Wheelchair Basketball Canada’s (WBC) new National Academy at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) officially broke ground in a ceremony on Tuesday, October 1, watched by an audience of dignitaries.
“We are entering into a new, exciting era of wheelchair basketball,” said Wendy Gittens, executive director of WBC, “and Canada’s objective is to be number one in the world.”
Canadian senior national wheelchair basketball teams have performed outstandingly in past years, bringing home one bronze, one silver, and six gold medals in the last six combined Paralympic Games. The National Academy’s aim is to train and support the next generation of athletes to build on this rise for future international championships. The National Academy is making use of UTSC’s facilities until July 2014, when construction is set to be completed on the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre (TPASC) and Field House.
With files from The Scarborough Mirror
