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  • CWBL Women’s National Championship tips off March 22

    Mar 18, 2024
    College la Cité in Ottawa to host the top female athletes in Canada The 2024 CWBL Women’s National Championship tips off on Friday, March 22, at the College la Cité. Team BC and the Mixed team (with athletes from Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta) will open the tournament at noon. Team […]

  • Wearing the Leaf: Tara Llanes

    Mar 18, 2024
    Representing Canada internationally brings a ‘warm and fuzzy’ feeling to the SWNT member For Tara Llanes, the dream of competing in high-performance sport and wearing the country’s colours started at an early age. The West Covina, Calif. native was just eight years old when the 1984 Summer Olympic Games were held in nearby Los Angeles. […]

  • Team BC 1 takes gold at 2024 Junior West Championship

    Mar 17, 2024
    BC 2 won Division 2 gold on Sunday in Regina Team British Columbia 1 defeated Team Manitoba 1 14-6 to win gold at the 2024 Junior West Championship on Sunday afternoon at the REAL District in Regina. Jeffer Ward paced Team BC 1 with six points, and Keaton MacEachern added five in the win. Teo […]

  • Jeffer Ward embracing ‘new role’ ahead of Junior West Championship

    Mar 12, 2024
    The 20-year-old was part of the gold medal-winning Team BC at the 2023 Canada Games Born in Colombia and raised in the U.S. and Korea, it wasn’t until Jeffer Ward moved to Vancouver that he found organized wheelchair basketball as a 13-year-old. Ward, born with Arthrogryposis, a term used to describe a variety of conditions […]

  • Saskatchewan Wheelchair Sports Association to host Junior West Championship

    Mar 11, 2024
    March 15-17, 2024, at REAL District in Regina, Sask.   (OTTAWA, ONT.) – The top junior Wheelchair Basketball athletes from Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan will participate in the Junior West Championship at the REAL District in Regina from March 15-17, 2024. The Junior West Championship is an inclusive tournament and features athletes with and […]

  • Team Ontario 2 takes gold at 2024 Junior East Championship

    Mar 10, 2024
    Ontario 2 defeated Ontario 1 12-9 in Sunday’s gold medal game (MONTREAL, QUE.) – Team Ontario 2 defeated Team Ontario 1 12-9 to win gold at the 2024 Junior East Championship on Sunday afternoon at the Centre Pierre-Charbonneau in Montreal. Ibrahim Odza, Division 1 MVP, paced Team Ontario 2 with seven points, while Nasif Chowdhury […]

  • Wheelchair basketball has had a ‘big impact’ on coach Cher Smith

    Mar 05, 2024
    Smith is set to coach Team Nova Scotia at the upcoming Junior East championship Cher Smith was first introduced to wheelchair basketball 18 years ago through a work colleague and was immediately hooked on the sport. Smith, who grew up playing field lacrosse, quickly shifted to coaching wheelchair basketball and then became a classifier as […]

  • Parasports Quebec to host Junior East Championship

    Mar 04, 2024
    March 8-10, 2024, at Centre Pierre-Charbonneau The top junior Wheelchair Basketball athletes from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec will participate in the Junior East Championship at the Centre Pierre-Charbonneau in Montreal from March 8-10, 2024. The Junior East Championship is an inclusive tournament and features athletes with and without disabilities competing together. The […]

  • Ottawa to host CWBL Women’s National Championship March 22-24

    Feb 22, 2024
    Canada’s top female wheelchair basketball athletes will compete at College la Cité Canada’s top women’s Wheelchair Basketball athletes head to Ottawa (March 22-24) to challenge for the National Championship crown. Some of Canada’s top Paralympians will battle for the national championship title, while the tournament will also include a 3-on-3 competition for a third consecutive […]

  • SMNT heads to Colorado for Rocky Mountain Cup

    Feb 15, 2024
    Twelve athletes to participate in the camp and games from Feb. 15-20 Wheelchair Basketball Canada announced that 12 athletes will participate in a Senior Men’s National Team camp and the Rocky Mountain Cup in Colorado Springs, Colorado, from Feb. 15-20. The SMNT will play four friendly international games against the United States and Italy in […]

  • WBC receives Community Sport for All Initiative Funding

    Feb 12, 2024
    CSAI funding will help WBC support participation and growth across the country Wheelchair Basketball Canada (WBC) announced it has received funding through the Community Sport for All Initiative (CSAI). The CSAI seeks to establish more accessible and locally organized sport programs aimed at reducing barriers to participation, particularly among Black, Indigenous and racialized communities as […]

  • SWNT to hold camp at NTC in Toronto

    Feb 12, 2024
    Twelve athletes will participate in the camp from Feb. 12-15 at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre Wheelchair Basketball Canada announced 12 athletes will participate in a Senior Women’s National Team training camp from February 12-15 at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre in Toronto. The four-day camp will feature a mix of on-court practices […]

  • Hunter Berg Embracing Leadership Role Ahead of Junior West Championship

    Feb 06, 2024
    The 20-year-old Swift Current native will suit up for Team Saskatchewan in March Hunter Berg was first introduced to wheelchair basketball at Camp Easter Seal near his hometown of Swift Current, Sask., but it wasn’t until he moved to Saskatoon three years ago that he decided to pursue the sport seriously. Berg moved from Swift […]

  • WBC Award and Hall of Fame Nominations due Feb. 23

    Jan 26, 2024
    Winners to be announced at the CWBL National Championship Wheelchair Basketball Canada is now accepting nominations for the 2024 Awards and Hall of Fame. The deadline to submit nominations is February 23, 2024. The award winners and Hall of Fame inductees will be announced at the Wheelchair Basketball Canada awards banquet, which will take place […]

  • How a meeting at a shoe store introduced Broden Nagle to the world of parasport and wheelchair basketball

    Jan 16, 2024
    The London, Ont. native is set to represent Team Ontario at the upcoming Junior East Championship Broden Nagle was shopping for shoes that would fit his Ankle Foot Orthoses (A.F.O.) when he first met wheelchair basketball coach Paul Bowes. Bowes recognized Nagle’s disability and introduced the family to the opportunities in parasport. “We didn’t even […]

  • Giving back with G.E.A.R. : Christina Swett creating a community for female wheelchair basketball athletes

    Jan 09, 2024
    The next G.E.A.R. to Play event will take place Jan. 20 in Ottawa Christina Swett was in her late teens when a hip deformity forced her to stop playing stand-up basketball and turn to parasport. Now, Swett hopes to help other female athletes get involved in parasport with the Girls Enabled And Ready (G.E.A.R.) to […]

  • Season’s Greetings

    Dec 22, 2023
    Happy Holidays From Wheelchair Basketball Canada Wheelchair Basketball Canada would like to wish everyone a joyful holiday season and a happy New Year. Please note the WBC office will be closed from Monday, December 25th, until Tuesday, January 2nd.  We look forward to connecting again in the new year!

  • Jared Sajtos learning the family business of coaching wheelchair basketball

    Dec 19, 2023
    The 27-year-old is the High Performance Wheelchair Basketball coach at SWSA Wheelchair basketball was always part of Jared Sajtos’ life growing up. Sajtos’ father, Rob Sajtos, started playing wheelchair basketball following his accident in 1984 and introduced his sons Jonathan and Jared to the game at an early age. Sajtos also played soccer and football […]

  • Matthew Wilton enjoys the challenge of Wheelchair Basketball

    Dec 12, 2023
    The Winnipeg native is hoping to take on more of a leadership role in 2024 Matthew Wilton first discovered wheelchair basketball while driving around Winnipeg with his mother. Wilton was in the car when they went past a Team Manitoba practice outside a local library and decided to try the sport. “I went out and […]

  • SMNT defeat Argentina to capture bronze at the Parapan American Games

    Nov 25, 2023
    (SANTIAGO, CHILE) – Team Canada won bronze, defeating Argentina 70-62 on Saturday at the Parapan American Games in Santiago. Patrick Anderson (Fergus, Ont.) led the way for Canada with a team-high 22 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists. Colin Higgins (Rothesay, N.B.) chipped in 21 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds, while Garrett Ostepchuk chipped […]

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