Penrith Pumas are awarded a card showing how much they have won following the public vote for the Peoples Project

Winners – Penrith Pumas (Promoting Unbelievable Mental Attitude)

A huge congratulation to Penrith Pumas Wheelchair Rugby Club who have recently won £60,000 following a public vote as part of The Peoples Projects. Their project, Promoting Unbelievable Mental Attitude, was one of the 95 organisations across the UK that was in with a chance of winning the enormous amount of money. The clubs hard working volunteers applied to The People’s Projects with their aim to deliver wheelchair rugby sessions for people with life changing injuries or long-term chronic he...
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GBWR x DSW x WRU partnership announcement

The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) announces a five-year collaborative partnership with Disability Sport Wales and Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby in a joint commitment to advance the sport of wheelchair rugby in Wales following the success of the 2023 Wheelchair Rugby European Championship at Principality Stadium last month. Nigel Walker, WRU Acting CEO says: “The success of the past 12 months is testament to the collaboration between GBWR, DSW, and the WRU, and our singular goal to e...
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GBWR Club of the Month

This month we are highlighting Stoke Mandeville Maulers as our Club of the Month. Read on to learn more about the club’s inception and their social ethos at the heart of the teams. To celebrate the club further, we talked to one of the club’s founders, ex-GB player and GBWR Hall of Famer Bob O’Shea, who has given an inspiring interview as he reflects over 34 years of commitment to wheelchair rugby. Stoke Mandeville is best known for being the birthplace of the Paralympic movement, prima...
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Wheelchair rugby player in black attempts to stop an opposing player who is wearing a black head band and white vest.

Preview of the 2023 Wheelchair Rugby: Fours Premiership

Now that the weather is warming up the competition and level is heating up too as the Wheelchair Rugby: Fours Premiership rolls into action. The premiership sees players with a wealth of experience and talent including nine Paralympic champions and 12 current GB team players and emerging stars from the talent pathway. On top of this European players want a slice of the action with newly crowned 2x European Champions Jonathan Hivernat and Sebastian Verdin joining the Northern Alliance and Leicest...
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Penrith Pumas player ready to throw the ball onto court

Penrith Pumas (Promoting Unbelievable Mental Attitude)

Penrith Pumas WRC have been shortlisted as one of the 95 organisations across the UK that are in with a chance of winning £60,000. The clubs hard working volunteers applied to The People’s Projects with their aim to deliver wheelchair rugby sessions for people with life changing injuries or long-term chronic health conditions. The funding will expand its support to make a positive long-lasting change to more people’s lives, demonstrating that there should be no limitations in what can be ac...
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Tayla as she falls following her bunjee jump, her arms wide above her head as she free falls

Tayla Clarke Jumps for GBWR

We would like to thank GBWR official and volunteer, Tayla Clarke, after she courageously bungee jumped 160ft off of a crane, raising nearly £800 for GBWR. Tayla has been involved with our sport all of her life, growing up watching her father, wheelchair rugby legend and GBWR Honorary Lifetime Member, Alan Ash, play for both club and country. Following Alan's passing last year, Tayla and her Mum, Ruth, have both stayed with the sport and relied on the wheelchair rugby family to keep their spiri...
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