Wheelchair Basketball Canada announced that the Canadian Women’s carding camp will take place from April 10-13 at the Richmond Olympic Oval in Richmond, B.C.
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Wheelchair Basketball Canada: 2022 Women’s national championship festival coming to Richmond April 8-10
The top women’s Wheelchair Basketball players in Canada will descend on the Richmond Olympic Oval from April 8-10 in pursuit of the national title. Some of Canada’s top Paralympians will battle for the national championship crown, while the festival will also include a 3-on-3 recreational competition for the first time in tournament history.
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Wheelchair Basketball Canada: Eleven Athletes Attending Women’s Development Camp
Wheelchair Basketball Canada is pleased to announce 11 athletes will attend the Women’s Development Camp from March 21-25, 2022, at WBC’s National Training Centre.
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Wheelchair Basketball Canada: Roster Announced for Canadian Men’s Carding Camp
Wheelchair Basketball Canada announced that 22 athletes have been invited to attend the Canadian Men’s carding camp, March 21-25, at WBC’s National Training Centre.
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Wheelchair Basketball Canada: Canada’s men’s under-23 Roster named for Americas zone qualifier
Wheelchair Basketball Canada has selected 11 athletes for the Men’s Under-23 team set to compete at the IWBF Americas Zone Qualifier from Jan. 7-16, 2022, in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico.
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WBC: Women top Japan, Men fall in overtime on Day 3 at the Paralympics
Team Canada improved to 2-0 at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics with a dominating 61-35 win over Japan in women’s wheelchair basketball.
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WBC: Canada drops opener in men’s wheelchair basketball
Team Canada dropped its tournament-opening game 78-41 to Spain at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics on Wednesday.
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Interview with Janet Zeltinger: “I sincerely hope that the athletes that are under review will be eligible to compete in the Paralympics.”
As part of Rollt.’s continued coverage of the IPC classification situation, Janet Zeltinger (nee McLachlan) spoke with Dylan Cummings to discuss her thoughts on the current circumstances. Sport has always been an integral part of Zeltinger’s life as she has previously played able-bodied basketball and rugby. However, a severe knee injury that she suffered in […]
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Interview with Joey Johnson: “I hope that IPC and IWBF wake up and realise that this decision isn’t good for the game”
On June 18th, 2020, IWBF released a statement on the first set of decisions made by the IPC regarding the Eligibility Reassessment Process for the Tokyo 2021 Paralympic Games. In the statement it was revealed that 75% of the 134 athletes under review had received a decision from the IPC regarding their eligibility for the […]
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Player statements on the current Paralympics situation
During this troubling time lots of changes are expected to be made in the near future. There is a strong possibility that the Paralympics will be postponed due to this ongoing pandemic. National governing bodies have already came out and said that they will not send athletes to the Games unless it is postponed.
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