All to Play for in the Roma National Championships

As teams look ahead to next weekend and the Roma National Championships we can look forward to a more open competition than we have seen for a few years. Leicester Tigers will be hoping to secure their first cup win having just topped Division 1 of the Super Series and will want to bring to an end the enviable record of Storm who have been in the Cup final for the last 4 years and won in both 2016 and 2017. Crash are also looking strong and will want to go one better than their runner-up placing...
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Pride in Being Part of the Wheelchair Rugby Community

What a joy it’s been to have the wheelchair rugby community together for a week in Leicester! The King Power Wheelchair Rugby Quad Nations tournament has been such a huge success on so many levels that everyone involved should feel immensely proud. The professional manner in which the event was staged is a huge credit to Martyn Salt and his team of ‘Smashers’ and presenters led by Ian Mollard. The technical delivery of the event was first class - thank you to the officials and to Richard A...
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Fabulous Support from Leicester

Leicester has always been a big sporting city, boasting top rugby with Tigers, and Premier League football with Foxes, both teams currently in 8th position in their respective leagues. Who can forget the Foxes famously winning the Premier League in 2016? Or the rich history that Tigers can boast with so many greats that have worn the Tigers shirt from Clive Woodward and Martin Johnson through to the Youngs brothers today. And that is not forgetting basketball with the Riders curren...
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CEO Blog: Lots to get excited about in 2018

A very happy new year everyone, I hope you all had a great Christmas and that 2018 has started well. We have such an exciting year ahead of us and I am incredibly optimistic that this is going to be a year to really remember! Yesterday I spent the day with GB’s Head Coach Paul Shaw and Team Manager Lee Stutely and we finalised all of our planning for the GB team this year. The success of our fundraising in 2017 means that we are able to invest a little more in support for the team as we seek t...
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You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf

“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” ~ Jon Kabat-Zinn Hope and faith lies at the heart of the Christmas message and whether or not you buy into the Christmas story, living a life with hope and faith allows us to look ahead with optimism and a sense of trust and confidence. This time last year, I had just taken the call from the CEO UK Sport with the news that we were not to be funded for the Tokyo cycle. It was a huge blow and we all felt bruised, angry and rather let down, but we never felt finished. I remember writing my blog at the time reminding myself as much as anyone, that as a sport we are much more than our GB team, even though we w...
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Is Leicester the Rugby Capital of the UK?

In my last blog I spoke about how we were powering towards the end of the year, well the pace hasn’t slackened and we have had some fantastic activity over the last couple of weeks. The Lloyd’s of London fundraiser for the GB squad was a huge success and raised around £195k which is incredible and will allow us to prepare against the best in the world ahead of the World Championships in Sydney next August. This will start with the Wheelchair Rugby Quad Nations w...
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