The players of the Sorgun Disabled Hope Sports Club Wheelchair Basketball Team, which was established 7 years ago in the Sorgun district of Yozgat to have a greater place in social life and compete in the 3rd League, overcome the obstacles by playing basketball. The Sorgun Disabled Hope Sports Club Wheelchair Basketball Team, accompanied by its President Zeynep Ertal Altunkuyu and trainer Hamza Kablanoğlu, is preparing assertively for the new season. Athletes aged between 15 and 50, some congenitally and later disabled, take advantage of the opportunities provided by sports to the disabled, instead of staying at home. The Sorgun Disabled Hope Sports Club Wheelchair Basketball Team, which continues its training with great discipline and enthusiasm without interrupting, is experiencing the excitement of the Kayseri Melikgazi Municipality Disabled Sports Club match, which they will face on Sunday at 12:00 in the first week of the league. The Sorgun Disabled Hope Sports Club Wheelchair Basketball Team, which wants to make a good start to the league by leaving the field with a victory against its opponent, aims to reach the 2nd League. Player İsmail Keleşoğlu: “I’m holding on to life with basketball” Umut Sports Club, who met basketball 7 years ago Ismail Keleşoğlu, one of the Wheelchair Basketball Team players, said, “I had a work accident in 2000, I started playing sports in 2016. We established our club and I have been continuing for 7 years. I love basketball and I am very happy. I would like to thank all of them, Mr. Hamza, our trainer, Mrs. Zeynep, my President. Basketball. “We got on with life faster, we held on to life more tightly. We socialized, we started meeting new friends, we started seeing new places. We can overcome obstacles by playing basketball. We have matches on the 27th of the month and we invite all our friends. Our goal is to become a champion and we work for it,” he said. Actress Sefa Ünalan: “Our life has become more active and energetic”30 years 51-year-old Sefa Ünalan, one of the players who held on to life even more tightly with basketball after a work accident, said, “It’s been 30 years, I’ve been in this situation as a result of a work accident. We formed a team 7 years ago and our life has changed a lot with basketball. I love basketball very much, it is very good in terms of health, it is also very good in terms of friends. God bless those who set up the team. Before we started playing basketball, we were sitting, meeting with friends and chatting. Our association was established, we were meeting there. Zeynep Hanım and Hamza Bey led the way, they founded the club, so our lives have changed, we have become more energetic, more active, and we continue our work. Our matches start this week, I wish success to all my teammates. I wish us to have an accident-free and trouble-free season, I hope our goal is a higher league”. We train 3 days a week, sometimes 5 days a week. As the disabled basketball team, we are the first and only team in Yozgat. We will be happy if we can get a few young people out of here every year. We have been doing this sport for 7 years. Most of my friends were going to coffee shops, now they got rid of coffee, I had friends who couldn’t leave their homes and we took them to the fields. Thanks to our friends, we have been running this business together with my Zeynep President for 7 years. Our league starts next week, our first match will be with Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality, and we will go to Ankara in the second week. Hopefully, we will get our first win, and we continue to work for it. We currently have 9 athletes, I hope this number will increase even more. Our goal is the 2nd League, we have not been out for 7 years, I hope we are thinking of going to the second league this year,” he said.
