The TIRAS-ROCKET sports table tennis club of the capital unites people with special needs, keen on table tennis eight years. Masters of sports, winners of various international tournaments, including the Cup of Russia and the European Championship are among the members of this public organization. It has become traditional for Pridnestrovian tennis players to participate in the All-Russian Table Tennis Competition among persons with musculoskeletal injuries, held in Bryansk. An invitation was received this year. The only obstacle was the lack of financial ability to pay for the transportation. According to the club members at least four athletes will be able to adequately represent the republic. Plus - tennis players with disabilities urgently need the help of escort. The club management appealed for assistance to the President. Immediate assistance in purchasing train tickets and an invitation to meet with the President was the response to the letter. Welcoming the guests, Vadim Krasnoselsky emphasized that the provision of material assistance is not a subject of discussion, but the appeal received is only an occasion for the meeting. The interlocutors said that last year, called the Year of Equal Opportunities and entirely dedicated to supporting and creating the conditions for maximum socialization of people with health problems, was the starting point for working in this direction. It continues without slowing down. The social infrastructure for this category of citizens is radically changing. The existing ones are reconstructed and re-equipped, new educational and sports centers are opened.
Vadim Krasnoselsky asked if wheelchair tennis players were satisfied with the training room in the Tiraspol city stadium. After listening to the athletes, he gave the order to update the flooring there. In addition, tennis balls will be updated: they will be replaced by more modern ones used by professional athletes. They also spoke about the multi-profile center for people with special needs being built in Tiraspol. It turned out that not everyone knows about that. The President emphasized that awareness is extremely important, since people who find themselves in a difficult life situation, such as disability, need to be involved in society, without leaving alone with their problems. They also talked about the importance of such an aspect as logistics: location of this or that object and the ability to get to it by public transport is of great importance. The meeting participants mentioned it, emphasizing that only a small fraction of trolley buses and fixed-route taxis are adapted to the special needs of people with disabilities. The President spoke about plans to upgrade the public transport park. The option of acquiring in the near future a significant number of buses in which the factory equipment provides comfort for wheelchairs transportation is being considered.
Returning to the topic of sports, representatives of the TIRAS-ROCKET club noted that the republic has more attention to the physical culture of people with disabilities. Professional trainers are needed for the development of Paralympic sport of high achievements. As for table tennis among wheelchair users, it is at a high level in the republic, which cannot be said for example about neighboring Moldova. The meeting participants consider that the fact that our tennis players are officially represented almost everywhere as Pridnestrovian athletes is a very important point. October 3, the PMR flag will be in Bryansk - our team will again compete for awards, representing the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.
