Cariboo North take Gold in Wheelchair Basketball

Vancouver Islanders played a great game against the undefeated Cariboo North team in the Wheelchair basketball today at the BC Winter Games. The score was 54 to 29 for the Cariboo team and thus taking home the gold medal.

At the end of the first quarter the game looked like it was going to be a blowout with a score of 20 to 2 for Cariboo. Shaie Bavlidis from Victoria had to call a substitution in the 3rd quarter due to an equipment problem.

A flat tire took her out of the game until another tire could be found. She said " this is the gold medal game time to shine but kodak ended up winning"

The Islanders with one loss in the round robin took home the silver medal inthe wheelchair basketball.