Australia's best wheelchair basketball teams rolling into town to compete for Grand Final
Rolling into town: Australia's best wheelchair basketball teams to compete for National League Grand Final, then onto World Championships in Turkey.
Adelaide: 30 August - 1 September 2013
Get ready for edge of your seat action as the top four wheelchair basketball teams in Australia take to the court at the National Wheelchair Basketball Finals, at the LeFevre Centre in Adelaide, South Australia.
This will be the biggest wheelchair basketball event since the 2012 London Paralympics. Many of the players are part of formidable Australian Rollers and Gliders Paralympic teams who both won silver medals at the 2012 London Paralympics.
It will be a hotly contested Grand Final with this season's undefeated The Be Active Perth Wheelcats going head to head against the Wollongong Roller Hawks - champions in 2011 and 2012. The other semi-final will be a battle between the RSL Queensland Spinning Bullets and Victoria in what will no doubt be a superb game after their extremely close League Round clash.
This is also the last opportunity to see players from the Under 23 Spinners Squad who will be flying out directly to compete at the World Championships in Adana, Turkey on the 5th September. The Finals will surely give all sports fans a close up opportunity to see the world's best players in action.
"The 2013 NWBL Championship title is action packed every year and with such fierce competition it will be a spectacular finish to another superb season." Peter Tate, Executive Officer of Disability Sports Australia.
"The excitement and speed make it a brilliant spectator sport. It is definitely thrilling to watch, as wheelchair basketball is not only faster than able-bodied, the wheelchair is considered part of the body. This really demonstrates the player's skill and manoeuvrability."
Disability Sports Australian thanks its proud sponsor the Australian Sports Commission and the local organising committee Disability Recreation and Sports SA.
