PADS Dragon Boat Team

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PADS Dragon Boat Team
Philippine Accessible Disability Service Dragon Boat Team
FoundedSeptember 2016;6 years ago (2016-09)
Headquarters Cebu City, Philippines
Founder, CEO, and team manager
John Paul "JP" Maunes
Team captain
 Arnold "Capt. A" Balais
Website pads.org.ph

Philippine Accessible Disability Service Dragon Boat Team, also known as PADS Dragon Boat Team, is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that aims to enable persons with disability (PWDs) to grow and develop as independent, integrated, and empowered citizens of society. [1] [2] [3] The Cebu-based dragon boat team [4] [5] comprises people with disabilities—some are amputees, while others are deaf or blind. [6] PADS Dragon Boat Team is the first cross-disability adaptive dragon boat racing team in the Philippines. [7] [8]

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History

John Paul "JP" Maunes, CEO [9] and team manager, [5] founded the Philippine Accessible Deaf Services (PADS), which organized sports, health, and advocacy campaigns for the Deaf community in Cebu and its neighboring communities. Driven by his time spent with Stephanie Kanter and Derek Daniels, mentors at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Maunes changed the name of his organization from "Deaf" to "Disability" to include people of all disabilities. [10]

Composed of mixed disabilities, [11] PADS Dragon Boat Team was formed around September 2016 and had its first dragon boat competition in Dumaguete City in November. [7]

In June 2022, with support from the Australian Embassy, PADS broke ground with its first Adaptive Sports and Rehabilitation Center in Mandaue City, Cebu. [12] In July 2022, during their Manila preparations, SM Cares supported and treated the PADS athletes with accommodations at Heritage Hotel Manila and a "Fun Day at the Mall" tour at SM Mall of Asia, SM Southmall, and S'Maison. [1] [13]

In December 2022, during their visit to Mandaue City, Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Hae Kyong Yu led the turnover to the PADS of around a million Australian dollars worth of sports equipment and projects, including a 20-seater dragon boat. [14]

The Department of Tourism also applauds PADS for their historic win at the International Dragon Boat Federation's (IDBF) 13th Club Crew World Championships in Sarasota, Florida. [15]

The team made history as the first Filipino para dragon boat team to compete and won the Para Dragon Boat Category. [5] [16]

Competitions

Local

YearEventVenueAwardsCategory
20171st Naga Invitational Dragon Boat Race [17] Naga City, CebuSilver, Bronze [6]
2019Sandugo Dragon Boat Festival Tagbilaran City [18] Gold (2)Small Boat Women's Category,

Small Boat Open Masters Category [19]

International

YearEventVenueAwardsCategory
2017Paradragon Division of the Hong Kong International Dragon Boat RacesHong KongGold [7]
20189th Hong Kong Dragon Boat FestivalVictoria Harbour [20] Gold [2] [11]
201914th International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) World Nations ChampionshipsPattaya, Thailand [21] Gold (4), Silver (2), Bronze (4) [22]
202213th International Dragon Boat Federation's Club Crew World ChampionshipsSarasota, FloridaGold (4) [12] [23] [24] 2000m PD2, 500m PD2, 200m PD1, 200m PD2 [1] [5]

Recognitions

See also

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