Invacare World Team Cup Set to Start in Poland.Business Editors ELYRIA, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2003 The 19th Invacare World Team Cup is set to start at the Sopot Tennis Club in Poland on June 8, running through June 15, 2003. The Invacare World Team Cup is the official wheelchair tennis Wheelchair tennis is a sport that is played on a regulation tennis court, by people using specially designed wheelchairs. All pedestrian variations of tennis are, played, i.e. same-sex, doubles, mixed etc. team event of the International Tennis Federation, and is the wheelchair tennis equivalent of the Davis Cup and Federation Cup. This year's event is being held in Sopot, one of the most beautiful places in Poland, at the Sopot Tennis Club which has hosted many prestigious national and international tennis tournaments. Competing in the Men's division will be the top 24 Men's teams from the 2002 event, plus two wild cards from each of the three regions, plus an additional two wild cards appointed by the ITF ITF International Transport Workers' Federation ITF International Tennis Federation ITF In the Future ITF International Trust Fund (demining NGO based in Slovenia) ITF International Transport Forum Wheelchair Tennis Committee. In the Women's division, the top 12 women's teams from 2002 are competing, plus four wild cards. In the Quads division, the top six teams from the 2002 event are competing. In the Juniors' division, the top 4 teams from the 2002 event, plus four wild card entries are competing. For daily tournament updates and competition results, visit the Invacare web site at www.invacare.com. Invacare Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :IVC IVC abbr. inferior vena cava ) is the global leader in the manufacture and distribution of innovative home medical products which promote recovery and active lifestyles through more than 25,000 providers. The company, which had 2002 revenues of $1.09 billion, goes to market in the following channels of distribution: home care, mass retail and institutional. Within these channels of distribution, Invacare participates in the following product segments: Home Care, which includes rehab products, respiratory products, manual wheelchairs, home care beds, therapeutic support surfaces and personal care products marketed by Invacare's Home Care Group; Soft Goods and Supplies, which includes ostomy ostomy Surgical opening in the body, or the operation creating it, usually to allow discharge of wastes through the abdominal wall. It may be temporary, to relieve strain on damaged organs, or permanent, to replace normal channels congenitally missing or surgically removed , incontinence, wound care and diabetic supplies marketed by Invacare Supply Group; and Institutional, which includes nursing home beds, patient lifts and slings, nursing home furniture and bathing systems marketed by Invacare Continuing Care continuing care a professional convention that a veterinarian who is treating an animal is obliged to continue treating that case unless an arrangement is made with its custodian to transfer the care to another practitioner or to a specialist. Group. The company's headquarters are in Elyria, Ohio, and the firm has manufacturing plants in the United States, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Mexico, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. For more information about the company, visit Invacare's website at www.invacare.com. |
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