The three-day camp will be held at the NTC in Scarborough
Wheelchair Basketball Canada announced 23 athletes will participate in the NextGen Camp from July 7-9 at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre in Toronto.
Led by Men’s Under-23 head coach Darrell Nordell, the NextGen Camp will introduce athletes to Wheelchair Basketball Canada’s High Performance Program. Athletes will receive instruction on technical and tactical skills. Additionally, the camp will allow athletes to compete against the top Junior-aged wheelchair basketball players in the country.
“This camp will help our high performance team identify NextGen athletes and athletes for the Women’s Under-25 program and Men’s Under-23 Team,” said Jeff Dunbrack, Wheelchair Basketball Canada High Performance Director. “The NextGen Camp is an excellent opportunity to introduce new players to our program and for the athletes to work on skill development.”
The 23 athletes participating are:
Keaton MacEachern – Chilliwack, B.C.
Cameron Gelowitz – Kamloops, B.C.
Brandon Twaites – Pitt Meadows, B.C.
Rylan Bileski – Winnipeg, Man.
Bernard Rosello – Winnipeg, Man.
Teo Roy – Winnipeg, Man.
Matthew Wilton – Winnipeg, Man.
Tyler Bickford – Ottawa, Ont.
Nasif Chowdhury – Toronto, Ont.
Cole Heessels – Exeter, Ont.
Charlotte McElroy – Hamilton, Ont.
Broden Nagle – London, Ont.
Mercy Nyakundi – Hamilton, Ont.
Ibrahim Odza – Scarborough, Ont.
Travis Topping – Vienna, Ont.
Gabriel Giguère- Drummondville, Que.
Jérémy Giguère – Drummondville, Que.
Gaby Noël – Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois, Que.
Lionel Tamoki – Montreal, Que.
Desiree Isaac-Pictou – Ugpi’ganjig First Nation
Austin MacLellan – Fredericton, N.B.
Gavin Baggs – Paradise, N.L.
Alex Wells – Torbay, N.L.
Coaches
Darrell Nordell (Edmonton, Alta.) – Under-23 Men’s Head Coach
Christian LaSerra (Richelieu, Que.) – Under-23 Men’s Assistant Coach
Nic Palmer (Laval, Que.) – Senior Men’s Assistant Coach
Dylan Carter (Toronto, Ont.) – Senior Women’s Assistant Coach
Kathy Ludwig (Ottawa, Ont.) – Team Ontario Head Coach
Additional Support Staff
Blaise Mutware (Toronto, Ont.) – Senior Men’s National Team member and Guest Speaker
Joe Leszner (Thornhill, Ont.) – Mental Performance Consultant
Jesse McNalley (Toronto, Ont.) – Performance Analyst
Paul Murata (Toronto, Ont.) – Senior Women’s Athletic Therapist
Danielle de Laat (Hamilton, Ont.) – Senior Men’s Physiotherapist
Hailey Roll (Mississauga, Ont.) – High Performance Coordinator