For Coaches
Wheelchair Training By Steve Ramsbottom
April 24, 2012 Steve Ramsbottom who has trained many of BC wheelchair basketball athletes has published a book on wheelchair training. See below for more info:
Wheelchair Training: A Complete Strength and Conditioning Program for Men and Women with Spinal Cord Injuries, written by Steve Ramsbottom, owner of Performance Institute, British Columbia, Canada; Foreword by three-time Paralympic Gold Medalist Marni Abbott-Peter. read more...
From Provincial Coach, Joe Higgins - March 2012
March 14, 2012 Developing as a Wheelchair Basketball Player read more...
From Regional Coach, Matt Buchi - March 2012
March 14, 2012 By Coach Matt Buchi – Regional and Developmental Coach for BC Wheelchair Basketball Ball Handling – Learning it or Lose it. read more...
BC Wheelchair Basketball Society Honours Its Best and Brightest At Annual Awards Night
March 06, 2012 SURREY, BC -- The BC Wheelchair Basketball Society (BCWBS) honoured the accomplishments of its members at an annual awards night, which took place Saturday, March 3rd, at the banquet for the BC Wheelchair Basketball League finals. Athletes, coaches, officials and partners from around the province were in attendance.
Nine awards were handed out, including: read more...
BCWBS Is Moving!
February 14, 2012 BCWBS is excited to announce that our office is moving to a new location on Feb 24.
780 SW Marine Drive, Vancouver, BC V6P 5Y7 (New Adderess effective Feb 24)
There are slight changes in our phone numbers as well effective Feb 24. read more...
BC Wheelchair Basketball Society Welcomes Matt Buchi To The Position Of Regional Development Coach
February 01, 2012 (Richmond, BC) -- The BC Wheelchair Basketball Society is pleased to welcome Matt Buchi as the Regional and Development Coach. Wheelchair basketball has experienced significant growth over the past several years and Buchi will continue to foster the expansion of the sport while working with our strong network of clubs and programs across BC. read more...
Time to Cheer - Support BCWBS
January 26, 2012 BCWBS needs to generate 225 cheers for our grant applciation to Molson in support of the 2012 Nationals that we are hosting in May. Although it might take you a few minutes as you need to sigh up and log in to be able to cheer us, we would greatly appreciate your support for us so that we could make this big event a huge success! Please also pass this along to your friends and family! Here are the directions to cheer. read more...
International Wheelchair Basketball Federation Presents Classification Video
January 23, 2012 From Wheelchair Basketball Canada website: read more...
Para-Equipment Fund and Recruitment Program Fund Available
January 18, 2012 CPC has announced that the Para-Equipment Fund and Recruitment Program Fund applications will open on January 25, 2012. Application deadline is February 29, 2012.
BCWBS woud like to encourage our club members to take an advantage of this great opportunity.
For more info, please visit http://www.paralympic.ca/funding read more...
Nominations Accepted for Annual BCWBS Awards
January 06, 2012 It's the time to start thinking about nominating individuals and or organizations from your club or region for the Annual BCWBS Awards!
As you know we present these awards at the BC-CWBL Finals banquet in March, however selections will be made early in the New Year - Deadline for nominations is Monday, January 23, 2012. read more...
