GB Wheelchair Basketball Sponsorship
RGK are delighted to announce their continuing sponsorship of the Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball teams through to 2013.
The £200,000 package will see all GB teams using cutting edge RGK products in the lead up to and during the 2012 Paralympic Games in London.
GBWBA Chief Executive Charlie Bethel comments: “The relationship with RGK goes from strength to strength. The chair is a medal winning piece of equipment and contributes greatly to the performance on court. Having just won the bronze in Turkey we are now looking forward to a partnership that will stretch past the World Championships next year in Birmingham and the London Paralympic Games in 2012”.
Great Britain wins bronze medal at European Championships
Great Britain has won a well deserved bronze medal at the European Wheelchair Basketball Championships by defeating a gritty Poland 73 - 65 in Adana, Turkey on 15th October.
The game was of a high standard with both teams shooting the ball at an impressive rate. Great Britain shot the ball at 51% and Poland at 62%.
The game started evenly before Great Britain went on a 7-0 run to lead 12 - 4 before Poland closed the quarter with a 6 - 0 run to narrow the lead to 14-12 at quarter time.
The second quarter continued at the high standard set in the first quarter as Jon Pollock, who scored 22 in the first half, won the quarter 23-21 to lead 37 - 33 at half time.
In the third quarter, Great Britain extended its lead to 8 points by scoring the first two baskets before Poland responded with 6 unanswered points. Poland won the quarter 18 -17 to narrow Great Britain’s lead to 54-51.
At the start of the last quarter, Terry Bywater was inserted into the game and his 8 last quarter points and Pollock’s 9 last quarter points saw Great Britain draw away. The relentless full court pressure of Simon Brown, Peter Finbow and Jon Pollock eventually wore down the Polish team.
Great Britain's leading scorers were Jon Pollock with 34 points and 5 assists, and Simon Munn with 16 points and 6 rebounds, both of whom are RGK sponsored athletes. Other high scorers were Terry Bywater with 8 points and 5 rebounds, and former RGK employee Ian Sagar with 7 points and 9 rebounds.
Poland's two principle scorers, Luszynski & Filipski, were held to 13 and 12 points respectively.
Great Britain's Head Coach Murray Treseder said that he was pleased with his team’s performance during the championships. He said the team was disappointed that they were not in the final but are making pleasing progress as they head towards the 2010 World Championships.
Algeria win African Championships
RGK would like to congratulate Algeria’s wheelchair basketball team, who won the African Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Johannesburg (South Africa) on Saturday 10th October, beating the host country 77 to 72 and qualifying for the World Championships.
The team took delivery of new RGK Interceptor basketball wheelchairs prior to the event, which saw Algeria take their first African title in the history of Algerian wheelchair basketball.
Loughborough University – Respiration Survey
Would you be interested in taking a survey for Loughborough University about improving training strategies in upper body exercise?
The University is looking to recruit active wheelchair users who are willing to act as participants.
If you are interested, click on the this link for further details and contact information.
RGK welcomes Mike Sheen
Finally, we would like to welcome Mike Sheen to the RGK team. Mike joins us as Design Engineer, responsible for Product Development.
Welcome, Mike!
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