Gerry Hewson

Gerard "Gerry" Benjamin Hewson, OAM[1] (born 5 June 1958)[2] is an Australian former Paralympic wheelchair basketballer.

Gerry is now studying horticulture at TAFE and is the producer of Gerard Benjamin honey from Cedar Brush Creek.

[3][4] Hewson was a member of the Australian men's national wheelchair basketball team, competing at four Paralympic Games from 1988 to 2000.

There is a coating on the edge of the rim that actually lights up like a spark and it stays for about two, three seconds so that kind of splashes around the place every now and then so that is quite exciting and lots of smashing and banging of chairs and people falling out – it is great fun.

Hewson was the head coach for the Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL) Sydney Uni Wheelkings in 2011.

[9] In 2006, Hewson was the head coach when the team competed at the Joseph F. Lyttle World Basketball Challenge and the 2006 Gold Cup.

On his retirement as coach in 2015, Hewson is surrounded by players he has coached over the years with the Sachs Goudcamp Bears, the national team and the U25s.