MISSION STATEMENT
The National Wheelchair Poolplayers Association, Inc. (NWPA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging, developing and regulating wheelchair billiards.
The NWPA serves wheelchair billiards as the Billiard Congress of America (BCA) serves able-bodied players.
Sports and recreation are the best ways to encourage physically challenged men, women and children to live full and productive lives. Pool has become a popular sport around the world, but especially for hundreds of wheelchair players. Pool is the perfect sport for most wheelchair users, because it is not physically demanding and age is not a factor.
One of the goals of the NWPA is to encourage persons with disabilities who are unable to play or compete from a standing position to become involved in playing pool from a seated position, by holding clinics, tournaments and fundraisers throughout the United States . The NWPA actively seeks player members, associate members and sponsors, in order to achieve this goal.
The NWPA sanctions eight to twelve regional events, culminating with annual National Championship and, in some years, an International Championship. The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) has aired a number of our National and International Championships.
We have over three hundred members worldwide and several of our members have competed in world wheelchair 9 Ball championships that have been held in various locations around the world since 1999. The NWPA was the host organizer for the 2007 WPA World 9 Ball Championship for Wheelchair Players (Tampa. Florida), co-host of the 2008 WPA World 9 Ball Championship for Wheelchair Players (Reno, Nevada), host for 2009 WPA World 9 Ball Championship for Wheelchair Players (Elizabeth, Indiana) and co-host of the 2010 WPA World 9 Ball Championship for Wheelchair Players (Reno, Nevada), .
The NWPA is the National Governing Body for wheelchair billiards through Wheelchair Sports U.S.A. and the BCA and is a member of the World Pool Association.
