UoC Wheelchair Basketball

We are holding our AGM on Friday 22nd March at 7pm - please contact us if you wish to attend and we will confirm the venue ASAP.

Welcome to our new Committee members for the 2023-2024 season.

Don't forget to come and join us from 4pm-6pm in the sports hall tmrw for our first taster session.

If you have any questions just give us a shout.

We are at Sports and Societies fair today in Small hall from 12pm-5pm so come down and see us if you want to find out more about Wheelchair Basketball.

Don't forget anyone with or without a disability can play and our club is open to current full and part time students as well as staff and Alumni.

As well as opportunities to play we are are looking for coaches and volunteers to help develop the club so if you are interested just come along today or come and see us at our taster session in the sports hall on Weds 27th from 4pm-6pm as part of the 'Inclusive Multi sport session' with the Athletics Union.

If you want to know more about the University of Chester Wheelchair Basketball Club come and meet our Head Coach AJ Jackson PLY and some of our players at the Sports and Societies fair on Weds 20th September.

Our club is open to people with or without a disability and we welcome current full time or part time students as well as Alumni and staff from UOC.

We have our first taster session on Weds 27th September from 4pm-6pm as part of an 'Inclusive Multi Sport' session in the Sports Hall so you are welcome to come and have a go - we pretty much guarantee you will enjoy it !

We are excited to welcome our current players back to Chester after the holidays and can't wait to promote our club and get some new players.

Wheelchair basketball can be played by anyone with or without a disability and is one of the most inclusive sports on campus. We have sports wheelchairs you can borrow and we also train with Cheshire Phoenix Wheelchair Basketball Club.

Come and meet us at the Sports and Societies fair on 20th Sept from 12pm- 5pm to find out more and meet some of our players and our Head Coach and retired Paralympian AJ Jackson PLY.

You can also come and join us in the Sports hall on 27th Sept from 4pm-6pm at the very first Sport for All 'Inclusive Multi sport session' where you can try Wheelchair Basketball, Table Tennis and more fun games. This session includes a chill-out space to connect with others and everybody is welcome. No booking is required, just drop by and get involved in this fun and social session.

Cheshire Phoenix to inspire more to take up wheelchair basketball with new sessions CHESHIRE Phoenix Wheelchair Basketball Club have rolled out their brand new programme aimed to get more people than ever involved in the sport.

We had our first unofficial game against Cheshire Phoenix Wheelchair Basketball Club last night - I think we won but everyone had too much fun to keep the score !!

We are planning more games after Christmas - both at Ellesmere Port Sports Village and on Campus in the Downes Sports hall so keep an eye on here for dates and times and come along to watch.

Our Club is partnered with Phoenix and is open to people with or without a disability. If you are a current full/part time or previous student at University of Chester or a current member of staff you can come and join. We currently train on Saturday evenings from 5pm-8pm at Ellesmere Port Sports Village near Cheshire Oaks.

Just whiz us a message if you are interested and we can chat more - we guarantee you will enjoy it and it is a great Club to join if you want to try something different in a more relaxed environment.

Great to see some new players at our taster session tonight.

Thanks to Cheshire Phoenix Wheelchair Basketball Club Captain Andy for coming to help our Head Coach AJ Jackson PLY run the session.
We had a mix of staff, current students and Alumni at the session which was great to see.

If you want to know more about having a go just let us know.

We are running another taster session at Chester campus Sports Hall on Saturday Oct 1st from 7.30pm-9pm so come on down and have a go.

Don't forget that anyone can play - you do not need to have a disability.

If you have any questions please let us know and we look forward to having some fun on Saturday evening.

For more info about the sport and our club visit - https://www.cheshirephoenixwbc.co.uk/university-of-chester

Come and see us today at the Sports and Societies fair on Chester Campus.

Our club is open to everyone and don't forget you DO NOT need to have a disability to play !

We guarantee you will love it so come and see our Head Coach and Paralympian AJ Jackson PLY and find out more about the sport.

We have our next taster session in the Sports hall at Chester campus on Sat 1st October from 7.30pm-9pm so come down and have a go. Wheelchairs are provided so you just need yourself and some energy !!

Can't wait to get back next term and get more people playing - new sessions are coming to Exton Park Campus soon so keep checking back here for times and dates.

Dont forget you don't have to have a physical disability to play - everyone is welcome and staff, students and Alumni are able to join the club.

You don't need to have played before and we are a fun, relaxed club to be involved in. We don't play in a league yet but will be playing some friendly games in the 2022/2023 season. No pressure to play games though - just come along and enjoy yourselves.

We are looking for players and also coaches/volunteers or people interested in coaching - Our Head Coach AJ is a Tutor for British Wheelchair Basketball so can get you trained up in Activator, Leaders, Grade 1 and 2 Coaching Awards.

If you want more info just give us a shout and we can chat more.

We are partnered with the awesome Cheshire Phoenix Wheelchair Basketball Club who provide coaches, sports wheelchairs, kit and many years of experience and have been instrumental in setting our new club up.

Check out their website for more info on the sport. www.cheshirephoenixwbc.co.uk

3x3 Wheelchair Basketball will make it's debut at the Commonwealth games this year.

Sorry for the lack of updates - we are still here but due to team members being on placement we have not had any more friendly games.

Hopefully after Easter we can get another friendly game against Cheshire Phoenix so if you fancy coming and having a go just let us know.

We train every Saturday with Phoenix at Ellesmere Port Sports Village from. 6.30pm-8pm and you are welcome to come down - please contact us first though so we can make sure we have spare chairs.

Don't forget anyone can play Wheelchair Basketball- you do not have to have a disability so if you are at a loose end now lots of matches are finished come and try something different- we guarantee you will love it.

We had our first friendly game on Sat night at Ellesmere Port Sports Village against the experienced Cheshire Phoenix Wheelchair Basketball Team. We had a narrow loss but considering only Anna Jackson and Steph Taylor had played a match before we reckon we did pretty well !! and most of all we had fun and came together as a team.
If you are interested in joining the club just let us know - don't forget players do not need to have a disability and the club is open to current full and part time students plus past students.
We train at the Sports Village on a Saturday evening so come on down and have a go. (places must be booked in advance please)
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Our very own Gaz Choudhry has made the shortlist for UK Coaching's Great Coaching Moment of 2021, for stepping up into a player-coach role during the Paralympics.

He showed outstanding leadership, kept the team united and still delivered top quality performances 🏀

Show your support for Gaz ➡️ bit.ly/3CXJZ4k

See you there ☺️

Hi everyone and welcome to our new Club members - we are really excited to get training and get sorted for some friendly games.

If you are still keen to come and try Wheelchair Basketball just let us know and we can arrange for you to come to a Cheshire Phoenix Wheelchair Basketball Club training session in Ellesmere Port.

If you have enjoyed the sessions so far and want to carry on playing you will need to join the club via the University Athletics Union -

For current students follow this link - https://selfservice.chester.ac.uk/tkflow_TKA/Flow.aspx?f=clubpayment.kdt

Alumni - please follow this link - https://storefront.chester.ac.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=27&products_id=824

If you have any questions let us know

Anna
Head Coach

Hi everyone - hope you are all ok ?

It has been great to meet new people at the Sports and Societies fair and also at the Taster day.

If you are keen to come and train with us again or come along for a first try you are more than welcome.

Our new University Club has been set up in Partnership with Cheshire Phoenix Wheelchair Basketball club and training sessions will be held at Ellesmere Port Sports Village which is up by Cheshire Oaks.

Sessions are 6.30pm-8pm on Saturday nights so if you are interested in attending please contact us first as we have an online booking system we have to use to comply with our Governing Body Covid regulations.

This is the sign up for our Phoenix online system - https://bwb.playwaze.com/ConfirmInvitation?token=brit1819 #
Just get yourselves signed up with a FREE account and then let me know and I can talk you through accessing the booking page for our club sessions.

We will also need you to join the University Athletics Union if you plan to continue playing - https://selfservice.chester.ac.uk/tkflow_TKA/Flow.aspx?f=clubpayment.kdt - just scroll down the list and join 'WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL'

We are hoping to have more taster sessions on Campus as well so keep an eye on our social media pages.

Our plan this season is to train together and then hopefully play some friendly games against the Phoenix players and other teams. I am also involved in setting up a team at Liverpool John Moores University so we may be able to play against them as well.

Our club is looking for players, coaches and volunteers and we welcome people with and without disabilities so this sport is truly open to all.

The Athletics Union have allowed us to open the club up to current full and part time students, plus past students which is really exciting and then we hope to be able to get a team in BUCS next year.

Any questions just let me know and I look forward to meeting you all again.

Anna Jackson

Don't forget if you want to come and have a go just let us know and we can arrange for you to come and join in with the Cheshire Phoenix Wheelchair Basketball Club training sessions on Saturday nights from 6.30pm-8pm at Ellesmere Port Sports Village.

If you need transport let us know, the Sports centre is next to Cheshire Oaks so you can get a public bus up there as well.

Please let us know if you want to come as we have a booking system we have to use to comply with Covid guidelines.

Brilliant to see so many people at our Taster session on campus tonight.

Don't forget it is our Taster session tmrw (Weds 29th) in the Sports Hall on Exton Park Campus from 7pm-9pm

Please meet outside and we will sort the register and sort you all out with chairs then we can get playing.

Please wear sports kit with short sleeves and bring a drink

Any questions just let us know

3x3 Wheelchair Basketball is a great variation on our sport and is growing in popularity so if you have time you can book on this webinar to learn more.

Want to understand more about 3x3 wheelchair basketball?

💻 Join our webinar, hosted by the Chair of IWBF's 3x3 Sub Committee Luc Vergoossen, aimed to give you a basic understanding and introduction into 3x3 in .

📝 Register here - https://bit.ly/3x3IntroWebinar

The webinar will be run at the following dates and times:
📆 Wednesday 29 September 2021
🕖 8:00 – 9:00 (CEST)

📆 Friday 1 October 2021
🕖17:00 – 18:00 (CEST)

*The same content will be covered on both webinars so you only need to attend one!

Hi everyone - thanks for signing up to show your interest in our new Wheelchair Basketball Club at UOC.

We had some great conversations with people today and also with lots of the other clubs so we hope to get lots of people trying our amazing sport.

We have a taster session in the Downes Sport Hall at Exton Park (Chester) Campus on Weds 29th September from 7pm-9pm and you are all more than welcome to come and attend. We will have sports wheelchairs there for you to try so you just need to come along with proof of negative lateral flow, have your temperature taken and sign in and you can get playing.

Moving forwards the plan is to have people join in with our Cheshire Phoenix Wheelchair Basketball Club training sessions at Ellesmere Port Sports Village on Saturday evenings from 6.30pm - 8pm. We have spoken to the Athletics Union and we can look to get some drivers trained to bring people to Ellesmere Port if needed or if people have cars we can maybe work out lifts etc.

Our Phoenix training session from 6.30pm-8pm is our Senior session and a quieter session which is a good one for you to come and get used to the sport and then you can join in with our Seniors.

If you decide you want to carry on with the sport after giving it a try you will have to join the Club through the UOC Athletics Union and also register with British Wheelchair Basketball which is free for now for you.

Lets see how you all get on at the Taster day - if you cannot attend that but still want to give the sport a go let me know and we can arrange for you to come and try at a Phoenix Saturday session.

Remember our sport is for anyone with or without a disability so it is a great way to get involved in a totally different sport.

IF you have any questions let me know and I look forward to seeing you all soon.

Just a reminder that if you want to get in touch with us you can message via our Social Media channels or our email address is [email protected]

Anna
Head Coach

Don't forget we are having a taster session on Exton Park campus in the Downes Sports Hall on Weds 29th September from 7pm-9pm.

The club is open to people with and without disabilities so if you fancy trying something different, just come down and have a go.

We will have sports wheelchairs you can borrow and we GUARANTEE you will enjoy it ! and laugh lots !!

If you have any questions about the sport just ask - we are keen to recruit players, coaches and volunteers and can provide training for you all.

Come and join us at Freshers Fair on Chester Campus sports hall! 🏀

UoC Wheelchair Basketball updated their business hours.