tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756899534609502905.post7232614215519264959..comments2012-08-14T19:42:35.363-07:00Comments on Wheelchair Curling Blog: Who should be eligible to curl from a wheelchair?.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16977271452654335000noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756899534609502905.post-9791714386682039362008-08-07T12:48:00.000-07:002008-08-07T12:48:00.000-07:00An anonymous comment on the previous post has been...An anonymous comment on the previous post has been rejected because of gratuitously insulting language. The poster is invited to resubmit their comment or contact me at eric@wheelchaircurling.com to discuss this decision..https://www.blogger.com/profile/16977271452654335000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756899534609502905.post-15210746723555145242008-08-07T10:21:00.000-07:002008-08-07T10:21:00.000-07:00WCF and Paralympics are all about performance and ...WCF and Paralympics are all about performance and should have the best performers on the ice to ensure we can provide a spectacle for the world to admire, elite performers on a world stage, exciting and the best there is.<BR/><BR/>Participation is a completely different issue and we should allow everyone to play and compete locally and even Nationally if good enough. The moment we use a classification system for our International selection means teams will no longer be selected on ability and the "performances" will decline to the ultimate detriment of the sport.<BR/><BR/>[name withheld by request]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756899534609502905.post-4037926168895968202008-08-06T20:13:00.000-07:002008-08-06T20:13:00.000-07:00Eric:Seems that your proposal identifies the bala...Eric:<BR/><BR/>Seems that your proposal identifies the balance between inclusion and acceptable exclusion (wheelchair NECESSITY on ice). I might suggest that anyone on the "fringe" of inclusion be required to provide an ACCEPTABLE medical form, to be approved by a CCA cerified medical assessor.<BR/><BR/>Let's get on with growing our neophyte sport!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756899534609502905.post-41563012440297069882008-08-04T09:07:00.000-07:002008-08-04T09:07:00.000-07:00That "rule" seems to me to be fair.I believe it sh...That "rule" seems to me to be fair.I believe it should increase the number of wheelchair curlers, albeit the average age of wheelchair curlers would drastically increase. The experience of those new curlers would be an asset to the sport. Why do I say this? I see the natural evolution of curlers as they age....no longer able to deliver from the hack...no longer able to deliver safely with a stick....now a wheelchair. I also see only the passionate curlers going through this entire evolution and then only those in the finacial position to have a wheelchair only for curling. Just because you can not deliver a curling rock safely with a stick does not mean that you require a wheelchair for daily mobility. To gain the full potential of this type of "rule", the CCA will have to abandon its "hand picked" method of chosing Team Canada and the WCF will have to "soften" and/or change its stand on the current rule. The concept has merit but it also has some pitfalls....who is going to determine who can or can not through a curling stone safely with a stick......I will leave you with that thought...<BR/>Bruce CameronAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2756899534609502905.post-11489895872181660272008-08-04T07:58:00.000-07:002008-08-04T07:58:00.000-07:00The only true way to answer this question and lay ...The only true way to answer this question and lay it to rest both on the Canadian level and the WCF level is to implement what ever other wheelchair sport has....a classification system. By the virtue of adopting a classification system not only does it answer the eligibity question but also allows for all disiabilities to participate on an equal playing field against those with the same disiability type.<BR/><BR/>It is used by ever other wheelchair sport, why not wheelchair curling?<BR/><BR/>Fact is; the IPC (international paralympic committee) has just reviewed the classification methods for all sports and requires classification be implemented in all wheelchair sports for this very reason. To prevent misuse of the systems!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com