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March 14, 2012

Fundamentally, Basketball is being able to affectively shoot the basketball into the opponent’s basket and defend your own basket from the opponent, would essentially win you the game. BUT, how do you expect to get the ball there without being able to affectively handle the ball? Knowing how to dribble, stationary and moving, will be a vital part of your basketball knowledge.

March 14, 2012

Join The BC Spinal Cord Injury Community Services Network in celebrating Rick Hansen’s return to British Columbia and a celebration of the past 25 years.

March 12, 2012

The 2012 Tim Frick City League winter session wrapped up on Tuesday, March 6 at the Douglas College Campus in New Westminster.

March 9, 2012

March 7, 2012

The BC Wheelchair Basketball Society is pleased to announce selections for the Men's and Junior Provincial teams who will each compete in their respective National Championship events this Spring, while the Women's team will be named next month.

March 7, 2012

Teams from across BC and our friends from Tacoma, came together for the 2012 BC-CWBL Finals at the David Lam Campus of Douglas College in Coquitlam, BC the March 2-4 weekend. With a combination of tough competition between all D2 teams in their games and the intense battle of Douglas College’s D1 Lions and Royals, the tournament was a great success. All teams showed great heart and determination throughout the competition.

March 6, 2012

March 5, 2012

Hi City Leagures! Here's the final night's schedule. 7:30-7:40- Warm up/ Stretching 7:40-8:20 - Team 1 v Team 4, Team 2 v Team 3 8:20-8:35 - Fun Skills / Drills 8:35-9:15 - Team 1 v Team 3, Team 2 v Team 4 9:15-9:30- Closing Ceremonies Reminder - Special guest Tim Frick will be joining us at our final night! See you all at the gym.

February 28, 2012

BCWBS and Douglas College will be hosting BC - Canadian Wheelchair Basketball League Provincial Finals this weekend, March 2-4, at Douglas College New Westminster campus and David Lam campus.

February 27, 2012

Hello City Leaguers!

February 21, 2012

Sorry for the late notice! Here is the schedule for tonight.

February 20, 2012

BCWBS is hosting a Division 1 game weekend at Trinity Western University in Langley.

February 16, 2012

BCWBS is hosting a Junior Wheelchair Basketball Division in 2012 Steve Nash Youth Basketball Challenge hosted by Basketball BC. This is an exciting event focused on providing junior players with a positive competition and skill development experience just for them. We will be playing 4 games (TBC) in the Steve Nash Youth Basketball Challenge which not only wheelchair basketball, but also stand-up basketball as well as Special Olympic basketball will be competing in. This event (wheelchair basketball division) is for youth born January 1, 1994 or later and is played on the lowered – 8 ½ ft basketball hoop height and/or on 10ft hoops pending the number of participants.

February 14, 2012

BCWBS is excited to announce that our office is moving to a new location on Feb 24.

February 14, 2012

Hi City Leaguers!

February 14, 2012

Sport BC named Kathy Newman the recipient of this year’s Daryl Thompson Award, presented by the Beedie Group, for her 30 years of leadership and advocacy for Wheelchair Sports in BC. This honour, to be awarded at Sport BC’s 46th Annual Athlete of the Year Awards presented by TELUS, recognizes a British Columbian who has contributed to sport in an extraordinary way over an extended period of time.

February 14, 2012

Sport BC named Kathy Newman the recipient of this year’s Daryl Thompson Award, presented by the Beedie Group, for her 30 years of leadership and advocacy for Wheelchair Sports in BC. This honour, to be awarded at Sport BC’s 46th Annual Athlete of the Year Awards presented by TELUS, recognizes a British Columbian who has contributed to sport in an extraordinary way over an extended period of time.

February 10, 2012

BCWBS is hosting a Division 1 game weekend at Trinity Western University in Langley.

February 10, 2012

This past weekend (February 4 & 5), Kamloops Bull-dawgs hosted a BC-CWBL Division 2 tournament at the Tournamnet Capital Centre in Kamloops.

February 6, 2012

Hello City Leaguers,I hope everyone enjoyed the glorious weekend. I'm very excited to have the BIG gym this week! This means we can play games on both sides, and take advantage of the additional hoops for shooting drills and games.Just reminder, the Women's Basketball coach has agreed to allowed us to come in at 7:20. Please take advantage of this opportunity to get for a 7:30 start. Either Jenn or myself will be there by 7:15 to assist players.Here's what's in store for tomorrow....

February 3, 2012

BCWBS is thrilled to announce that our head official Dean MacKinnon will be inducted to the Basketball BC Hall of Fame in April. Please see the media release from Basketball BC for more information.

February 3, 2012

Kamloops Bull-Dawgs will be hosting BC-CWBL (Provincial League) Division 2 tournament this weekend (Feb 3/4). Four teams will be competing at Tournament Capital Centre in Kamloops and a skill sessions for the participating players will be held by our new regional coach Matt Buchi on Saturday.

February 1, 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.

February 1, 2012

The fourth annual Jam is an opportunity for high performance and recreationally competitive players with and without disability. The tournament will host players from BC, Alberta and some US States in fun games to play together. It’s ideal for people of all levels of play.