2010 USQRA National Championship Tournament Results
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2010 Vancouver Invitational Tournament Results
Click headline to see results from the 2010 Vancouver Invitational Tournament.
2010 USQRA Pacific Section Championship Results
Click headline to see results from the 2010 USQRA Pacific Section Championship Tournament in Portland, OR March 12-14.
2009-10 Battle in Seattle Results: Three Rounds
The Slam hosts three tournaments in Seattle this season. Click headline for results.
2009 Reno Rumble Results
The Slam placed second and beat the Utah Scorpions in an exciting game, described by Jeremy as "epic." Click headline for scores.
Nov. 14, 2009 US Paralympic Academy
Seattle Slam participates in US Paralympic Academy
Slam wins the Vancouver Invitational Division II Tournament March 27-29, 2009
The Slam decisively won every game and took first place for the second year in a row at the Vancouver (BC) Invitational Tournament. It was held at the Richmond Oval, a beautiful new state-of-the art facility built for the 2010 Olympics. Congratulations to Michael Lykins and Paul Walston, who were voted onto the All-Tournament Team!
Seattle Slam hosts the 2009 USQRA Pacific Section Championship Playoff Tournament
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2009 Coloplast Invitational Tournament
The Slam goes to Tampa, Florida Feb. 22nd for the Coloplast Invitational Tournament. Click on the headline for results here daily. Congratulations, Carolyn, on becoming a USQRRA-certified Official!
Meet the Slam's new coach: Brad Mikkelsen
Gold-medalist Brad Mikkelsen is the Slam's new coach. Click on headline above to read his bio.
2008 Vancouver Invitational Tournament Results
Slam Sweeps Division II at Vancouver Invitational Tournament. Click headline for story.
2008 Pacific Sectional Playoff Results
6:30 pm Saturday, March 8 This was the most exciting day of Seattle Slam quad rugby in a decade. Click on the headline for up-to-date results of the games each evening.
November 2-4, 2007 Reno Rumble Final Results
Final Results 1. Utah Haggis 2. Seattle Slam 3. Northridge Knights 4. Sin City Skulls 5. Nevada Bighorns - Click on headline for details
1st Place at Drop Zone won by Jeremy Hannaford
Seattle Slam's Jeremy Hannaford won 1st Place in Drop Zone's Full Size Street Truck Division with his airbagged '05 Chevy. (Click on headline to see a photo!)
2007 Murderball in Action
The second annual "Murderball in Action" exhibition match took place at Central Washington University's Nicholson Pavilion on May 24. The Seattle Slam and the Portland Pounders faced off before 150 cheering fans for a couple of quarters as two MCs explained the rules and announced plays. Then the CWU Wildcats rugby players went up against a combined Slam/Pounders team for three six-minute quarters. (Click on headline for more.)
Seattle Slam in the Press
Handi-Capable
Click headline to read an article by Madeline Stevens on the team that appeared in the Spring 2010 edition of the Klipsun magazine, at Western Washington University - with some great photos!
Daily Sparks Tribune article on 2009 Reno Rumble
With photos of Slam athletes Paul Walston and Michael Lykins!
Eastside Business article on 2009 Pacific Section Championship Tournament
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1997 Reno Rumble
7 A.M. Quake shakes Reno Rumble by Terry Vinyard (Click on headline to read the article.)
Thunderball
Stand in the hallway outside any basketball court and you'll hear the typical echoes of a game: teammates shouting, a bouncing ball in play. Stand outside a quad-rugby game and you'll hear something extra: the thunderous, merciless clashing of metal. (Click on headline for more.)
Quad Rugby News
ESPN writes about Team USA - "A rivalry to match Red Sox-Yankees"
Canada Cup: Wheelchair Rugby - A rivalry to match Red Sox-Yankees
BURNABY, British Columbia -- Coach James Gumbert was decked out in twill slacks, a crisply pressed white oxford and an American flag print necktie, accented by crimson suspenders. He grinned politely when I complimented his Sunday clothes, then fired a quick retort, as expected, "You can put lipstick on a pig, but it still won't look that good."
Seeing his full-bellied frame chuckle in his wheelchair as folks streamed over with congratulations was a cheerful scene, but be sure, Team USA's head coach would accurately be described as irascible more so than jolly. Thus, I understood that catching him with a grin that beamed almost as bright as the gold medal just placed around his neck was a rare moment.
"We will smile for a few minutes, then it's back to work," he told me, stern even in his satisfaction. "This is a very nice win at a very nice event, but ultimately, we have somewhere else to be."
The event Gumbie's squad had just captured on the gymnasium floor at Bonsor Recreation Complex in this suburb of Vancouver was the 2008 Canada Cup International Wheelchair Rugby Tournament -- the last assembly of the eight countries set to meet again in September for the final destination: the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing.
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