Posts by Shelley Sowers

RICHMOND, VA – (Thursday, February 9, 2023) – Sportable, Central Virginia’s premier adaptive sports club, is proud to announce a new multi-year project focusing on sexual abuse prevention policies, training, and public awareness, funded by Virginia Department of Health Office of Family Health Services, Injury and Violence Prevention Program (VDH IVPP). Sportable is the only…

RICHMOND, VA – (Thursday, January 26, 2023) – Sportable, Central Virginia’s premier accessible sports club, is proud to host the third annual RVA Adaptive Sports Festival presented by C&F Bank and C&F Mortgage on Saturday, April 15, 2023, 10am-2pm, at Glen Allen High School. The free event is the largest exposition in the region of…

Written by: Danica King “I saw on Facebook that a Sportable athlete completed the Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10K in a wheelchair. I thought, ‘I can do that,’ and attempted to train at a track in my everyday wheelchair. I struggled and took 23:22 to make one lap. I called Sportable. I was told I should…

RICHMOND, VA – (Thursday, January 5, 2023) – Sportable, Central Virginia’s premier adaptive sports club, is proud to announce the return of the River City Classic March 4-5, 2023. Hosted by the Sportable Rim Riders, the adult wheelchair basketball tournament will feature a dozen Division II and Division III teams from across the east coast…

RICHMOND, VA – (Monday, November 28, 2022) – Sportable, Central Virginia’s premier adaptive sports club, is proud to introduce Richmond’s inaugural Junior Prep wheelchair basketball team designed for kids with physical disabilities aged 5-13, the Sportable Spokes. Outfitted with custom sports wheelchairs by The Rotary Clubs of Brandermill and Hanover’s 2022 Rotary District Grant on…

By: Robin Yoder, Sportable Athlete In April of 2021, I participated in the Sportable running program. We were still very much dealing with COVID but this was an outdoor program and for the first time it was being held in Chesterfield County near my home, at Swift Creek Middle School. I hadn’t done much running…

RICHMOND, VA – (Tuesday, October 18, 2022) – Sportable, Central Virginia’s premier adaptive sports club, is proud to announce that Mandy Marchiano has been named to the USA Wheelchair Rugby Developmental Team.  One of 15 players chosen at the Development Team tryouts designed for players who show potential for elite level wheelchair rugby in September,…

RICHMOND, VA – (Thursday, September 29, 2022) – Sportable will proudly honor volunteer Dan Schmitt on Thursday, October 6 at the Virginia War Memorial. Schmitt named Sportable the beneficiary of his 4,800-mile cross country bikepacking trek this summer, raising over $130,000 for the non-profit’s mission to make sports accessible and inclusive in Central Virginia. “We…

RICHMOND, VA – (Thursday, September 22, 2022) – Sportable, Central Virginia’s premier adaptive sports club, is proud to announce a matching challenge to kick off Sportable’s Tailgate Season. Should Sportable raise $10,000 prior to October 8, 2022, Riverside Benefits Group will contribute a dollar-for-dollar match to support the organization’s mission to make sports accessible and…