Thames Valley Kings Wheelchair Basketball Club

Wishing our entire Kings family a Slam Dunk of an Easter! 🏀🐰

Whether you’re hunting for eggs or hunting for three-pointers today, we hope your day is filled with family, fun, and plenty of chocolate. Enjoy the break, and we’ll see you back on the court soon! 👑✨

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In a world-first partnership with Berkshire Bio-Tech, the Thames Valley Kings are proud to announce the signing of five "Cyber-Enhanced Macaques" to the development squad.

After a loophole was discovered in the IWBF (International Wheelchair Basketball Federation) rulebook regarding "biological classification of players," the Kings have spent the last six months training these athletes.

Why Monkeys?

1) Low Center of Gravity: Their specialised mini-wheelchairs are virtually untippable.

2) The "Tail" Advantage: Each monkey has been fitted with a haptic-feedback cybernetic tail, allowing for a 360-degree defensive radius.

3) Neural Link: They don't need play-calling; they are linked via a "Hive-Mind" Bluetooth 6.0 connection directly to the coach’s iPad.

Quote from the Head of Primate Performance at Berkshire Bio-Tech - Dr Hank P. Zaius:
"The agility is unmatched. While humans are thinking about the pick-and-roll, 'Bubbles' (our new Power Forward) has already peeled a banana, executed a three-pointer, and swung from the backboard. It’s the future of the sport."

Behind every great club is a community of unstoppable women. 💜

Today, we join the world in celebrating International Women’s Day. At Thames Valley Kings, we are proud to champion the women who push the limits of wheelchair basketball every single day - our players, coaches, volunteers, and supporters.

Books, like basketball, should be accessible to everyone. This World Book Day, we’re celebrating the publishers and authors making sure stories are inclusive - from audiobook formats to relatable, diverse characters.

We are committed to making sure our huddle is a place for everyone’s story.

Happy International Wheelchair Day! 🏀Today, we celebrate the mobility and freedom our chairs provide, and the incredible independence of our athletes. These chairs aren’t a constraint; they are our avenue to competition, team, and pure athletic expression. We’re more than a team; we are a community built on resilience and strength.

Show your support! Drop a 🏀 in the comments if you’re celebrating with us!

The wheelchair basketball family has lost a bright light with the passing of Jo Coates-McGrath.

The Thames Valley Kings send our love and support to Jo's family and our friends at Cardiff Met Archers.

We will remember Jo for the person she was off the court. She was incredibly easy to talk to and possessed a personality that brightened any room.

She was also a woman of her word - a trait she famously proved when she arrived at a game with a mountain of Welsh cakes, simply because we’d mentioned them in a joke on social media once. It’s small moments of kindness like that which defined her.

We join the wider community in mourning a dedicated individual and celebrating the impact she had on the sport we all love.

Best of luck to the GB Under 23 Men’s Team as they tip off their campaign at the IWBF U23 World Championships in São Paulo, Brazil! 🔥

Time to show the world what British wheelchair basketball is made of! 💪🇬🇧

📺 Watch live + follow results:
👉 https://www.iwbf.org/events/2025-iwbf-u23-world-championship

🎯 Pool Games – UK Times
🆚 Japan – Thurs 13th June, 3:15pm
🆚 South Africa – Fri 14th June, 8:30pm
🆚 Thailand – Sat 15th June, 2:00pm
🆚 Italy – Sun 16th June, 6:00pm
🆚 USA – Mon 17th June, 7:45pm

🚀 Quarterfinals – Weds 18th
🔥 Semis – Thurs 19th
🏆 Finals – Fri 20th

Let’s go GB! 🙌

As Star Wars Day comes to a close... We've had way to much fun creating the iconic characters imagined as wheelchair basketball players.

Just imagine the ultimate wheelchair basketball dream team:
- Yoda running plays with "Do or do not, there is no try!"
- Obi-Wan dishing out assists like a true floor general
- Leia leading with heart and hustle
- Darth Vader... bringing serious full-court pressure
- Boba Vetta sniping threes from deep space

Who do you have coach? for us of course, it's got to be Jabba the Hutt yelling from the sidelines!

Even Jedi need to keep their fitness up - and sport is a great way to stay active, have fun, and feel the Force! 💫

British Wheelchair Basketball

Happy Star Wars Day – May the 4th Be With You!

Even Jedi Masters need to stay in shape and what better way than getting involved in sport? 💪 Whether you’re training like Yoda or zooming around like a podracer, staying active is a force for good!

Wheelchair basketball builds strength, skill, and community - no lightsaber required.

Get involved. Stay strong. Be a part of something out of this galaxy.

We wrapped up our season with a huge 65-16 win over Hereward Heat today! 💪 An all-round team performance to close out the campaign in style 👑

A massive thank you as always to the referees, table officials, and to Hereward Heat for making the trip to us. We couldn’t do it without you! 🙌

And of course - thank you to our incredible supporters for being with us every step of the way this season. 💙

This Saturday, we close out our British Wheelchair Basketball Division Three South campaign at home as we take on Hereward Heat!

📍 The Hurst Leisure Centre, Brimpton Road, Baughurst, Tadley, RG26 5NN
🕑 Tip-off: 14:20

Let’s bring the energy, the noise, and the Kings spirit as we hit the court one last time this season! 👑 Whether you’ve been with us all year or it’s your first time - come and back the squad!