CEO update – August 2023

31st August 2023

Met Office figures showed July of 2023 was the UK's sixth wettest on record, with the wet weather trend continuing into August. While the poor weather has ruined many a UK staycation, the frequent wheelchair rugby action across the summer has done its part to keep your wet summer blues at bay. Congratulations to the Leicester Tigers, who were crowned champions of our newly restructured Premiership. The WR5s League has continued its strong growth with four new teams joining this year. Our firs...

GBWR newsletter relaunch: CEO update July 2023

28th July 2023

I am delighted to be writing to you as we relaunch our newsletter this month, and I must say, it's great to see it back in action! If you’re not already subscribed, you can sign up here. The newsletter has always been a fantastic platform to share our successes and keep everyone updated on the latest developments, and I'm thrilled to continue that tradition. ...

It’s been a packed year! CEO end-of-year blog

21st December 2022

It’s funny how every year around this time we always find ourselves saying “I can’t believe it’s nearly (insert the subsequent year) already….”. I’d like to avoid saying this, however, my first calendar year as CEO of GBWR has gone incredibly fast. I am immensely proud of the work put in by the entire team in such a jammed packed year.  We’ve had three major GB competitions (European Championships in February, World Games in July, World Championships in October), a condensed dom...

World Championship 2022 CEO reflection

18th October 2022

I can only describe GB’s experience at the 2022 Wheelchair Rugby World Championship as an ‘emotional rollercoaster’. Entering the tournament as defending Paralympic champions, number two ranked team in the world, and finishing seventh was certainly not what we expected. Three days before the team were due to depart, we were given the news that one of our key athletes, Stuart Robinson, was unable to travel to Denmark due to a health issue. It was at that point we could all hear the clicking...

Canada wins the King Power Quad Nations in Cardiff!

5th October 2022

Our King Power Quad Nations elite tournament hosted at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff was a great success. I am continually blown away by the Welsh hospitality and I’m yet to meet anyone who attended that didn’t have a great time. All the teams that were present (GB, Canada, France, and Germany) will be at the World Championship which starts 10 October  so this was the last opportunity for teams to sharpen their swords ahead of the most important competition outside of the Paralympics. A thrilli...

GB win gold at the World Games

18th July 2022

This Sunday 17 July 2022 GB have achieved another historic gold-medal win. This time it has been at the World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, competing in the low-point wheelchair rugby event. Low-point rugby is another format of wheelchair rugby where only players with a classification of 1.5 and below can compete. GB swept the pool stages comfortably winning all five games in the lead up to the gold-medal match vs the second-place Japan side. Confidence was high goin...