London Wheelchair Rugby Club Storm has won the BT Wheelchair
Rugby National Championships at the Copper Box Arena in London’s Queen
Elizabeth Park.
Showing posts with label wheelchair rugby. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wheelchair rugby. Show all posts
Friday, 8 May 2015
Thursday, 11 December 2014
Award For Disabled Coach
Paul Jenkins - coach of the Invictus Great Britain
Wheelchair Rugby team and South Wales Pirates - has been rewarded for his
career as a Wheelchair Rugby Coach.
Thursday, 24 April 2014
Try Wheelchair Rugby
GBWR are offering the chance to try out Wheelchair Rugby on
Monday 28th April at the Fenton Manor Sports Complex, Stoke.
The free taster session will be for any potential players, male or female, with a physical impairment. Wheelchairs and coaching will be provided. There will also be an appearance from a player from Stoke city football club joining in the fun on the day. Journalists brave enough to have a go are welcome too.
An exciting fusion of ice hockey, handball and rugby, the game was originally founded in Canada in 1977. It’s not only based on speed and chair contact, but is also a tactically intelligent game to be involved in. Eight rolling substitutes make up squads of 12, with four players on court per team at any time, with the aim of driving the ball across the opponents' goal line. Contact between wheelchairs is permitted, as players use their chairs to block and hold opponents. The emphasis of the sport is on fun, excitement and inclusion, particularly for players with higher levels of impairment.
This taster session is part of a wider week of Wheelchair Rugby taking part in Stoke leading up to the Wheelchair Rugby National Championships taking place 3rd – 5th May at Fenton Manor in Stoke. It will see the UK’s top Wheelchair Rugby teams battle it out for the cup including some of the stars of London 2012 and future athletes of Rio 2016.
The taster session takes place between 12pm – 2pm on Monday 28th April at Fenton manor Sports complex in Stoke, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 2RR. More information can be found on the website: www.gbwr.org.uk
The free taster session will be for any potential players, male or female, with a physical impairment. Wheelchairs and coaching will be provided. There will also be an appearance from a player from Stoke city football club joining in the fun on the day. Journalists brave enough to have a go are welcome too.
An exciting fusion of ice hockey, handball and rugby, the game was originally founded in Canada in 1977. It’s not only based on speed and chair contact, but is also a tactically intelligent game to be involved in. Eight rolling substitutes make up squads of 12, with four players on court per team at any time, with the aim of driving the ball across the opponents' goal line. Contact between wheelchairs is permitted, as players use their chairs to block and hold opponents. The emphasis of the sport is on fun, excitement and inclusion, particularly for players with higher levels of impairment.
This taster session is part of a wider week of Wheelchair Rugby taking part in Stoke leading up to the Wheelchair Rugby National Championships taking place 3rd – 5th May at Fenton Manor in Stoke. It will see the UK’s top Wheelchair Rugby teams battle it out for the cup including some of the stars of London 2012 and future athletes of Rio 2016.
The taster session takes place between 12pm – 2pm on Monday 28th April at Fenton manor Sports complex in Stoke, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 2RR. More information can be found on the website: www.gbwr.org.uk
Tuesday, 15 April 2014
Wheelchair Rugby Grant
The
National Governing Body for Wheelchair Rugby, GBWR, has agreed a deal with
the Middlesex Sports Foundation worth £50,000 that will run for the
next four years.
Rhidian Jones, Chairman of the Middlesex Sports Foundation, said: “We were all impressed by the courage and commitment of the athletes at the Paralympics in London in 2012. As a charity with assets derived from the rugby community, and focussed on aiding sport for youth and those with special needs, we considered GB Wheelchair Rugby an ideal partner with which to develop a strong relationship.”
David Pond, Chief Executive of GB Wheelchair Rugby, responded: “We welcome the Middlesex Sports Foundation as partners at this very exciting time in the development of our sport. Our relationship with the able bodied rugby community continues to grow and we are very grateful to the Foundation for this generous funding which will help fund our new youth programme.’’
The money will help support and develop the sport across the country as well as to prepare the elite squad for the Paralympic games in Rio. GBWR is a charitable organisation and continues to forge strong links with charities such as the Middlesex Sport Foundation, as well as able-bodied rugby clubs, in an effort to engage communities with new initiatives and programmes.
Rhidian Jones, Chairman of the Middlesex Sports Foundation, said: “We were all impressed by the courage and commitment of the athletes at the Paralympics in London in 2012. As a charity with assets derived from the rugby community, and focussed on aiding sport for youth and those with special needs, we considered GB Wheelchair Rugby an ideal partner with which to develop a strong relationship.”
David Pond, Chief Executive of GB Wheelchair Rugby, responded: “We welcome the Middlesex Sports Foundation as partners at this very exciting time in the development of our sport. Our relationship with the able bodied rugby community continues to grow and we are very grateful to the Foundation for this generous funding which will help fund our new youth programme.’’
The money will help support and develop the sport across the country as well as to prepare the elite squad for the Paralympic games in Rio. GBWR is a charitable organisation and continues to forge strong links with charities such as the Middlesex Sport Foundation, as well as able-bodied rugby clubs, in an effort to engage communities with new initiatives and programmes.
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