Rupert Moon Joins GBWR as Welsh Ambassador

Photo credit: Nutshell Video GB Wheelchair Rugby (GBWR) has announced former Wales international rugby player Rupert Moon as an ambassador. Rupert joined over 40 juniors at Llandarcy Academy of Sport on Sunday 18 November for the Lord’s Taverners Welsh Junior Festival. Rupert who played rugby for Welsh clubs Abertillery, Neath and most memorably Llanelli, won 24 caps for Wales at scrum half and over the last six years has been supporting the growth ...
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Ben Runs London Marathon for GBWR

Ben Crane will run the 2019 London Marathon to raise funds for GBWR. Along with his wife Louise , Ben now owns the iconic ‘Cliff Top Café at Whitsand Bay in Cornwall and will be doing much of his training for the event along the south west coastal path. Ben is a former Staff Sergeant in the Devon and Dorset Regiment and saw service in Northern Ireland, Iraq and Bosnia. He left the Army in 2007 and since then has been a familiar face to the many locals and holidaymakers who stop to enjoy great...
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GBWR Joins the #RainbowLaces 2018 Campaign!

GBWR is joining the #RainbowLaces 2018 campaign, and we’d like our Clubs, Members and supporters to take part, too – join GBWR, Stonewall and Rainbow Laces to help make wheelchair rugby ‘Everyone's Game!' The goal of the Rainbow Laces campaign is not about an athlete coming out but giving all those in sport – in whatever capacity and at whatever level – the courage to come out as allies or role models. Dates for the diary Week commen...
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GB Wheelchair Rugby Remembers Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha

We at GB Wheelchair Rugby join the family, friends and the Leicester community in mourning the loss of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. Vichai’s generosity and commitment to the Leicester community is well known but he also supported GBWR enabling us to stage the King Power Wheelchair Rugby Quad Nations and bring Australia, the USA and Japan to play in Leicester earlier this year. On Thursday this week we were due at the Leicester City ground to announce that King Power was to sponsor the event again...
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Tigers Top of the League!

Leicester Tigers started their title defence with a solid performance at the opening weekend of the 2018/19 Super Series: Division One, in Stoke-on-Trent. After winning their first major title last season, Darren Matthews’ side headed to Fenton Manor Sports Complex and recorded five straight wins, including an impressive final 48-43 victory over Crusaders. GB and Tigers star Nick Cummins was pleased with the direction his side were heading: “We fought hard and used a lot of different p...
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E.J. Churchill & George Digweed MBE Hosting Clay Pigeon Shoot to Raise Funds for GBWR

On 10th April 2019, E.J. Churchill and champion clay pigeon shooter George Digweed MBE are hosting a shoot to raise funds for GBWR! George has won 26 world titles (13 Sporting, 11 Fitasc and 2 Compak), 19 European titles (15 Fitasc and 4 Compak), 4 European Compak titles, and 12 world cups. George is husband to Kate, who you will remember as the owner of racehorse Rothman whose impressive race winnings were kindly donated to GBWR. The shoot will take place in the stunning surroundings of West...
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