Andover News
Wheelchair basketball dreams move forward
8:10am Friday 17th February 2012
A BOY with aspirations to make it to the top of his game in wheelchair basketball had his dream moved a little closer to reality when the Variety Club of Great Britain funded a bespoke wheelchair to play the sport in.
Tom Tobin, aged 12, and his parents Meriel and Martin Tobin, from The Drove, were delighted with the donation of the £3,500 wheelchair to further his fledgling career.
Tom, who was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy, has only been playing the sport for two-years, but his abilities have raised eyebrows across the sector and he is in high demand and turns out to play for a number of different teams across the south of England including senior teams.
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