Basketball (Wheelchair)

Basketball (Wheelchair)

Wheelchair Basketball was developed by Sir Ludwig Guttmann at Stoke Mandeville Hospital following WWII as a form of rehabilitation for injured war veterans.

Basketball became a Paralympic Games sport at the first Games in Rome in 1960.

Wheelchair Basketball is open to male or female athletes and is played by two teams of five players each.

Players are allocated points from 1 to 4.5 depending on their functional ability. Five players out of 12 from each team are on the court at any one time and throughout the game the total point value of each team on court must not exceed 14 points. (Information from ParalympicsGB website)

DSNI

Disability Sports NI (DSNI) is Northern Ireland's main disability sports organisation and is representative of the vast majority of Northern Ireland's disability sports club's and organisations. Established in 1997, to tackle the under representation of people with disabilities in sport, the organisation works to promote equality of opportunity for people with disabilities to take part in and enjoy sport and physical activity at a level of their choice. Disability Sports NI is a company limited by guarantee with charitable status. (Information from DSNI website)

Irish Wheelchair Association

http://www.iwasport.com

International Wheelchair Basketball Federation

http://www.iwbf.org