An Amazing World Record Breaking Continuous Line of 229 Wheelchairs
A beautiful sunny day on Surfers Paradise Beach-side Esplanade provided the ideal conditions for the Surfers Sunrise Rotary Annual Wheelchair Challenge 2012.
The World Record previously established in USA of 193 wheelchairs travelling in a continuous line for a period of one minute was today challenged successfully on the Gold Coast in Queensland Australia establishing a new World Record.
A continuous moving line of 229 wheelchairs was achieved.
To achieve 200 plus wheelchairs and in some cases the occupants and their carers in a continuous line requires a continuous length of at least 500 metres without obstacles.
The Esplanade at Surfers Paradise is probably the most Wheelchair friendly Beachside Esplanade in the whole of Australia and in the Southern Hemisphere with its accessible amenities and fabulous beach views it makes the perfect location for the Challenge International recognition of the Annual Wheelchair Challenge is likely to be acknowledged by the inclusion of these years 229 wheelchair participants in this year's edition of the Guinness Book of Records.
The Surfers Paradise Beach is immensely popular with holidaymakers, day-visitors, tourists, and gold coasters all year round.
The successful Wheelchair Challenge will no doubt encourage more and more visitors to the Beach-side Resort in particular those people with mobility difficulties.
The Organizers of this Historic Challenge were The Rotary Club of Surfers Sunrise, Surfers Paradise Alliance, The Gold Coast City Council, and The Spinal Injury Association.
The Rotary Club of Surfers Sunrise meets as a Breakfast Club once a week at Southport Yacht Club.
The Club aims to help to raise funds and community awareness of the challenges faced by people in wheelchairs, and provides support for those in need of wheelchairs.
The International achievements of Surfers Sunrise Rotary include the manufacture and distribution of wheelchairs worldwide for people in need, using recycled materials and components where available, the manufacture, design and erection of school buildings in Tsunami devastated countries.
It has already been rumored that the American Foundation of Christopher and Dana Reeve after having their record broken will be mounting a challenge to the Surfers Sunrise Rotary new world record of 229 Wheelchairs moving in a continuous line for a period of one minute.
Next September is likely to see an ever increasing number of Moving Wheelchair Challengers being required from Surfers Paradise to re-establish a new record holding status.
There will probably be additional Global Challengers emerging in 2014.
On 10th October the Surfers Sunrise Rotary received the award of Inclusive Community Champions as winners of the Best Tourism Category for the Annual Wheelchair Challenge from the Gold Coast Mayor.
A major vote of thanks should be extended to everyone who partook in the tremendous effort that was necessary to organize and support this event.
Congratulations are due to the 229 and in addition to those who gave up their time and so generously supported the World Record Wheelchair Challenge.
The World Record previously established in USA of 193 wheelchairs travelling in a continuous line for a period of one minute was today challenged successfully on the Gold Coast in Queensland Australia establishing a new World Record.
A continuous moving line of 229 wheelchairs was achieved.
To achieve 200 plus wheelchairs and in some cases the occupants and their carers in a continuous line requires a continuous length of at least 500 metres without obstacles.
The Esplanade at Surfers Paradise is probably the most Wheelchair friendly Beachside Esplanade in the whole of Australia and in the Southern Hemisphere with its accessible amenities and fabulous beach views it makes the perfect location for the Challenge International recognition of the Annual Wheelchair Challenge is likely to be acknowledged by the inclusion of these years 229 wheelchair participants in this year's edition of the Guinness Book of Records.
The Surfers Paradise Beach is immensely popular with holidaymakers, day-visitors, tourists, and gold coasters all year round.
The successful Wheelchair Challenge will no doubt encourage more and more visitors to the Beach-side Resort in particular those people with mobility difficulties.
The Organizers of this Historic Challenge were The Rotary Club of Surfers Sunrise, Surfers Paradise Alliance, The Gold Coast City Council, and The Spinal Injury Association.
The Rotary Club of Surfers Sunrise meets as a Breakfast Club once a week at Southport Yacht Club.
The Club aims to help to raise funds and community awareness of the challenges faced by people in wheelchairs, and provides support for those in need of wheelchairs.
The International achievements of Surfers Sunrise Rotary include the manufacture and distribution of wheelchairs worldwide for people in need, using recycled materials and components where available, the manufacture, design and erection of school buildings in Tsunami devastated countries.
It has already been rumored that the American Foundation of Christopher and Dana Reeve after having their record broken will be mounting a challenge to the Surfers Sunrise Rotary new world record of 229 Wheelchairs moving in a continuous line for a period of one minute.
Next September is likely to see an ever increasing number of Moving Wheelchair Challengers being required from Surfers Paradise to re-establish a new record holding status.
There will probably be additional Global Challengers emerging in 2014.
On 10th October the Surfers Sunrise Rotary received the award of Inclusive Community Champions as winners of the Best Tourism Category for the Annual Wheelchair Challenge from the Gold Coast Mayor.
A major vote of thanks should be extended to everyone who partook in the tremendous effort that was necessary to organize and support this event.
Congratulations are due to the 229 and in addition to those who gave up their time and so generously supported the World Record Wheelchair Challenge.
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