- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Serial:
- News release (Georgia Department of Labor)
- Title:
- News release, Feb. 23, 2007B
- Creator:
- Georgia. Department of Labor
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Department of Labor.
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Dept. of Labor, 2007-02-23
- Date of Original:
- 2007-02-23
- Subject:
- Georgia. Department of Labor--Periodicals
Labor--Georgia--Periodicals - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- state government records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Title from caption
Each issue also has a distinctive theme title - External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA L200 .P1 N45 2007/2-23B
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-bl200-b-pp1-bn45-b2007-s2-h23b-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-bl200-b-pp1-bn45-b2007-s2-h23b-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
Georgia
Department of Labor
SUITE 642
(404) 232-3685
Michael Thurmond
Commissioner
NEWS RELEASE
148 INTERNATIONAL BOULEVARD, N.E.
ATLANTA, GA 30303-1751
FAX (404) 657-9996 Communications@dol.state.ga.us
Sam Hall
Director of Communications
February 23, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
GDOL'S RWSIR to host national women's wheelchair basketball tourney
WARM SPRINGS Wheelchair basketball returns to the Georgia Department of Labor's Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation (RWSIR) March 1-4, as eight of the top women's teams from throughout the country will compete in the 33rd annual National Women's Wheelchair Basketball Tournament at the Frank C. Ruzycki Center for Therapeutic Recreation.
Sponsored by the National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA), the four-day event will be the second national women's competition ever held at Roosevelt Warm Springs, a place that has hosted numerous international men's and women's wheelchair competitions over the last 10 years, including the Roosevelt International Cup and the Roosevelt World Wheelchair Basketball Challenge.
Teams representing the University of Alabama; University of Illinois; University of Arizona; Dallas, Texas; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Phoenix, Arizona; Chicago, Illinois; and New Jersey will comprise the field, all hoping to reach the championship game on Sunday, Mar. 4.
"We are excited to again be the host for world-class wheelchair basketball," RWSIR Executive Director Greg Schmieg said. "The young athletes who will visit our campus next month are inspirations for all of us."
The last time the NWBA held its national women's tournament in Warm Springs was 2003 and the University of Illinois emerged as the champion, defeating a team from Los Angeles, California, in the finals, 47-40. After relinquishing the title in 2005, that same University of Illinois quintet regained the crown in Birmingham, Alabama, a year ago and will arrive in Warm Springs as the obvious pre-tournament favorite, having captured four of the last five titles.
There will be no admission charge for the tournament and the public is cordially invited. For more information, call 706-655-5715. The complete schedule follows:
Thursday, March 1
Game 1 - Arizona vs. Steel City (8 a.m.) Game 2 - Dallas vs. Illinois (9:30 a.m.) Game 3 - Alabama vs. New Jersey (11 a.m.)
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Game 4 - Chicago vs. Phoenix (1 p.m.) Game 5 - Illinois vs. New Jersey (2 p.m.) Game 6 - Dallas vs. Alabama (4 p.m.) Game 7 - Chicago vs. Arizona (5:30 p.m.) Game 8 - Phoenix vs. Steel City (7 p.m.)
Friday, March 2
Game 9 - New Jersey vs. Dallas (8 a.m.) Game 10 - Chicago vs. Steel City (9:30 a.m.) Game 11- Alabama vs. Illinois (11 a.m.) Game 12 - Arizona vs. Phoenix (1 p.m.)
(After Game 12, teams will be re-seeded based on win-loss records before competition continues.)
Game 13 2:30 p.m. Game 15 5:30 p.m.
Game 14 4 p.m. Game 16 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 3
Championship Round Game 17 - Loser Game 13 vs. Loser Game 14 (7th, 8th) Game 18 - Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 14 (5th, 6th) Game 19 - Loser Game 15 vs. Loser Game 16 (3rd, 4th) Game 20 - Winner Game 15 vs. Winner Game 16 (1st, 2nd) (Tourney Championship)
NEWS MEDIA NEEDING MORE INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT MARTIN HARMON AT RWSIR AT (706) 655-5668.
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