On Thursday 5 June, the Taylor Sports Centre was the place to be at lunch time when a team of visiting athletes from Wheelchair Sport NSW demonstrated the Paralympic sport of Wheelchair Rugby to a packed out gymnasium. Wheelchair Rugby is otherwise affectionately known as “Murderball”.

Eden Bradford (9/LE) regularly referees this sport as part of his Service Learning requirement at the College, so when we heard about Eden’s great work and these remarkable athletes, we quickly pounced on the opportunity to invite them to our school.

Murderball proved to be everything it promised to be; fast, furious, skillful and the collisions …brutal!

At the end of the match, members of the Rugby 1st XV presented Newington singlets to all Wheelchair Rugby squad members. The Newington crowd provided an enthusiastic and boisterous atmosphere for our guests and this event will surely go down as a 2014 highlight that may be hard to top!

Mr Mick Madden
Head of Service Learning