GBWR are currently working with Hounslow Council on running some youth sessions and some community adult sessions that will start in September. To help promote our sport in the local area they invited GBWR to take part in the Chiswick Super Saturday Sports Festival.
The event took place just off the Chiswick High Road in Turnham Park, right in the middle of the local community. The festival had a host of different sports and trade stands scattered all over the park and was visited throughout the day by around 8000 local people.
GBWR took over one end of the road way that splits the park and using barriers marked out a court. The taster session started at 11.30am, with a few RFU community coaches using the opportunity to have a try at wheelchair rugby. From this point on the court was busy for the rest of day with local children and adults taking their turn to experience wheelchair rugby.
The taster session became one of the most popular stands at the festival, with local people queuing up to take part. Throughout the day over 35 people took part in the taster sessions. The sessions were the talk of the festival and certainly raised the profile of wheelchair rugby in the borough of Hounslow.
GBWR will also be taking part in the second summer Super Saturday Sports Festival at Feltham park on 22nd August.
