GBWR Announces Community Week 2021

GB Wheelchair Rugby is delighted to announce its first ever Community Week, with engaging, inspiring and educational webinars. Community Week 2021 will take place 1st-5th February, and GBWR members will have the opportunity to attend exciting webinars and a quiz from the comfort of their homes, via Zoom. The sessions will include educational webinars focusing on basic chair maintenance and athlete nutrition as well as evenings with the GB Team’s Hea...
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Season’s Greetings from GB Wheelchair Rugby

The coronavirus has reminded us that we need one another. It has been a catalyst for a renewal of community and for simple acts of human kindness. Wheelchair rugby is all about community and the extraordinary human capacity to embrace challenge and seek the positive. We go into 2021 with renewed optimism for a more caring world. ...
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UK Sport Award Wheelchair Rugby £2.6M for Paris 2024

Earlier today we received the fabulous news that the UK Sport Board has awarded GB Wheelchair Rugby an indicative sum of £2.6 million for the Paris cycle (April 2021 until March 2025) with a confirmed sum of £662,572 for year one. We can expect years two to four to be confirmed next year when the government’s Spending Review is completed. This news provides the funding for us to really challenge for medals and have an even greater inspirational impact on our communities. The award recogni...
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WR5s Classification Consultation

GB Wheelchair Rugby is launching a consultation for all members on the current classification eligibility within Wheelchair Rugby 5s. We are also consulting on the option of introducing a 4 point classification. The purpose of this consultation is to gage the membership opinion on the eligibility of players with impairments that are not currently recognised in the WR5s Classification criteria. This is specifically around players with pain conditions, such as chronic regional pain syndrome (CR...
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Return to Play: Update

RETURN TO PLAY: RESOURCES & UPDATES For all Return to Play resources, key information and updates: Return to Play Further to the revised COVID-19 restrictions introduced in England on 2 December, and in Scotland and Wales on 8 December, GBWR Clubs may return to play (RTP) p...
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Help Shape the Future of GBWR

We are in the process of developing a new strategy to shape the future of our sport. As part of this we would like to talk to you about your experiences of playing wheelchair rugby. We are working with the Sports Industry Research Group at Sheffield Hallam University to run a number of focus groups so that we can speak with members about the different reasons you play, what you enjoy, what could be better and anything else you would like to tell us. The focus groups will involve 8-10 people s...
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