Club of the Month – March

Meet GBWRs March 2024 Club of the Month, Dragons Wheelchair Rugby. The club are another of the newer additions to the GBWR family and are affiliated to Dragon’s Rugby, one of the four rugby regions owned by the Welsh Rugby Union. Dragons train in Pontypool, and have grown steadily since their first training sessions in February 2019. The club pride themselves on providing physical exercise opportunities, support with emotional wellbeing and socialising opportunities to individuals with phys...
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Dame Sarah Storey and Kylie Grimes MBE celebrate International Women’s Day

Join Dame Sarah Storey, Paralympic athlete, and Kylie Grime MBE, former GB wheelchair rugby Paralympian as we celebrate International Women’s Day, 8 March 2024. Dame Sarah Storey is Great Britain’s most-decorated Paralympian, having won a total of 17 gold, 8 silver and 3 bronze Paralympic medals across two sports – swimming and cycling; Kylie Grime MBE was part of the GB wheelchair rugby squad which claimed gold at the Tokyo Paralympic Games – the first med...
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28 for 28 founding members with signed ball from GB team

GBWR launches innovative 28 for 28 fundraising initiative

Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby (GBWR) has launched a groundbreaking fundraising initiative – 28 for 28 – aimed at bringing 28 partners together to support the team on their journey to the LA28 Paralympic Games. 28 for 28 represents a unique and collaborative effort to garner support for GBWR, uniting partners in a shared mission to break down barriers and build bridges to advance inclusivity. The initiative aims to pool funds fro...
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Northampton Saints player in a lime green vest is holding the red and white wheelchair rugby ball while under pressure from a defending player in a black vest,

Club of the Month – February 2024

Congratulations to Northampton Saints Wheelchair Rugby Club on being named February’s Club of the Month. The club formed in 2016 and have been supported heavily since their inception by the Premiership Rugby club of the same name. The Premiership club have a continued commitment to the wheelchair rugby project and support them in numerous ways. The wheelchair rugby club have created a real community amongst their members, with both adult sessions and junior sessions taking place each week. The...
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Paul Davies (centre), Keith Jones (left), and Mike Spence (right) at the Sydney 2020 Paralympic Games

Paul Davies tribute

"Paul Davies was one of the founding players of the South Wales Pirates which we set up in 1989, playing as a 0.5 During this time he competed in tournaments in Belgium, Holland and Switzerland. He also played a season for the Spartans.  In 1996 he and Jon Nutman set up the Welsh Wheelchair Rugby Association. They organised the TSW Welsh International club tournaments in Cardiff in 1998 and 2000....
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