Gold medallist Gerry Hewson has established five regional wheelchair basketball clubs this year and has plans for eight more. It's all part of his plan to set Australia up for glory before the Brisbane Paralympics in 2032.
Gold medallist Gerry Hewson says a key way to improve the sport before the next Paralympics is to keep growing it in rural areas.As the world's best wheelchair basketball teams battle it out at the Paris Paralympics , former gold medallist Gerry Hewson 's focus is elsewhere."If you have a disability or a mobility restriction in a country town, there's no way that you can play a team sport," he said.
"I came across Kurt Fearnley many, many years ago when I was doing a wheelchair basketball road show at Blayney High School … he jumped in a chair," he said. "So, I mainly just did training by myself, or I have younger siblings, and then I'd make them get into a chair, and they'd help me with drills."
"Anything would have been good — unless we're travelling like a two-hour round trip going to Orange or Dubbo, there hasn't been anything in for him," she said.
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