Wheelchair basketball

First training session planned

(Date of issue: Tuesday, 13 April 2010)

Carlisle's first wheelchair basketball training session will be held next Tuesday (20 April) at the University of Cumbria's Fusehill Street Sportshall.

A coach from the Newcastle Eagles basketball club will provide expert tuition for the first session, which will be held between 7pm and 9pm.

Organised by Carlisle City Council, the Carlisle Panthers Basketball Club and the newly established Carlisle Wheelchair Sports Club, the free event is open to adults and young people who want to try out wheelchair basketball for the first time.

There will be a range of sports wheelchairs available for use and any visitor to the event will have a chance to use them (as you do not have to be a wheelchair user to play wheelchair basketball).  

For further details about the evening or to find out more about the wheelchair basketball scheme, contact Paul Frampton on 01228 817581 or Tracy Gannon on 01228 817371.