MacSorley couldn't be prouder to represent Northern Ireland this summer

Northern Ireland star James MacSorley is relishing the opportunity to make history as wheelchair basketball prepares to take centre stage this summer. The sport makes its Commonwealth Games debut in Birmingham and the exhilarating, fast-paced 3x3 format is set to draw big crowds to the Smithfield venue.

Ad/> And having helped a Great Britain squad win gold at the 2018 World Championships, the opportunity to play a part with Team Northern Ireland is not one that has been lost on MacSorley, who plays his club basketball in Northern Spain at Bidaideak Bilbao BSR. Basketball‘It’s pathetic, I’ve had enough’ — Warriors coach Kerr reacts to fatal Texas school shooting25/05/2022 AT 10:11 He said: «I couldn't be prouder.

I was born in Belfast, I grew up in Belfast and then lived there until I was 22. »I said when we qualified, there's a really rich history for wheelchair basketball in Northern Ireland even though we're quite a small place.

«There's a great history of players who have come before us and we're the next step in that, so I'm really proud to be a part of that and adding to that story. »Then hopefully someone else comes in and adds on top of that and eventually, if we do something this summer, people might be like 'do you remember those guys, when they went to the Commonwealths and did this, that and the other'.