The WRAS was formed in 2008 as one of the formulated disability sports association/club in Singapore. WRAS plays a very pivotal role in promoting wheelchair racing sport and inculcating the positive values of sports to individuals with disabilities. Over the years, wheelchair racing athletes have participated in local championships, donned national colours in regional and international competitions. Such competitions challenge the disabled to realise their fullest potential.
Wheelchair racing form the very cornerstone of WRAS’s existence. WRAS promotes the well-being of the disabled in Singapore, helping them to live full and independent lives. WRAS provides elite and recreational sports programmes to the young and adults with paraplegia, quadriplegia, tetraplegia, spinal cord injuries, amputated lower limbs, cerebral palsy and polio.
WRAS is a disability sports club for wheelchair racing enthusiasts in Singapore. It is a registered society/club with Registry of Societies under the Societies Act (Cap.311). A non-profit disability sports organisation impressed firmly in the mind to safeguard the interest of the wheelchair racing sport’s development along with its professional and amateur athlete members and enthusiasts in Singapore.
WRAS Objectives
- To uphold, as the sports organisation for wheelchair racing holistic development
- Boosting wheelchair racing sport as means of physical therapy to strengthen the disabled, both physically and mentally, to increase independence, mobility, confidence and self-esteem; and
- Providing the disabled with opportunities to train and play competitively and recreationally.
- To promote the sport in the Republic of Singapore
- Increasing public awareness and promoting widespread support for wheelchair racing sport and its recreational needs; and
- Enhancing the lifestyles of the disabled and integrating them into the community through wheelchair racing sport and recreational activities.
- To arrange, organise and participate in local sports meets and compete in overseas championships
- Providing the disabled with opportunities to participate, compete and excel in wheelchair racing for local, regional and international competitions.