Watch above: While Saskatoon’s Mitch Bossaer is leaving his mark on the sport of wheelchair basketball, Kim Thue reports Bossaer is looking to make the jump to the next level.
SASKATOON – Mitch Bossaer is leaving his mark on the sport of wheelchair basketball. The Saskatoon native is currently attempting to earn on a spot on the Men’s Senior National Team.
Bossaer, 20, has already competed in the 2011 Canada Games, and made the Junior Men’s National Team in 2013. Now attending his third Senior Men’s National Team selection camp, Bossaer is trying to make the jump to the next level.
“The first two years (at selection camps), it was mostly an experience to play against those guys and not so much to immediately make the team,” admits Bossaer. “I think this year I definitely have a chance to work my way into the roster and that’s the way I approached this year.”
The selection camp is taking place at the Pan Am Sports Centre in Scarborough, Ont., where Bossaer has been training since September.
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He’s been training the sport overall since 2011 and is trying to earn a spot on the Canadian team that will compete in the 2015 Parapan American Games in August, which is the qualification tournament for the 2016 Paralympic Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
“It’s really hard to describe pulling a jersey on and representing your country in sport. As a kid that’s something I dreamed about,” recalls Bossaer.
“I obviously didn’t think it would be in wheelchair basketball. Being able to get that opportunity is amazing. The men’s team is the pinnacle of the sport in the world. It would be amazing to represent my country.”
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