Raiders Wheelchair Basketball team from Tower Hamlets have secured a second year sponsorship deal with a leading not-for-profit leisure trust and sports foundation.

Not-for-profit leisure operator GLL in association with the GLL Sport Foundation, has agreed to provide a further 12 months of financial and practical support to the team, including providing free access to sporting and leisure facilities across London.

The Raiders team brought back gold after travelling out to Tavira, Portugal to contest the sixth annual Algarve Open Wheelchair Basketball Tournament. The squad of 11 beat the Portugese National team to secure a first place finish in a hotly contested final.

The Algarve Open had six teams competing this year, namely:
Portugal 1 & 2 (Two halves of the Portugese National Team)
APD Sintra, the reigning Portugese league champions
ParaSport, the local host team
Munster Mavericks
London Raiders

A sponsorship deal between the Raiders Wheelchair Basketball Club, social enterprise GLL and the GLL Sport Foundation has been signed to help develop the sport within London.

The Raiders are the leading Wheelchair Basketball team in the Capital, having been promoted to the elite National Super League. The Raiders also have a second team in National League 2 and as part of this sponsorship deal will launch a new initiative to get more young people and women players to participate in the sport.