International Women’s Day: Faye West in Profile

“International Women’s Day reminds the world that we are surrounded by inspirational women.” These are the words of Westcountry Hawks captain and GB Development player Faye West (pictured above). The 21-year-old from Plymouth is part of a talented group of female players that play wheelchair rugby for one of the many clubs across the UK and Ireland, writes Nathaniel Holland. As we build up to International Women’s Day on March 8th GBWR is to ce...
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Officials selected for King Power Quad Nations

GBWR would like to congratulate the following Officials selected to officiate at the upcoming King Power Quad Nations 9th-11th March at the Leicester Arena. Simon Starr has been selected as the Table Official Team Leader with Susan Aldridge, Hannah Aldridge, Jaz Bradley and Dale Thompson taking on Table Officiating roles.  Dave Woods (IWRF certified international Referee) has been selected as Team Leader with Vince Donohoe as a Referee. Ruth Williams (Level 2 Classifier) will be part of the Cl...
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Tigers and Crash set for nervy Super Series finale in Walsall this weekend

The final Division One weekend of the season will take place in Walsall this weekend as we see eight of the best teams from across the UK and Ireland go wheel-to-wheel for domestic glory, writes Nathaniel Holland. All of our GB squad are set to be representing their clubs in what will be their last competitive matches ahead of the Quad Nations tournament in Leicester next month. It is all to play for at the top of the table with just two points separating Leicest...
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Introducing- Berkshire Banshees

GBWR would like to welcome the latest team to join our ever-increasing list of clubs across the UK, the Berkshire Banshees. With the help of our Regional Development Officer Paul Arnold, alongside Reading Rugby Club, Get Berkshire Active and Wokingham Borough Council GBWR ran a series of taster sessions in March and September 2017 to see if there was enough interest to establish a club in the area. The club began to run weekly training sessions in November with nine new disabled players. T...
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King Power Announced as Title Sponsor for Leicester’s Inaugural Wheelchair Rugby Quad Nations Tournament

Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby is delighted to confirm that Leicester City Football Club Owners, Thai Duty-Free giant, King Power, has confirmed they will be the title sponsor of the first ever Wheelchair Rugby Quad Nations tournament to be held in Leicester in March. Leicester Arena is to play host to World Champions and Paralympic Gold, Silver and Bronze medallist teams from around the globe to compete at the inaugural staging of the Wheelchair Rugby Quad Nations. Taking place from 9th – 11th March 2018 at the newly built 2400 seat Leicester Arena, the Wheelchair Rugby Quad Nations is an international tournament that will feature four teams al...
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Fabulous Support from Leicester

Leicester has always been a big sporting city, boasting top rugby with Tigers, and Premier League football with Foxes, both teams currently in 8th position in their respective leagues. Who can forget the Foxes famously winning the Premier League in 2016? Or the rich history that Tigers can boast with so many greats that have worn the Tigers shirt from Clive Woodward and Martin Johnson through to the Youngs brothers today. And that is not forgetting basketball with the Riders curren...
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