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Good Luck to our Ambassadors [...]

SPIDER-Y wish luck to our ambassadors Harry Brown, Sophie Carigill (GB Wheelchair Basketball) Coral Batey (GB Wheelchair Rugby) and our Patron Hannah Cockroft (Wheelchair Racer) all the best of Luck in Rio, from all the staff and players including Leeds Spiders and Leds Rhinos.

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Meanwhile back home.

Leeds Rhinos take on Halfax in the Wheelchair Rugby League Grand Final on 10th Sept 7pm at Medway Park Kent, live on our Facebook Live Page link here https://www.facebook.com/SpiderysportsTV/#

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Leeds Spiders will be in action on 13th September in Leeds at the Millenium Square 5pm - 7pm at the Fan Zone come dowm and have a go of wheelchair basketball.

Spiders start the new season at home on 2nd October vs TCAT Warriors (PL) & North Wales Knights (D3) all starts from 10:30am again live on Facebook and Youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/leedsspiderswbc

#RIOtoROCHDALE again good luck to our Ambassadors James Simpson, Jodie Boyd-Ward and Tom Halliwell along with Nathan Collins and Ryan Richardson who take on Ireland, Scotland & Wales in the 4 Nations on 24th/25th September in Rochdale. Again Livestream on both Facebook and Youtube with commentary from anoth Ambassdor Joshua Gardner.

New Ambassadors

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SPIDER-Y is happy to announce additional Ambassadors to our charity to increase maximum exposure for the work we do.

We have invited the following members of our Basketball and Rugby teams to join our Patron Hannah Cockroft MBE, current Ambassadors Harry Brown and Sophie Carrigill on the ambassador register, in doing so we are recognising these indivduals and these achievment over the last 12 months and wish them luck in the coming years whever thats in Rio 2016 or in Australia 2017. Thank you for your support

Congratulations and Good Luck [...]

Congrtatulations and Good Luck

Well after what has been an amazing Summer of Sport for all our athletes past and present weither it was at Junior regionals, School Games , WhRL Grand final, The Paralympics in Rio and also to those taking part in the forth coming 4 Nations Wheelchair Rugby League Competion in Rochdale on 24th and 25th September.

On behalf of SPIDER-Y we would like to congratulate our Patron Hananh Cockroft another 3 Golds, Harry Brown Bronze Medal, Sophie Carrigill Record breaker, Coral Batey all your hard work the last couple of years is paying off, Welcome home, time for a rest sit back and watch your friends and team mates take on the 4 Nations.

So Rio's finish next up Rochdale and the Wheelchair Rugby League 4 Nations Tournement #Rio2Rochdale -

England WhRL take on the home nations at the 3rd 4 nations tournement and its back up North, the first 4 nations was held in Hull in 2012 just before London Paralypics, then held in Medway home of England WhRL in 2014, with Engalnd winning both these competitions. England feature no less than 5 Leeds Rhinos Players Including joint Captain James Simpson(A), along with Jodie Boyd-Ward(A), Tom Halliwell(A), and debutants Ryan Richardson and Nathan Collins along with Sebastien Bechara who featured in Rhinos last season is an impressive line up and shows how far Leeds Rhinos have moved forward in the last couple of years. In Addition to these we are happy to confrim that another 4 of our players have been selected to represent the Exiles ( Other Nations) in the 4 Nations Tony Godward, Luis Domngos, Ewan Clibbens and Joshua Butler, WOW thats a massive achiement for our charity.

All and all 2016 has been an amazing year for SPIDER-Y and its Team, Players and Staff endless awards and recognition and we can only build on this success.

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Thank You

SPIDER-Y thanks long-term supporters!

SPIDERs Go LIve

SPIDERS GO LIVE.

Has part of our ongoing awareness campaign and continued progression towards making disability Sports more apararent in everyday life we at SPIDER-Y have been working hard behind to scenes to get this working so people can watch all over the world the great sports programmes we have at SPIDER Y.

For the last couple of month's we have been trialling several different types of live streaming, like periscope, Live stream and many more some of these we will still use depending on venue and Internet connections in the local area.

With the lead up to Rio 2016 we hope to give better insight into disability sports to a wider audience and bring in new players and volunteers.

Leeds Spiders Premier League and Division 3 games will feature on our YouTube Channel Leeds Spider Y for all home games this season and maybe other source away from home and next season Leeds Rhinos will utilise the streaming to get Wheelchair Rugby League out to the vieing public.

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Watch our social media pages Facebook and Twitter........

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AWARD NOMINATIONS

Congratulations to all our members who have been nominated for the forthcoming

Disability Sport Yorkshire - Annual Awards Dinner

Centenary Pavilion, Elland Road, Leeds - 24 March 2017

Recognising Achievement in 2016

NOMINEES REPRESENTING SPIDER-Y

Young Achiever – Boy

Individual who has achieved a high standard at club level or in regional competition. Open to boys aged 18 and under at 31 December 2016

- Nathan Collins

Regan Cooper Team of the Year

Open to club, county or regional teams of two or more players who have achieved a notable standard of performance

- Leeds Rhinos Wheelchair Rugby League

Service to Sport – The President’s Award

Individuals who have made a significant contribution to the development of sport, who have demonstrated a strong commitment to raising the profile of sport and disability

- SPIDER-Y

Baroness Masham Wheelchair Performer Award

Individual who has achieved significant success in wheelchair sport

- Coral Batey

Volunteer of the Year

Outstanding voluntary contribution to the development of sport for disabled people by an individual, group or organisation

– Andrew Gardner

Sportsman of the Year

A sportsman who has achieved success at local, regional or national level in 2016 – excluding Paralympians, who may be considered in a separate award.

- James Simpson

Paralympian of the Year

A regional athlete who has achieved recognition at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

- Coral Batey

- Hannah Cockcroft

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Basketball Statistician Required

Basketball Statistician Required

SPIDER- Y is seeking to recruit a voluntary statistician to provide high quality statistics for our home games playing in the Premier League Wheelchair Basketball competitions for 2015-2016.

The production of game stats will allow coaches and individuals to evaluate individual and team performance, enabling them to focus on areas of improvement and capitalise on strong points. Games stats will be available following the games via the Premier League fixtures/results page of the GBWBA Website.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

Delivery of Statistics via Fiba live stats on game day, Taking statistics at games is ever easy, but now FIBA have made the job of capturing game statistics much easier using FIBA Live Stats.

The program facilitates the capture of game statistics as they happen, and also allows webcasts to stream information live on the internet for all to see.

BWB statistician receive a match day payment of £12 plus expenses these will be agreed prior to appointment. Laptop and printer provided on match days.

Person Specification

Knowledge and understanding of basketball stats acquired through relevant academic study (either studied as a module or as an academic qualification to degree standard)
Excellent knowledge level of Basketball or wheelchair basketball
A basic knowledge of MS Excel and Fiba Live stats

This exciting role would suit candidates currently studying sports and performance analysis or keen to gain further experience in this field.

This position is a voluntary role and would involve some evening and weekend working due to the nature of the role.

How to apply

To apply for this role please send you’re CV and a covering letter outlining why you are suitable for this role to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Successful applicant will subject to DBS and reference check and agreement to code of conduct.

Start Date First Home game 11^th October 1245 full fixture list will be forward to all applicants.

WRL Festival 2013

Leeds Rhinos Wheelchair Rugby League are proud to announce two Wheelchair Rugby League Festivals in Leeds

25th Aug 11– 4 pm at Morley Leisure Centre -

8th Sept 10-4pm at John Charles Indoor Athletics Centre

Both days will be based around development clubs having competitive games against teams of equal strength and numbers.

On the 8th Sept we are combining the day with the Leeds to Rio Festival where other disability sports will be on offer all day, around the Centres other facilities. And will include a featured game from some of the players from this years World Cup Teams, including England , Ireland
and special teams from Leeds Rugby Foundation, New Zealand Exiles.

Teams can register interest from today for both festivals and must provide playing tops and chairs.
go to www.spider-y.org.uk and follow the links to register or contact Andy Gardner 07769938798

Teams can enter for £10 per team this goes to SPIDER-Y (1125793) the charity that helps and funds the Wheelchairs Sports Clubs in Leeds.

Download flyer here

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