Saracens to launch wheelchair rugby club
Saracens Wheelchair Rugby Club (SWRC) – In Partnership With Allianz, will provide opportunities in Hertfordshire and North London.
SWRC has been born out of a recognised need for a strongly structured, sustainable and successful wheelchair rugby club.
The club forms a new direction for Saracens and the Saracens Sports Foundation (SSF), providing competitive and recreational sports opportunities for individuals with a physical disability in wheelchair sport.
The Foundation currently runs a number of disability sports programmes including in rugby with Sarries RFC, golf with Sarries Swing and athletics with Sarries Track Club.
SWRC fits in with the award-winning Foundation’s core statement: ‘inspiring communities and changing lives through the power of sport’.
SWRC will provide competitive and recreational opportunities for people aged 11+ to participate in wheelchair rugby. The club will offer both adults (16+) and junior (11+) training sessions.
Supporting the junior training will be the Saracens Wheelchair Rugby Schools Programme. This programme will work with SEND Schools and organisations across Herts and the North London areas and will provide a pathway for participants to attend the junior sessions at SWRC.
Kieran Crombie, Head of Foundation, said:
“We are passionate about giving everyone access to sport, and all the additional benefits of regular physical activity. Over the last 20 years, we have provided over 20,000 disabled people with access to regular sport.