West Coast Wheelchair Rugby Club
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West Coast Wheelchair Rugby Club

Wheelchair Rugby Club based in the North west of UK

West Coast Wheelchair Rugby Club.

Formed in 2008, we are the North West’s largest wheelchair rugby club.

We currently have three teams West Coast “Crash”, “Heat” and “Burn”. We are a club for all levels of abilities, ages and disabilities, everyone is welcome.

We want everyone who includes wheelchair rugby in their lives, whether as a player or a volunteer to love everything about the sport; the excitement, its contact and the feeling of belonging to a community - the WCWRC community.

Wheelchair Rugby is the only full contact sport in the Paralympics and is open to both men and women, mixed genders competing on same team.

Our Clubs Training:

Every Saturday 11:00 - 14:00

Training locations vary from:

  • Leigh leisure centre, Leigh Sports Village, Leigh, WN7 4JY

  • Wellfied Academy, Yewlands Drive, Leyland PR25 2TP

  • Southport Spinal Unit, Town Lane, Southport, PR8 6PN

All welcome, if interested please get in touch via our contacts page so we can confirm what sessions are on and where

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Ahead of tomorrow’s Remembrance Sunday, we sat down and spoke to West Coast player, Stuart Robinson MBE. The gold medal Paralympian served as a RAF Regiment Gunner until 2013 after a routine patrol near Camp Bastion resulted in an IED explosio
Ahead of tomorrow’s Remembrance Sunday, we sat down and spoke to West Coast player, Stuart Robinson MBE. The gold medal Paralympian served as a RAF Regiment Gunner until 2013 after a routine patrol near Camp Bastion resulted in an IED explosion. Stuart suffered many injuries including the loss of both legs. Since then, Stuart has gone on to continue representing his country with an impressive collection of medals both at international and national level. Lest we forget.
🚨SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 With the season opener this weekend, we’re proud to announce our West Coast Burn team. Coaches Ayaz Bhuta and Ryan Cowling said, “This West Coast Burn has a mixture of experience and youth. At one end you have Dan
🚨SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 With the season opener this weekend, we’re proud to announce our West Coast Burn team. Coaches Ayaz Bhuta and Ryan Cowling said, “This West Coast Burn has a mixture of experience and youth. At one end you have Danny Dawoud who provides us with elite level play, and at the other end you have exciting players such as Jodie Punshon and Callan Rawnsley who have huge futures ahead of them.”
🚨SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 With the season opener this weekend, we’re proud to announce our West Coast Heat team. Coaches Ayaz Bhuta and Ryan Cowling said, “West Coast Heat are an exciting bunch. And, like Burn, bring with them both experie
🚨SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 With the season opener this weekend, we’re proud to announce our West Coast Heat team. Coaches Ayaz Bhuta and Ryan Cowling said, “West Coast Heat are an exciting bunch. And, like Burn, bring with them both experience and youthful exuberance. Our experience comes in the form of Myles Pearson who offers us elite level expertise at international level, and who’s our longest serving player. While our exciting new stars such as Hannah Bucys and Becky Simpson are ones to watch!”
🚨Announcement🚨 A huge congratulations to both Jodie Punshon and Becky Simpson for making the GB Women’s Cup Team. Our ladies have been working incredibly hard for this selection and we’re very proud of them! West Coast coach, Ayaz B
🚨Announcement🚨 A huge congratulations to both Jodie Punshon and Becky Simpson for making the GB Women’s Cup Team. Our ladies have been working incredibly hard for this selection and we’re very proud of them! West Coast coach, Ayaz Bhuta, commented, “I’m delighted for both Jodie and Becky. Their application to each training session has led to this selection. I hope they both enjoy the experience and come back with gold!”
Ahead of tomorrow’s Remembrance Sunday, we sat down and spoke to West Coast player, Stuart Robinson MBE. The gold medal Paralympian served as a RAF Regiment Gunner until 2013 after a routine patrol near Camp Bastion resulted in an IED explosio 🚨SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 With the season opener this weekend, we’re proud to announce our West Coast Burn team. Coaches Ayaz Bhuta and Ryan Cowling said, “This West Coast Burn has a mixture of experience and youth. At one end you have Dan 🚨SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 With the season opener this weekend, we’re proud to announce our West Coast Heat team. Coaches Ayaz Bhuta and Ryan Cowling said, “West Coast Heat are an exciting bunch. And, like Burn, bring with them both experie 🚨Announcement🚨 A huge congratulations to both Jodie Punshon and Becky Simpson for making the GB Women’s Cup Team. Our ladies have been working incredibly hard for this selection and we’re very proud of them! West Coast coach, Ayaz B

West Coast Burn in action vs Solent Sharks

Credit: GBWR

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