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You might be unable to access the UKWBF website due to an intermittent problem with our web forwarding server. The problem is being looked into and will hopefully be solved soon.

Below is the schedule for this years playoffs being staged at Stoke Mandeville on the 20th\21st May 2006.

Great Britain Men's team won the Bronze medal in the 2006 Paralympic world cup staged in Manchester.GB where missing key players Jon Pollock, Simon Munn and Colin Price and came face to face with the formidable Canadian duo of Patrick Anderson and Joey Johnson plus an Australian team boasting the likes of Brad Ness, Shaun Norris and Justin Everson.
The GB Women's team equaled last years silver medal when they lost out in this years final to Mexico.

Ex Dublin Celts coach Peter Barron speaks openly to Stephen Orford in the latest interview on the UKWBF website.
To read the interview just visit the player interviews section.

The International Paralympic Committee is proud to introduce the new global internet television channel www.paralympicsport.tv where you can watch all your favourite Paralympic sport.

ParalympicSport.TV will bring you interesting and previously unseen footage from various Paralympic Games and competitions. From 10 to 19 March 2006 the internet channel will also broadcast live from various competitions of the Torino 2006 Paralympic Winter Games.

With your support we hope to establish the channel as a global media platform for Paralympic and IPC Sports.

If you would like more information, please contact Sarah Philpott at Valley Leisure Centre on 01303 277539 or email sarah.philpott@pent-valley.kent.sch.uk

We received an email today from Charlie Bethel informing us that Ben Klerks the former Dutch National team player and current Women's team coach has passed away.
Our condolences go to Ben's wife and children.

Able-bodied players are to be allowed to play in the 1st Division of the GBWBA National league from season 2006/2007.

The wheelchair basketball community and in particular Vikings Wheelchair Basketball Club mourns the passing of Tom Baines on Tuesday December 6, aged just 29.

Tom joined the Vikings, then known as Meteors Wheelchair Basketball Club in 1989 as a teenager, and represented the club with great distinction for more than ten years. Tom was also a valued member of the North West Junior squad which picked up several national titles during the 1990’s and competed in Minnesota, USA in November 1991.

Two years later Tom was selected to represent a Great Britain under-18 team in Australia and helped the side beat all five state teams in the Australian national junior games. The Great Britain side then narrowly lost out to an Australian national under-18 team by a single point in a one-off test match, with Tom playing an integral part in the effort.

Though Tom‘s interest in the sport faded in later years, he visited club training sessions on occasion and remained a popular figure among club members.

A talented and skilful basketball player, Tom will be sorely missed by everyone involved with Vikings Wheelchair Basketball Club and by many involved elsewhere in the game.

We have received information that former GB player Jon Pollock (pictured above) has returned to the the mens squad.Jon left the squad after the Athens Paralympics but has now returned to the GB setup after a year away from the team.

Caroline Matthews has supplied us with some excellent basketball photographs from the 2005 playoffs.The pictures where taken on the afternoon of Saturday 21st May 2005.
Click here to go to the photographs.

1st Division
Winners Aylesbury Aces *Match Report*
Runners up Tameside Owls
2nd Division
Winners Vikings
Runners up Wasps
3rd Division
Winners Sheffield Steelers
Runners up Manchester Mavericks
4th Division
Winners Lancaster Bulldogs
Runners up Wolverhampton Rhinos
League Cup
Winners Vikings
Runners up Bristol Pirates
MVP
Kevin Hayes
All Star Team
Garry Peel Tameside Owls
Joe Jayaratne Aylesbury Aces
Kevin Hayes Sheffield Steelers
Peter Finbow Tameside Owls
Dean Cavanagh Manchester Mavericks

Congratulations to Sheffield Steelers who finished second in the 2005 Andre Vergauwen cup.
Steelers only lost two games in the final stages both of these against Tabu Cantu from Italy.

Sheffield Steelers 65-46 Villeneuve d" Ascq
Tabu Cantu 71-69 Sheffield Steelers
Sheffield Steelers 57-53 KIS UNA Sana

Today (29th March) we received the sad news that Ayrshire Cougars player Denis Bonnar has passed away after short illness.Our deepest sympathies go out to Denis's family and you can leave your own message on this matter by visiting the messageboard.

New to the UKWBF website is a interview with former GBWBA Executive committee member Ian Laker.
Ian speaks frankly to Stephen Orford about his thoughts on a wide range of subjects and im sure you will find it a very interesting read.
To read the interview click here

Four teams represented Great Britain the European competitions this weekend.
Oldham Owls and MK Aces where competing in the Preliminary round of the Eurocup whilst Sheffield Steelers and Storm WBC were competing in the preliminary round of the Andre Vergauwen cup.
Unfortunately the weekend was not a great success for our teams with Oldham Owls,MK Aces and Storm WBC all being elimated.
A report on Oldham's exploits can be found by clicking here.
However Sheffield Steelers did manage to qualify for the finals and we wish them all the best when they travel to Milan.

We would like to congratulate GB Womens captain Ann Wild on the news that the Council Senate of the University of Brunel have awarded her with the degree of Master of the University, honoris causa, in recognition of her outstanding service to sport.
Ann has been a great ambassador for the sport at both home and abroad and the reward could not have gone to a better person.

We are sure you will all know that the UKWBF website has been experiencing problems during the last few days.The kickme redirecting service is getting very unreliable and therefore we have now purchased our own url that will hopefully eradicate any future problems.Please can all visitors update their bookmarks and replace the old web address (www.kickme.to/ukwbf) with the new one (www.ukwbf.co.uk).

Welcome to the Uk wheelchair basketball forum.
This site is dedicated to the sport of wheelchair basketball and is run by myself Tony Peel and Sue Conroy.
Currently Sue plays for Liverpool based team Vikings in the 1st Division North of the GBWBA while I am am member of the Oldham Owls club who are currently playing in the 1st Division North of the GBWBA
We have added a couple of new features to the site that will hopefully make the site more interesting for visitors.
The player interview section will be written by Vikings player and qualified journalist Stephen Orford.
If you would like to have your thoughts on the game put onto the site I am sure Ste will be very willing to conduct an interview with you so send an email to me vulnavia40@hotmail.com or ste can be reached using this email address meteors07@hotmail.com