Save the Date:
Saturday and Sunday Sept 26/27. The leaves will be in full color and we will be riding from Lincoln to the AMC Highland Center in Crawford Notch to spend the night in the comfortable lodge.

Cost: $85 per person with room, board, and luggage transportation Registration deadline: Friday August 28

Summertime in the White Mountains of New Hampshire is in full effect (the rain has actually held off in August) and it could not be a better time to come up and play. Weekly, we are offering lessons in road cycling, kayaking, waterskiing, and shooting sports. Our weekend events have been well attended and we have the Wounded Warriors returning for 3 days at the end of August. I would have to say that our year round adaptive sports and recreational opportunities are here to stay.

New England Disabled Sports recently invested in equipment for a variety of sports including hiking, camping, biathlon and cycling. The recently acquired pieces have added a whole new realm to our students’ sporting possibilities and year- round adventures. Some of the new additions to our fleet can be seen on our website www.nedisabledsports.org/summer/equipmentsummer.

Remember the first time you took your father’s car into an empty parking lot and tested her out to see what the family sedan really had under the hood? For 12 disabled athletes that experience was brought to life again through a first of its kind driving event hosted by Accessible Racing, in conjunction with New England Disabled Sports (a chapter of Disabled Sports USA), Loon Mountain and the White Mountain Motorsports Park. The “Magic in the Mountains” accessible stock car driving experience was held June 26, 2009 in Lincoln, New Hampshire. This event allowed newly injured veterans and active disabled athletes to learn defensive driving skills that they employed at the world’s only ‘Arrive & Drive’ stock car driving experience for persons with physical disabilities.

It’s time to hit the driving range, and get ready for the 11th Annual New England Disabled Sports Golf Classic. This year’s event will take place on Friday, September 18th at the Owl’s Nest Golf Club in Campton, NH. For questions about registration or sponsorship information, contact Alan Jette at ajette@bu.edu. To register log onto www.nedisabledsports.org/calendar/golf.

Adam Sapers is climbing for a cause. Earlier this year, he set a goal to hike all 48 of the 4,000 foot peaks in New Hampshire in an effort to raise money for New England Disabled Sports. His ultimate goal is to raise a total of $48,000.