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A busy weekend in Europe as GB players prepare to clash in Spain and Germany

It’s set to be a busy Saturday evening for anyone following the progress of the GB athletes in Spain and Germany this season with 20

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November 27, 2020

Final Notification of the Eighth Annual General Meeting of the Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association Ltd

British Wheelchair Basketball is delighted to confirm and give final notice of the 2020 Annual General Meeting of the Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association Ltd.

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November 27, 2020

Terry Bywater top-scores in Spain during high-scoring weekend for GB athletes in Europe

Terry Bywater scored 33 points as he became the latest GB athlete to top the weekend points scoring in Spain’s Division de Honor during another

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November 25, 2020

U23 World Championships - Ben Fox and Lewis Edwards

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GB Player - Leah Evans

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GB Women's Team Player Kayla Bell & Jude Hamer

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🏀 The next BWB Virtual Club, powered by @kukri_

🏀 The next BWB Virtual Club, powered by @kukri_sports, session is this Saturday at 11am!

💻 Join GB Paralympian & @phoenixwbc Head Coach @anna_jackson_paralympian for a Saturday morning skills session featuring ball skills and fun games - it's free and anyone can get involved. 🎥⬆️

👉 Sign-up via Playwaze or the link in our bio

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🏀 Develop new skills...try something new...enjo

🏀 Develop new skills...try something new...enjoy fun skills sessions with BWB Virtual Club, powered by @kukri_sports! 🥳😅

💻 Monday's online coaching session is free and anyone can sign-up - here's coach Matt Sealy with the session details 🎥⬆️

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📢 LIVE Q&A with 2018 World Championships MVP Gr

📢 LIVE Q&A with 2018 World Championships MVP Gregg Warburton!

📱 Join Rio 2016 Paralympic 🥉 medallist, and reigning World & European champion, @GreggWarburton for a live Q&A at 6PM this Sunday on our Instagram!

❓ Let us know any questions you would like us to ask Gregg!

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🚨 BWB Virtual Club, powered by @KukriSports - W

🚨 BWB Virtual Club, powered by @KukriSports - WEEK 2 🚨

🏀 2012 Paralympian & @titanswbc Coach Matt Sealy will be delivering the next Virtual Club coaching session!

💻 Join Matt at 6PM on Monday for a virtual coaching session from your own home! Focused on ball handling and dribbling skills.

👉 Anyone can sign-up and it's free to join; link in bio

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🏀 We're very excited to launch BWB Virtual Club

🏀 We're very excited to launch BWB Virtual Club, Powered by @kukri_sports, launching on Monday! 🎉

🎥 Join two-time Paralympian and Wheelchair Basketball coach Caroline Matthews MBE for the first online coaching session allowing you to stay connected and continue to develop your skills at home!

📅 Week 1 - Monday 16th November
⏰ 6PM
🏀 Chair and Ball Skills

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🧠 Mindful Friday with GB🇬🇧's Gaz Choudhry

🧠 Mindful Friday with GB🇬🇧's Gaz Choudhry - live tomorrow at 7pm!

💻 Join @gazgb4 for a live mindfulness class focused on attention meditation. End the week feeling relaxed and mindful.

📅 13th (tomorrow) / 20th November, ⏰7PM

👉 BWB Members can sign-up on Playwaze or via the What’s On Finder on BWB’s website

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🏀 With the leagues in Spain 🇪🇸 and German

🏀 With the leagues in Spain 🇪🇸 and Germany 🇩🇪 getting underway today, head to our website to find out which GB 🇬🇧 athletes are playing where this season 📰

🙌 We wish all of you the best of luck for the new season!

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#BlackHistoryMonth 🏀 Grace Jacca (BWB Official

#BlackHistoryMonth 🏀 Grace Jacca (BWB Official & Event Volunteer)

A regular at BWB games and events, Grace Jacca has been involved in wheelchair basketball for 30 years as an official and as an event volunteer.

A basketball player during her junior and college years and then at senior level, Grace first got involved in wheelchair basketball through her involvement in the running game.

“I got involved quite literally for the love of the game, I wanted to see what wheelchair basketball was all about,” Grace said.

“There were a couple of officials involved in both basketball and wheelchair basketball who asked if anyone was interested in refereeing wheelchair basketball. At the time I was still playing basketball but I had already taken a course to be a referee in the running game, so I did a conversion course at Stoke Mandeville for wheelchair basketball and I have been involved in the sport ever since.”

Since first getting involved, Grace has officiated hundreds of wheelchair basketball games, seeing the sport grow tremendously.

Living on the South Coast, Grace would travel to games as far away as the Midlands and the North, but, with more clubs and a revised league structure, including local leagues, thankfully for Grace, she doesn’t have to make as many cross-country trips.

“When I first started, the National League was very much a National League, it included teams from across the Home Nations all in the same division. At the beginning, there were definitely some long journeys to get to games to officiate.

“With a more regional structure I can officiate games closer to home, but you still do have to be flexible because there aren’t that many officials.”

Even when not officiating, Grace can often be found helping at BWB events as an event volunteer.

“Wheelchair basketball is such a great community to be involved in and that’s one of the reasons why I started to volunteer at events and tournaments. I wanted to be there helping because I love the sport and the community.

“If you’re a people person and love sport, then there are so many great opportunities to get involved with wheelchair basketball.”

Read Grace’s story on our website 📰

#BlackHistoryMonth 🏀 Austin Kentebe (@ballers_w

#BlackHistoryMonth 🏀 Austin Kentebe (@ballers_wbc Head Coach & BWB Tutor) Part 2/2

Austin Kentebe is committed to helping others and making a positive difference. It’s a philosophy which he believes stems from when he was first playing basketball while at school in Manchester.

“I was the only black kid in the school basketball team, and I got a lot of pressure put on me, being black ‘I must be good at basketball’,” Kentebe recalls. “There was this wicked baller on the team, he was older than me, and went on to play professionally. In my very first game the coach said ‘right Kentebe you’re getting his shirt, don’t embarrass us”. And that was it. I was 11.

“He put me into the game, I played terrible and he then made a public show of me after the game. That moment has stuck with me. After that, I didn’t like playing in competition, I didn’t like playing for the school.

“I will never forget that coach and I think that’s been a big thing for me in being a coach and teaching others,” Kentebe adds. “I would never make a child feel like that. I truly believe I could have been a good player, but nobody cared to deal with the issue that I had. I want to make a positive difference and ensure every person has the chance to be who they want to be.”

Committed to ensuring there are opportunities for all, Kentebe continues to push for change and ensure there is a pathway for black and ethnic minorities in the sport.

“When I went to my first wheelchair basketball tournament, I was the only black person there, apart from cleaners,” Kentebe says. “It’s why I started Brixton Ballers and London All-Stars to take the sport into places where it hasn’t been before and to give people that opportunity.

“It’s still an issue in the sport today and more needs to be done, we’re a multi-cultural country. But if something’s going to change, people need to be willing to listen. It’s a problem I have faced throughout my time in the sport, even when I was on the BWB board, people don’t seem willing to discuss it. If you just ignore it, nothing’s going to change, but’s things have to.”

#BlackHistoryMonth 🏀 Austin Kentebe (@ballers_w

#BlackHistoryMonth 🏀 Austin Kentebe (@ballers_wbc Head Coach & BWB Tutor) Part 1/2

Since first getting involved in the sport 10 years ago, Austin Kentebe has coached over a thousand people, run hundreds of wheelchair basketball sessions and has helped set-up and develop clubs across London.

It’s a legacy the Brixton Ballers Head Coach hopes will only continue to get bigger.

“I wanted to put this sport into places where it hasn’t been,” Kentebe says. “Give people a chance to discover the sport, to get involved and to just enjoy it because it’s a great sport. It allows you to feel part of something, no matter how good or bad you are, you’re part of a family, and that’s important.”

“I love being able to show people things they think they can’t do. I never give up on people. If you say you can’t do it, I will show you a way that you can. That’s my philosophy. If you’re willing to try, I’m willing to coach and I will do all I can to help you achieve what you want to achieve.”

Kentebe’s involvement in wheelchair basketball goes beyond founding and coaching at Brixton Ballers. A key figure in wheelchair basketball in London and beyond, Kentebe has coached medal winning teams at School Games, London Youth Games and Inclusive Zone Basketball (IZB) National Finals.

Alongside his work on court, Kentebe also lectures at Brunel University, teaching Occupational Therapy students about the benefits of wheelchair basketball and how the sport can be used when they go out into the field.

Winner of the Canary Wharf Sports Personality of the Year Voluntary Sports Commitment Award in 2016, along with assistant coach Percy Hutchful, the ‘London All-Stars’, a junior and development club he set-up with Ruth Eytle, also earned recognition in the same year, winning Community Sports Club of the Year at the Lord’s Taverners Sporting Chance Awards.

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