Out on the Fields: The First International Study on Homophobia in Sports

9th August 2014

I have just completed the first major international survey into homophobia in sport and encourage you to do likewise. The survey is available online here: //www.outonthefields.com/ David Pond...

IWRF World Championship Fans’ Best Player Award

8th August 2014

YOU decide who wins the Fans’ Best Player Award! For the first time in the history of the IWRF World Championship, the organizers will award the best player of the tournament from the spectators’ point of view. Fans can nominate and vote for players online, and a special trophy will be presented to the winner at the closing banquet on Sunday. Through live and on-demand streaming, everyone with an internet connection has been able to follow the 2014 IWRF World Championship. Now, the Danish organizing committee (LOC) has launched the Fans’ Best Player Award, and the winner will be determined entirely by the fans’ online voting. We want to take spectator invol...

IWRF World Championship 2014 – Live Stream

5th August 2014

All 42 games of the IWRF 2014 Wheelchair Rugby World Championship (4th - 10th August) are available for live and on demand free internet streaming here on the GBWR website. Court 1 is set up with one camera filming, without audio commentary and graphics. The communications team at the World Championships will provide live text updates and commentary on Facebook. Games played on Court 2 will receive the full broadcast treatment with multiple cameras, commentators and graphics. Commentators are Kristian Fredslund Andersen and Dave Mengyan. For more information on the tournament, including the game schedule, please see the official website at //2014wrwc.dhif.dk/ Court 1 - Live ...

CEO Caption Competition

31st July 2014

I will buy a bottle of champagne for the person who comes up with the best caption for the photo I took yesterday of Jinx and Spence. Email answers to Daniel Hook (danielhook@rfu.com) by 1 September. David Pond...

Mayor of Brighton Visits RugbyWheels Session

28th July 2014

GBWR’s mass disability sports participation programme RugbyWheels has visited Brighton, in partnership with Brighton and Hove Council’s TAKEPART sports festival. The final session featured a visit from the Mayor of Brighton, representatives of the Brighton Albion community project and the City Council, and a number of new local players. The session, run by GBWR’s Regional Development Officer Paul Arnold and Performance team Mechanic Dorrien Preece, allowed the Mayor and his wife an opportunity to try wheelchair rugby for the first time! To read more and see video footage from the event, please see ...

Europa Cup 2015

18th July 2014

The IWRF have received no applications to host the 2015 Europa Cup. Clubs interested in hosting the 2015 Europa Cup please register an interest with John Timms, IWRF European Competitions Manager (john.timms@mls.gb.com), by Friday 25th August 2014. Please state the outline dates of the tournament and the venue you would seek to use. There can be flexibility on the number of teams that take part in the event (though ideally 8) and the qualification / selection of teams attending.  Guidance will be provided. The IWRF will work with any host to advise them on costs and support them through the hosting of this tournament. If you ar...