Who are we? 

After the Sydney 2000 Paralympics. Athletes with a disability in the Illawarra area, led by Eino Okkonen, who was a baskball player prior to a car accidentand now an amputee) decided to form a Team to play in what was then, a very basic National Wheelchair Basketball League made up of a state based team from Western Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Queelssland And South Australia and NSW.

The Roller Hawks entered the NWBL in 2001 and the first committee was  IWB

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IWB is not for profit organisation affiliated with Wheelchair Sport NSW/ACT, managed by players of the sport and non playing volunteers.

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     There are two(2) administrative groups,
 

   Team Roller Hawks
    5 Times NWBL Champions

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    IWB Junior & Development
     Priogrammes to develop and manage
     wheelchair basketball programmes

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