Client:   

GB Wheelchair Rugby (GBWR)

Background:

Cardiff was the location for the 2011 Wheelchair Rugby GB Cup with Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby (GBWR) playing host to an international event in the build up to the 2012 Paralympic Games.

GBWR were joined by some of the world's top wheelchair rugby players when Australia, Belgium, Japan and Sweden descended on Cardiff from Tuesday 6th September to Thursday 8th September.  The tournament held at the Sport Wales National Centre, Cardiff was the highest-level of competition the squads play before the Paralympics in 2012.

JacBee were the official Event Management company co-ordinating and delivering on key aspects of the event including:

• Coordination of the event preparation and delivery of the event in line with GBWR financial policies and within the designated event budget

• Planning, organisation and administration of the event through the establishment of a timeline and project plan

• Management of the venue plan and overlay of the event; supporting GBWR through the successful tender, and management of event contractors and Wheelchair Rugby specific requirements

• Development and delivery of an opening and closing ceremony and VIP reception, incorporating the determined protocol and medal presentation

• Recruitment, training and deployment of the required sport specific and general volunteers in partnership with Sport.Cardiff

• Establishment and administration of an entry and accreditation system

• Planning and delivery of safety and security requirements

• Liaison with identified accommodation provider, tendering and securing a transport provider and ensuring catering and similar requirements were delivered for athletes, officials and VIPs

• Preparation of medical provision for site (including competition and accommodation venues).

"A big thank you for the delivery of a hugely successful event.  All the comments have been extremely positive and we received quite a bit of coverage.  I think your organisation and implementation was fantastic."

"Congratulations on running such a professional event.  The level of detail provided prior and during the event made it run extremely smoothly.  The use of the team attaches was extremely helpful.  In our instance Laura was able to assist with all my questions and it was obvious you had briefed them extremely well prior to the tournament.  Well done and we look forward to seeing you in the future!"

"It was absolutely my pleasure to work with both of you.  I was very happy to help, but would also like to say that I learned quite a bit from the two of you.  You are both very organised and detailed orientated.  I think you put on an excellent event and everything seemed to run very smoothly."

"I had an amazing time and was very impressed with your patience at my need to know lots of things all at once!  I really enjoyed working with you and thought the event was fab.  Diolch yn fawr!"