Profile of Holly Hinchey

Head Coach Cardiff CELTS Wheelchair Basketball Club

and Coach of the Year 2007!

Name : Holly "Trill" Hinchey

 

Date of Birth : 04.06.1982

                  

Place of Birth :

Hospital (St Davids Hospital, Cardiff)

 

Male/female : Female

 

Occupation :

General dogs-body but specifically the Disability Sport Development Officer and Club Development Officer for Torfaen Council.

 

Classification : Nuts (5.0)

 

Favorite Position On Court :

The Bench.                                                

 

Vest Number : 4

 

When did you start playing wheelchair basketball?   

When I met Jo in 2004!!!

 

Have you played with any clubs other than the Tigers/CELTS?   

Able bodied teams - Cardiff Clippers and UWIC

 

Why do you enjoy playing basketball?   

Who said I enjoyed it!!!!!

 

Playing History/Basketball Achievements :   

Under 16, under 18  and Senior Womens Welsh National Team and Welsh Colleges and Welsh Universities caps. Winning the English National League Division 2 South 2005/06 with Cardiff Clippers - the first Welsh team ever to win the English league. Coaching the CELTS Wheelchair basketball team to victory at the Malmo Open 2007 and winning the Sports Council for Wales' Coach of the Year 2007 Award in the Coach to Disabled Persons : Participation category!

  

Most memorable basketball moment (so far) :  

Being whooped by Brixton 130 - 25...oh and beating UWIC!!!!

  

Other hobbies :    

Like I have any other time to do anything else!!!!!

  

Personal Goals (basketball related) :  

To make Cardiff CELTS the strongest performance Club in the area with a development pathway for everyone to enjoy!!!