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  • Quebec tops BC to win gold at 2024 CWBL Women’s National Championship

    Mar 24, 2024
    Cindy Ouellet had a game-high 17 points in the victory (OTTAWA, ONT.) – Team Quebec defeated BC 75-38 to win gold at the 2024 CWBL Women’s National Championship on Sunday at College la Cité. Sunday’s gold medal game was a rematch of the 2023 final, which Quebec won 67-24 over BC in Montreal. Cindy Ouellet scored […]

  • BC, Quebec to play for gold at 2024 CWBL Women’s National Championship

    Mar 23, 2024
    Sunday’s gold medal game tips off at 1 p.m. at College la Cité (OTTAWA, ONT.) – BC and Quebec will play for gold on Sunday at the 2024 CWBL Women’s National Championship at College la Cité. Ontario and the Mixed team will battle for third place. Quebec remains undefeated following a pair of wins on […]

  • BC, Quebec, undefeated on Day 1 at 2024 CWBL Women’s National Championship 

    Mar 22, 2024
    Quebec, the reigning champion, defeated the Mixed Team 66-19 to cap Friday’s action (OTTAWA, ONT.) – Team BC opened the 2024 CWBL Women’s National Championship by defeating the Mixed Team of athletes 52-27 on Friday afternoon at College la Cité. Lanette Boland paced BC with 12 points. Elise Froese added 10 points and six rebounds, while […]

  • WBC welcomes Michèle Sung as SWNT coach

    Mar 19, 2024
    Sung previously served as an assistant coach with the SWNT from 2012-14 Wheelchair Basketball Canada announced today that Michèle Sung has been named Head Coach of the Senior Women’s National Team (SWNT). Sung will lead the SWNT as they prepare for the 2024 Women’s IWBF Repechage Tournament (April 17-20), the last–chance qualifier for the 2024 […]

  • 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 […]

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