News

March 26, 2013

The BC Warriors went undefeated over the weekend to win the 2013 Junior West Regional Championship in Prince George, BC. The Warriors defeated Saskatchewan-A 21-18 in the gold medal contest to put the finishing touches on a perfect 8-0 record at the tournament.

March 18, 2013

The 2013 Junior West Regional Wheelchair Basketball Championship is taking place at the Duchess Park Senior Secondary School in Prince George, British Columbia, March 22-24, 2013.

March 18, 2013

(MARCH 18, 2013 - MEXICO CITY, MEX.) - Team Canada defeated host Mexico 74-67 in a hotly contested gold medal showdown on Saturday at the Men's U23 Americas Zone Qualification Tournament in Mexico City. Both teams have qualified for the World Junior Championship in Turkey in September.

March 15, 2013

March 9th and 10th saw an exciting weekend in wheelchair basketball action! BC Wheelchair Basketball hosted the Breakers Women’s Festival at Douglas College New Westminster and Trinity Western University in Langley.

March 8, 2013

March 7, 2013

(Vancouver, BC) - BC Wheelchair Basketball Society (BCWBS) is pleased to announce that Sian Blyth will take over for Managing Director Carrie Linegar during her maternity leave.

March 5, 2013

This Saturday, we celebrated the achievements of our members at our annual awards night. The banquet took place at the Executive Plaza Hotel and Conference Center in Coquitlam, and was hosted by BCWBS provincial coach Marni Abbott-Peter.A large congratulations to our winners.

February 26, 2013

The fifth annual Jam is an opportunity for wheelchair basketball players to get together for action packed non-traditional basketball games. It brings together all abilities in a fun atmosphere where players will be shuffled onto different teams each game, thus allowing everyone the opportunity to play with new teammates all weekend long. The Jam aims to host players from BC, Alberta, and the USA and provides refereed games which are ideal for all skill levels. A BBQ lunch will be held on Saturday with a social gathering later in the evening.

February 25, 2013

BCWBS and the BC Breakers invite all girls and women to come out, get moving and have some fun!

February 25, 2013

On the weekend, Feb 23 and 24, a team from Seattle and a team "BC Selects" consisted of Paralympic Gold medalists Richard Peter and James Treuer and our young rising stars played against our Division 1 teams Douglas College Royals and Douglas College Lions.

February 21, 2013

(February 20, 2013 - OTTAWA, ONT.) - Wheelchair Basketball Canada is pleased to name the 12 athletes that will represent Canada at the 2013 World Junior Wheelchair Basketball Championships Americas Zone Qualification Tournament taking place at the Paralympic Training Centre in Mexico City March 11-17, 2013.

February 21, 2013

Fun and skill development were the two goals of this Sunday’s (Feb 17) wheelchair basketball clinic in beautiful Comox. I had the pleasure of heading to Vancouver Island to work with ten very enthusiastic athletes.

February 20, 2013

BCWBS is excited to host the BC-CWBL Provincial Finals 2013 at Pinetree Community Centre in Coquitlam on March 1-3. Six Division 2 teams and two Division 1 teams will be competing for respective provincial title.

February 19, 2013

BCWBS is excited to host a Junior Wheelchair Basketball Division again in 2013 Steve Nash Youth Basketball Challenge hosted by Basketball BC.

February 12, 2013

The last regular season Division 2 tournament was held in Kelowna on January 26 & 27. The weekend was a very competitive weekend for Tacoma, Kamloops and the Cable Cars with Kamloops struggling on day one but dominating on day two!

February 1, 2013

Mark You Calendars!Join us and celebrate the Best of BC at the Basketball BC Hall of Fame Banquet on Saturday, April 20, 2013 at the Langley Events Centre Banquet Hall!

February 1, 2013

In February and March, viaSport will be opening a number of grant programs that will encourage sport participation across the province. Funding will be available for new and exisiting sport programs, communtities in northern BC, Aboriginal sport programs and provincial to international events hosted in BC.

January 31, 2013

January 31, 2013

The City of Surrey is hosting a free "Try It" Day for wheelchair tennis and sitting volleyball on Sunday, February 10.

January 29, 2013

Please note that the Surrey Junior Program's start date has been postponed to next Tuesday. It was originally scheduled to start today (Jan 27) but it has been rescheduled to February 5. We apologize for any inconvenience.

January 28, 2013

Learn to Ski Day - Cross-country skiing for people with disabilities

January 11, 2013

BCWBS and the City of Surrey are partnering up and starting a new junior program in Surrey.

January 9, 2013

(Las Vegas, NV) Wheelchair Basketball Canada is pleased to announce the names of the 24 athletes selected to represent Canada in 2013 as members of the Senior Men’s and Women’s National Wheelchair Basketball Teams.

January 8, 2013

The Canadian Active After School Partnership wants to better understand how children between 5 and 17 years of age spend their time after school in the 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm time period. It would be very helpful to us if parents and caregivers complete this 10 minute survey to help us learn more about this topic. We want to know how children spend their time after school; what parents think about after school programs that their children are now in; and what children who are not in after school programming do during this time period.