Basketball Statistician Required

Good Luck to our Ambassadors [...]

SPIDER-Y wish luck to our ambassadors Harry Brown, Sophie Carigill (GB Wheelchair Basketball) Coral Batey (GB Wheelchair Rugby) and our Patron Hannah Cockroft (Wheelchair Racer) all the best of Luck in Rio, from all the staff and players including Leeds Spiders and Leds Rhinos.

Rioready Training

Meanwhile back home.

Leeds Rhinos take on Halfax in the Wheelchair Rugby League Grand Final on 10th Sept 7pm at Medway Park Kent, live on our Facebook Live Page link here https://www.facebook.com/SpiderysportsTV/#

Like us and get all the notifications of live streams.

Leeds Spiders will be in action on 13th September in Leeds at the Millenium Square 5pm - 7pm at the Fan Zone come dowm and have a go of wheelchair basketball.

Spiders start the new season at home on 2nd October vs TCAT Warriors (PL) & North Wales Knights (D3) all starts from 10:30am again live on Facebook and Youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/leedsspiderswbc

#RIOtoROCHDALE again good luck to our Ambassadors James Simpson, Jodie Boyd-Ward and Tom Halliwell along with Nathan Collins and Ryan Richardson who take on Ireland, Scotland & Wales in the 4 Nations on 24th/25th September in Rochdale. Again Livestream on both Facebook and Youtube with commentary from anoth Ambassdor Joshua Gardner.

New Ambassadors

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SPIDER-Y is happy to announce additional Ambassadors to our charity to increase maximum exposure for the work we do.

We have invited the following members of our Basketball and Rugby teams to join our Patron Hannah Cockroft MBE, current Ambassadors Harry Brown and Sophie Carrigill on the ambassador register, in doing so we are recognising these indivduals and these achievment over the last 12 months and wish them luck in the coming years whever thats in Rio 2016 or in Australia 2017. Thank you for your support

Congratulations and Good Luck [...]

Congrtatulations and Good Luck

Well after what has been an amazing Summer of Sport for all our athletes past and present weither it was at Junior regionals, School Games , WhRL Grand final, The Paralympics in Rio and also to those taking part in the forth coming 4 Nations Wheelchair Rugby League Competion in Rochdale on 24th and 25th September.

On behalf of SPIDER-Y we would like to congratulate our Patron Hananh Cockroft another 3 Golds, Harry Brown Bronze Medal, Sophie Carrigill Record breaker, Coral Batey all your hard work the last couple of years is paying off, Welcome home, time for a rest sit back and watch your friends and team mates take on the 4 Nations.

So Rio's finish next up Rochdale and the Wheelchair Rugby League 4 Nations Tournement #Rio2Rochdale -

England WhRL take on the home nations at the 3rd 4 nations tournement and its back up North, the first 4 nations was held in Hull in 2012 just before London Paralypics, then held in Medway home of England WhRL in 2014, with Engalnd winning both these competitions. England feature no less than 5 Leeds Rhinos Players Including joint Captain James Simpson(A), along with Jodie Boyd-Ward(A), Tom Halliwell(A), and debutants Ryan Richardson and Nathan Collins along with Sebastien Bechara who featured in Rhinos last season is an impressive line up and shows how far Leeds Rhinos have moved forward in the last couple of years. In Addition to these we are happy to confrim that another 4 of our players have been selected to represent the Exiles ( Other Nations) in the 4 Nations Tony Godward, Luis Domngos, Ewan Clibbens and Joshua Butler, WOW thats a massive achiement for our charity.

All and all 2016 has been an amazing year for SPIDER-Y and its Team, Players and Staff endless awards and recognition and we can only build on this success.

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Basketball Statistician Required

Basketball Statistician Required

SPIDER- Y is seeking to recruit a voluntary statistician to provide high quality statistics for our home games playing in the Premier League Wheelchair Basketball competitions for 2015-2016.

The production of game stats will allow coaches and individuals to evaluate individual and team performance, enabling them to focus on areas of improvement and capitalise on strong points. Games stats will be available following the games via the Premier League fixtures/results page of the GBWBA Website.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

Delivery of Statistics via Fiba live stats on game day, Taking statistics at games is ever easy, but now FIBA have made the job of capturing game statistics much easier using FIBA Live Stats.

The program facilitates the capture of game statistics as they happen, and also allows webcasts to stream information live on the internet for all to see.

BWB statistician receive a match day payment of £12 plus expenses these will be agreed prior to appointment. Laptop and printer provided on match days.

Person Specification

Knowledge and understanding of basketball stats acquired through relevant academic study (either studied as a module or as an academic qualification to degree standard)
Excellent knowledge level of Basketball or wheelchair basketball
A basic knowledge of MS Excel and Fiba Live stats

This exciting role would suit candidates currently studying sports and performance analysis or keen to gain further experience in this field.

This position is a voluntary role and would involve some evening and weekend working due to the nature of the role.

How to apply

To apply for this role please send you’re CV and a covering letter outlining why you are suitable for this role to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Successful applicant will subject to DBS and reference check and agreement to code of conduct.

Start Date First Home game 11^th October 1245 full fixture list will be forward to all applicants.