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 CoordinatorPress release & image: Wheelchair Basketball Canada