Australian Paralympic Youth Games - Melbourne 2009

Australian Paralympic Youth Games - Melbourne 2009

It is with great pleasure that Wheelchair Sports Victoria announces a new and unique partnership with the Australian Paralympic Committee to stage the first ever Australian Paralympic Youth Games.

The Youth Games will be held in Melbourne from Sunday 27 September until Saturday 3 October 2009 and will be staged in and around the Albert Park sports precinct created by the Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre, as well as at other major Melbourne sporting facilities.

The event will be the first of its kind in the Oceania - Asian region and will specifically provide national and international standard competition opportunities for Australia's young and aspiring athletes in a range of sports, which are currently being finalised. In addition, the Youth Games are likely to attract a significant number of youth athletes from around the world. Interest has already been received from New Zealand, the United States of America and Great Britain, with other countries throughout the Oceania region and into Asia also being invited to attend.

Aside from the opportunity for high standard sporting competition in some of Melbourne's best sporting venues, the Youth Games will aim to provide a Paralympic experience for all athletes to introduce them to the range of services and activities that they might come to expect as they strive for selection in the Australian team or for their respective countries to compete at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

More information will be communicated as exciting partnerships and operational arrangements are locked into place. Should you wish to receive any further information at this stage, please contact Greg Warnecke in the Wheelchair Sports Victoria office on (03) 9473 0133.