Sponsored by Power Soccer Shop

As of February 1st, the Founders Cup has been cancelled. There were not enough teams to participate in the event. Teams who wished have opted to attend a...