New World Makati Hotel partners with Embassy of Canada and Wheelchair Basketball Canada

(L to R) Standing: New World Makati Hotel Resident Manager Randal Linhart, Wheelchair Basketball Canada’s David Eng, Embassy of Canada Political Counselor Elizabeth Baldwin-Jones, Wheelchair Basketball Canada’s Jason Naval, and New World Makati Hotel General Manager Farid Schoucair. Seated: Wheelchair Basketball Canada’s Bo Hedges and Mike Frogley.

New World Makati Hotel served as the official residence of the visiting members of the Wheelchair Basketball Canada team. This special project by the Embassy of Canada, in partnership with the Philippine Paralympic Committee, the Philippine Basketball Association, and New World Makati Hotel, brought four WBC players and coaches to Manila to train with the country’s national wheelchair basketball team, the Pilipinas Warriors.

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A series of player and coaching clinics was held from 19 to 22 April 2017. This project is part of the embassy’s year-long activities commemorating Canada’s 150^th anniversary of Confederation.

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