Brighton and Hove’s Mayor attends Wheelchair Rugby taster session

As the Take Part festival comes to an end, Wheelchair Rugby put on their final taster session at Moulsecoomb Leisure Centre.

Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby officer Paul Arnold hosted the event designed to inspire people to come down and try something new. ‘We’ve been working with Brighton and Hove Council as part of the Take Part festival of sport and this is an opportunity for the people of Brighton to come and have a go at Wheelchair Rugby, which is a new sport to the area’.

Mayor Brian Fitch attended the session to give his support ‘It’s well well worth it and I’d encourage people to do it’. The mayor had a go in one of the wheelchairs to see if he could keep up with the rest of the session, surfice to say we won’t be seeing him competing anytime soon.

Sadly, the numbers at the session were quite low, Shanni Collins from the Brighton and Hove Council shared her thoughts as to why that might be ‘We’d hope for more and more people to take it up, I think with a new activity it’s a slow burner, word of mouth, taking the risks to try something new’.

So Wheelchair Rugby has arrived in the city, time will tell if this fun and exciting new sport will take off. Judging by the enthusiasm shown by the participants, as long as numbers increase, Wheelchair Rugby just might be something for everyone.

Latest TV’s Joseph Gunn reports.