Lord’s Taverners Wheelchair Basketball Development Programme
 

Last night (17th April) The Lord’s Taverners presented a cheque for £100,000 to the Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association as part of the Lord’s Taverners Wheelchair Basketball Development Programme.

The Lord’s Taverners are supporting the whole junior development programme of wheelchair basketball throughout the United Kingdom and took the opportunity at the npower Midlands Disability Sports Awards to present a cheque for the first year of support.

The Lord’s Taverners have committed to support the Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association up to London 2012.  On receiving the cheque, Charlie Bethel said, ‘We have achieved so much since the commencement of the programme in November with the Junior League, Junior Championships and club development programmes. 
 

Pictured Dennis Hodgkings, Charlie Bethel, Jean Ratcliff and Robert Bertram

Tina Gordon, our Junior Development Officer who is funded as part of this grant is doing an excellent job and she is working very closely with the clubs and the Lord’s Taverners to bring more people in to sport and particularly wheelchair basketball. 

This was the 6^th npower Midlands Disability Sports Awards and the key note speaker this year was GBWBA’s own Sinclair Thomas who delivered an inspirational speech to all present.

Pictured Tina Gordon and Keith Bradshaw