The Sorgun Disabled Hope Sports Club Wheelchair Basketball Team, which was founded 7 years ago and competes in the 3rd League, for the physically handicapped to be more involved in life, is working hard to advance to the higher league.
The Sorgun Disabled Hope Sports Club Wheelchair Basketball Team, which continues its training in the indoor gym in Sorgun district, accompanied by Association President Zeynep Ertal Altunkuyu and Coach Hamza Kablanoğlu, is preparing assertively for the league. Athletes, who take advantage of the opportunities provided by sports to the disabled, instead of staying at home, do their training without interruption. Athletes aged between 16 and 50, some from birth and some with disabilities, are preparing for the matches they will play in the league with great discipline and excitement. The Sorgun Disabled Hope Sports Club Wheelchair Basketball Team, competing in the 3rd League, aims to advance to the 2nd League.
Traveling 21 kilometers to come to training
Isa Arslan, 23, who came to the training by traveling 21 kilometers, said, “I live in Gököz village of Sorgun, 21 kilometers from here. I come here with my own vehicle from my village to play basketball. I have been playing this sport for 6 years. We want to go out. At the age of 2.5, I had spinal cord paralysis as a result of a tractor accident. I have no obstacles to play basketball. Other disabled brothers and sisters should not despair, let them come out of their homes and come to us, they should not stay at home because I am disabled. If a disabled person wants to do a job, he will do it. Sports It connects us to life. We have a purpose and purpose in basketball. When we do sports, we relax both physically and spiritually,” he said.
“Sport connects us to life”
İsmail Keleşoğlu, who was disabled due to an accident while he was a bucket operator, said, “I have been playing basketball for 5 years. I was a bucket operator, I became this way as a result of a work accident. My disability does not prevent me from playing basketball. When I play basketball, I feel happier. Mentally and physically, people relax. We invite everyone to play basketball. “Sports connects us to life,” he said.
“I am happy when I do sports”
Hamza Kablanoğlu, who is both the coach and the captain of the team, said, “Sports is our everything, we connect with life with sports. Sports are an activity for us, I don’t feel well when I don’t come to training, but I am happy when I do. We are in the 3rd League now. We missed the 2nd League, our goal this year is to get to the 2nd League. We continue our work. We expect support from the people of Yozgat. They should support us, there is nothing we can’t do.”
