Fees & Rentals - 2021-2022 Season

Onpara Membership link: https://onpara.ca/product/onpara-membership

Committed long term players are encouraged to purchase their own personal sports chair. This will allow them to tune and personalize it to their needs and style of play.

For those less committed or just beginning, a chair rental is a more appropriate choice. The Twin City Spinners has a limited number of sports chairs to rent out. The majority of these are sized for younger players. They are rented out on a first come - first served basis.

If the Twin City Spinners does not have an appropriately sized chair for the player in question, one can be rented directly from Onpara. See Onpara's website for details. https://onpara.ca/getting-started-in-para/wheelchair-rentals

The Twin City Spinners can help with the co-ordination of chair rentals through Onpara.

"Twin City Spinners is thankful to be named as a recipient of the Community Sports Club Fund provided by the Ontario Para Network and the Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries. https://www.ontario.ca/page/ministry-heritage-sport-tourism-culture-industries

This funding will allow us to offset the cost of registration for our athletes this season and continue making the return to sport more accessible.

Key Messages/Facts:

Name of the funding program: Community Sports Club Funding
Part of the Ontario government’s investment in the sport & recreation sector during the pandemic to provide support to community sport clubs and encourage more children, youth, families, and athletes to get active and return to play safely.
The Ontario Para Network (ONPARA) is the recognized governing body for wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby, and wheelchair tennis in Ontario, and a programming partner for para-athletics (T/F 51-57 classifications).
ONPARA supports over 250 athletes, from grassroots to high performance, across Ontario.
Thirteen (13) distinct wheelchair sports clubs in Ontario will benefit directly from the Community Sports Club Funding support.
Funding will help offset the cost of club registration fees and facility rentals for the 2021-2022 season so that athletes and club programs can return to sport with fewer financial barriers to participation.