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I wonder what Ludwig Guttmann would have said?
Having read this so far you may be feeling upset, angry, bemused, all three? What is important is the future of the BWBA. We will do what is ‘right’ for the future of the Association. So what are the next steps? The BWBA Executive sees them as follows:
1. Now is the time to share this news formally with BWBA members even though there are still questions to be answered.
2. DRJ will be handling the PR and the news media. However, the BWBA Exec realises that if any individual feels sufficiently strongly about this matter to do something on their own initiative then it cannot stop them from doing so.
3. The National Championships will go ahead at Stoke Mandeville in September this year. This will in effect be the last time they are held at Stoke but they will carry on at a different venue
4. The December weekend is ON and we will have the annual match against SMIBC. I hope that as many of you that can attend will attend as a kind of ‘farewell to Stoke Mandeville’ send off party.
5. We are already thinking ahead to the future programme of the BWBA events and would welcome any input from members on this
6. Seek financial commitments from WheelPower for future financial support. Other
wheelchair sports can continue to use Stoke Mandeville and will still be able to
benefit from the subsidised prices for rooms, meals and facility hire. If the BWBA
goes elsewhere, it is likely that the costs to the Association will rise. Whilst
we have to firm up these likely extra costs, WheelPower were unable to commit to
a continuing subsidy though have offered £5,000 which will run out in 2012. However,
they will offer continued and open-
