LifeLEISURE’S FOUNDATION SHOOTS FOR RISING BASKETBALL STAR

Thanks to LifeLEISURE’s David Hopkins Foundation, young up and coming basketball ace Jaxon Wroe (aged 15) can focus his eyes firmly on one goal – a basketball scholarship that will take him to Europe or America and enable him to pursue his passion for the sport.

Left: Rising star Jaxon with mum Sharon

Jaxon’s family applied to the David Hopkins Foundation last year for a contribution towards the cost of supporting Jaxon and received £500 – a huge help in meeting their travel costs as well as buying essential sports gear such as footwear, training kit and basketballs.

Mandy Waller from the Life Leisure David Hopkins Foundation said: 

“The Foundation supports a cross section of sports and physical activity causes, from talented individuals like Jaxon to organisations and charities who may require equipment or training to help groups of people access or improve sports provision. Our mandate is simply to encourage people to participate in their chosen sport or physical activity. The Foundation accepts applications from individuals living in Stockport or registered charities or clubs that are based in the Stockport Borough for amounts up to £500 for individuals and £1,000 for clubs.

”We will be keeping a watching brief on Jaxon’s progress and wish him and his family the best of luck in pursuit of his sporting ambitions.”

Jaxon’s mum Sharon explained:

“The funding really does make all the difference. The application process was easy and we are very grateful to the staff at all of Stockport’s Life Leisure facilities, whose efforts raise the money for the Foundation. I want them to know that they are giving Jaxon the chance to follow his dream.”

Having already been called up for the England U15s team, Jaxon, who lives in Reddish, is preparing to compete at an international tournament in Copenhagen next month and is doing everything he can to get himself in the frame for a prized scholarship, travelling all over the country, to London, Nottingham and Sheffield, to participate in England training camps, on top of 20 hours training and playing in Manchester each week.

Sharon continued:

“He is so focused on his end goal that with his achievements comes a significant financial implication for the family.  We have been very lucky to have secured some important funding to enable us to fully support him.”

Jaxon added:

“Basketball is a massive part of my life. I train at game speed every single session with some of the best players in the country and that will only help me continue to improve. If I’m not at the Amaechi Centre training, I’m either at home practicing my shooting and ball handling skills or working out at Life Leisure to improve my strength & conditioning. This season has been amazingly successful but now my goal is to try and follow in the footsteps of numerous other ‘Magic’ players that have earned College Scholarships in the States. ”