Caerphilly Wheelchair Basketball Club has been given four new chairs by a charity.
The Lord’s Taverners Wales Region was donated the new equipment as part of their three year investment into developing wheelchair basketball in Wales.
The club was started two years ago with a similar donation of four chairs from the charity.
Additional chairs were borrowed from other sports clubs on a loan basis. As the number of players has grown, the club began to focus on children and as such needed junior-sized chairs.
Disability sports development officer Joanna Coates-McGrath said: “The additional four sports chairs from the Taverners have meant the club now has eight chairs of its own and will be able to continue the sessions when some of the loan chairs are handed back.
“Having specific junior size chairs has made a great impact on the sessions and the enjoyment of the young members of the club. Their skill levels are improving already within the short time of the chairs arriving.”
Ed Meggitt, The Lord’s Taverners Wales Region Chairman, said: “It was great to meet the members of both clubs who will reap the benefits of the new wheelchairs. It’s thanks to our supporters and events such as our recent Christmas lunches that we are able to continue to help sporting organisations across Wales.”
The Lord’s Taverners charity was set up in 1950 by a group of friends and cricket enthusiasts. They aim to give children, particularly those with special needs and from disadvantaged backgrounds, a ‘sporting chance’, by providing sporting equipment, minibuses, grants and donations.
