GBWR Launches Fast Track Referee Academy

GB Wheelchair Rugby is excited to be launching the Fast Track Referee Academy training programme in 2021. If you are a wheelchair rugby official who has done a little bit of refereeing or you have refereed in another sport and you have aspiration to get more involved and move up the refereeing pathway, this is the programme for you! Applications are now open for officials to become part of the first-ever dedicated wheelchair rugby referee training programme, to become a Le...
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Enjoy the New Freedoms

Return to Play Resources and updates Happy Easter everyone! A combination of warm spring sunshine and being able to meet up with a few friends now to walk, wheel and just enjoy some company mean that things do feel as if they are looking up. By now many of you and your families wi...
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Membership Changes

As we get closer to being able to return to training and playing with our clubs we would like to update you on some changes to your GBWR membership. Recently we let you know that we are changing to a common membership year which will run from 1 April to 31 March each year. We hope that this will make it easier for members and clubs by having the same point in the year for everyone to renew their membership. The membership fee will be the same regardless of when you renew, but will be reduced ...
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It’s Getting Brighter!

Return to Play Resources and updates The camellias are in bloom in my garden, it’s now light enough for an early evening walk along the beach with Lily, we can see a way out of lockdown and many of the people I know have had their first vaccination against COVID – all we need ...
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The Return of Wheelchair Rugby

Return to Play Resources and updates Following the government announcement of their roadmap out of lockdown we are working with Sport England and the other home nations to clarify further detail on what this means for wheelchair rugby to be able to start back. We know that the ear...
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GB Wheelchair Rugby to Recruit New Chief Executive

GB Wheelchair Rugby has today announced that David Pond is to step down as Chief Executive after the Tokyo Paralympic Games this summer, after more than eleven highly successful years at the helm. The Board of GBWR is now commencing the search for its next CEO to build on the growth of the past decade and, with UK Sport funding recently secured for the Paris 2024 cycle, to take the sport at both grassroots and elite levels onto new heights. David Pond said: “We are making th...
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