Gordon Perry is in the island as part of the Great British Wheelchair Basketball Association's road show.

Mr Perry won two Para Olympic gold medals for Great Britain in the 1980s, and set up the first professional side in the UK.

Pal Patterson, chairman of Jersey's Sports Association for the Disabled, said he hoped prospective players of all abilities would try the sport at Les Quennevais,

He said: "Mr Perry has a very peculiar personality with regard to the way he treats disability.

"He does not try to hide it all. He stands 6ft 6in tall when he is on his one leg, and two crutches.

"And he drives a car with the number plate 1 PEG, which I think is fantastic."