{"id":59979,"date":"2022-01-25T12:03:29","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T12:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=59979"},"modified":"2022-02-08T10:07:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T10:07:46","slug":"cardiff-team-to-play-in-first-ever-womens-professional-parasport-basketball-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/01\/25\/cardiff-team-to-play-in-first-ever-womens-professional-parasport-basketball-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff team to play in first ever women\u2019s professional parasport basketball league"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cardiff-met-archers-have-been-called-ones-to-watch-in-the-women-s-premier-league\">Cardiff Met Archers have been called \u2018ones to watch\u2019 in the Women\u2019s Premier League<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>CARDIFF Met Archers Women\u2019s Wheelchair Basketball team will play their first match in the Women\u2019s Premier League this Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The league is the first of its kind worldwide and the UK\u2019s first women\u2019s professional parasport league. For their opening game, Cardiff will play East London Phoenix in Newham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sarah Wagstaff, Director of Basketball at Cardiff Metropolitan University, said: \u201cIt is an amazing achievement for us to be selected as one of only four teams in the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Archers&#8217; side is made up of twelve women, including cardiff Met student Jade Atkin, who is part of Team GB\u2019s senior women\u2019s wheelchair basketball team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"904\" height=\"602\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/Met-Archers1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/Met-Archers1.jpg 904w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/Met-Archers1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/Met-Archers1-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/Met-Archers1-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/Met-Archers1-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"904\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/Met-Archers1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/Met-Archers1.jpg 904w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/Met-Archers1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/Met-Archers1-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/Met-Archers1-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/Met-Archers1-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption><strong>Jade Atkin, Cardiff Met Archers player and member of Team GB.<\/strong> Image: Chubby Cheeks Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The first match in the league took place last Saturday between Worcester Wolves and Loughborough Lightning. It was broadcast live on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/m0013j9q\">Woman\u2019s Hour<\/a>, Jo Richards, Development Director at British Wheelchair Basketball, said: \u201cThis is incredibly exciting for the sport. It gives us visibility which is especially important for disability sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLook out for the Cardiff Met Archers squad, they have some really talented young Welsh athletes coming through who are exciting to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subsequent games will be broadcast live either on British Wheelchair Basketball\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/BritishWheelchairBasketball\/featured\">YouTube<\/a> or BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms Wagstaff said: \u201cWe hope this will get more people in and around Cardiff involved. The BBC live shows are broadening people\u2019s horizons and raising awareness of disability sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSome people see disability as an inability to participate but this just shows that there is basketball for everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"988\" height=\"771\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/IMG_3879-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/IMG_3879-3.jpg 988w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/IMG_3879-3-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/IMG_3879-3-770x601.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/IMG_3879-3-293x229.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"988\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/IMG_3879-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/IMG_3879-3.jpg 988w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/IMG_3879-3-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/IMG_3879-3-770x601.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/IMG_3879-3-293x229.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption><strong>Imogen Ashwell-Rice, a 10-year-old athlete who plays Basketball at Cardiff Met.<\/strong> Image: Catherine Ashwell-Rice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Among those being inspired by the side is Imogen Ashwell-Rice, a 10-year-old from Monmouthshire. She has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imogen started basketball through Inspire a Generation sessions and now attends every week at Cardiff Met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her mum, Catherine Ashwell-Rice, said: \u201cWe were both thrilled to hear about the Women\u2019s Premier League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMost of the sports Imogen is involved with are very male dominated so having the ladies Archers players as role models for her is priceless.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"904\" height=\"904\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/BWB.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/BWB.png 904w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/BWB-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/BWB-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/BWB-770x770.png 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/BWB-293x293.png 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/BWB-390x390.png 390w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/BWB-585x585.png 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/BWB-900x900.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"904\" height=\"904\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/BWB.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/BWB.png 904w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/BWB-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/BWB-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/BWB-770x770.png 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/BWB-293x293.png 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/BWB-390x390.png 390w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/BWB-585x585.png 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/01\/BWB-900x900.png 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption><strong>Cardiff Met Archers Fixtures.<\/strong> Image: British Wheelchair Basketball<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The league is made up of four brand new franchise teams, which are Cardiff Met Archers, East London Phoenix, Worcester Wolves and Loughborough Lightning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The teams will be playing each other three times, week in week out for the next three months, which is a first for women\u2019s parasport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>For updates on the team and tickets for Cardiff Met home games follow their twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArchersWB\">here<\/a>.<\/li><li>You can watch Cardiff Met Archers v East London Phoenix at 7.00pm on Friday live <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=q3SCK6xpCOs\">here<\/a>.<\/li><li>Their first match on BBC Sport is against Loughborough Lightning on Saturday, February 26 at 1.00pm. You can watch it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episodes\/p06cw67t\/wheelchair-basketball\">here<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF Met Archers Women\u2019s Wheelchair Basketball team will play their first match in the Women\u2019s Premier League this Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":737,"featured_media":59985,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[325,2,4],"tags":[2626,718,7694,74,7693,7692],"coauthors":[7295],"class_list":["post-59979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyncoed","category-featured","category-sport","tag-basketball","tag-cardiff-met","tag-parasport","tag-sport-2","tag-wheelchair-basketball","tag-womens-basketball"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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