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Participants at the 2019 ParaTough Cup try out Para ice hockey.
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ParaTough Cup taking place Oct. 21
Published 12:09 PDT, Fri October 14, 2022
Last Updated: 12:27 PST, Mon November 7, 2022
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The ParaTough Cup will take place on Oct. 21 at the Richmond Olympic Oval.
In teams of six, participants will compete against others in three different sports: wheelchair basketball, sitting volleyball, and Para ice hockey. There will also be an opportunity for participants to meet Paralympic athletes.
Funds raised through the event support the Paralympic Foundation of Canada. Although the event is mainly for corporate or company teams, any six people can get together and participate in the event.
“One thing that inspires people to participate is competition; we built the event to be competitive,” says Dean Brokop, director of the Paralympic Foundation of Canada. “The second thing that inspires people to participate is the chance to learn more about disability, and being more aware of it has been an important topic. We have seen so many people who just want to make a difference.”
This is the first event since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and organizers are excited to be able to host it again.
“It’s going to be great to have the event again. We hope to see some familiar faces from the past,” says Brokop. “Whenever people attend our event, they always leave amazed by both how fun it is and how hard it is to play the sports.”
The ParaTough Cup started in Toronto in 2017 as a regular event and blossomed into a four-city event that has raised more than $1 million to date.
Since then, funds have been used to focus on three areas that have helped the program grow. Para sport and early athlete development supports community level opportunities across Canada, next generation programming for Canada’s aspiring Paralympians, and high-performance programs for athletes who represent Canada on the world stage.
“Aside from money, we’ve underestimated the impact it would have on people participating. In Vancouver, the Pfizer team came up to us and said it was so awesome that we were hosting this event, as they were thrilled (to be) able to play a role in supporting the Paralympic movement,” says Brokop.
Teams who are victorious in their matches will be awarded points, bringing them closer to winning the ParaTough Cup.
In addition to this, the event’s fundraisers will also have an opportunity to win a $1,000 gift card from the title sponsor, Petro-Canada.
For more information, visit paratoughcup.ca.
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