WWRC15: One Year to Go

This Sunday (Oct 12) marks one year to go for WWRC15. To mark this occasion it would be great if you and your friends join in with some social media activity that day. We would like to mark the date and raise awareness of the event around the World and would really appreciate it if you would help with a simple message: 'one year to go for @wwrc15 #signup www.wwrc15.com' or similar, but always with the @wwrc15. Even better would be for the message to be aligned with an image that will grab attention...we'll leave what to your imagination! Please ask everyone you know to join in. ...
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Catch up on matches from the World Championship here

If you missed GB's games at this year's World Championship, or simply want to watch again, 2 of the games are now available to watch online here! For more matches from the tournament, please visit the IWRF website here. GB v Canada (Game 18) GB v Belgium (Game 28) ...
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Invictus Wheelchair Rugby Celebrity Match

HRH Prince Harry will join celebrities announced today to play in the Invictus wheelchair rugby match - see attached link . Johnny Wilkinson and Sir Clive Woodward will each manage one of the teams with GB players Ayaz Bhutta playing in one team and Jim Roberts in the other. The teams will be coached by GB Coaches Paul Shaw and Justin Frishberg and GBWR will also provide the officials for the match which will be covered by the BBC and will feature on the ' One Show' on Friday 12 September. //invictusgames.org/news/star-studded-wheelchair-rugby-match-for-septembers-invictus-games/ D...
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BT 25th Birthday Bursary Fund: Win £5,000 for Your Club

As the British Paralympic Association celebrates its 25th anniversary, BT and the Telegraph are proud to announce the launch of BT’s 25th Birthday Bursary Fund. To help celebrate 25 years, BT is inviting the public to nominate their club for a BT 25th Birthday Bursary, a fund of £25,000 that will be distributed in five awards of £5,000 to sports clubs in the UK. The competition is open to amateur sports clubs operating in the UK only, which offer significant opportunities for participation in disability sports. To nominate a club to receive one of the BT 25th Birthday Bursary awards, members of the public should submit no more than 250 words on why their chosen club is a wort...
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IWRF World Championship Fans’ Best Player Award

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...
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