Thanks for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page for QBE Hotwheels team taking part in the GBWR Challenge. The team members are:

Shane MacDonald, Jonathan Heath, Eddie Holder, David Beastall, Dominic Williams, Charles Walker, Rebecca Witts

WHEELCHAIR RUGBY was one of the most high-profile sports in the London Paralympic Games. But while you saw the elite of the sport competing in the Paralympics, there are many other potential players who need access to rugby wheelchairs to begin to play the game. Some have only recently been released from Spinal Units and are still coming to terms with their injuries. Sport can form an essential part of their rehabilitation – as they prepare themselves for a very different life in a wheelchair.

 

Many want to begin playing wheelchair rugby at grass roots level with their local Wheelchair Rugby Club. However they need access to a lightweight sports wheelchair which is strong enough to survive the collisions that are inevitable in wheelchair rugby, but light enough to move swiftly round the court. These special chairs can cost up to £4,000 each at elite level. At Club level however £1,000 will secure a sports chair that will allow a new player to start training.

 

This is where you come in!

 

We have formed teams to participate in The QBE Wheelchair Rugby Challenge on 15th November 2012 from 5-9pm at Seymour Leisure Centre, London W1. Participating teams will come face-to-face in an able bodied wheelchair rugby tournament!

 

Our team are hoping to raise £600 + in aid  of the overall total of £10,000 all the teams at QBE are trying to raise.

 

Please dig deep!