April 2018 VISION CAMP

BLIND SPORTS NSW January 2018 Edition

Blind Sports NSW is committed to providing opportunities for all people with a vision im-

pairment and blindness aged 18yrs to 10yrs of age to attend our Vision Camp which is

aimed at students who would like to start in the pathway of trying adapted sports which

include Paralympic Sports. Blind Sports NSW will provide a great camp atmosphere with

experienced camp staff who are trained across adaption and working with students of all

abilities. The camp cost is $300 but assistance may be requested.

This is a sport based camp which means applications will be reviewed and the camp par-

ticipant must want to continue to play a sport to be considered for this camp.

Sports on offer will be Athletics, Basketball, Baseball, Cricket, Football, Goalball, Golf,

Hockey, Netball, NRL, Rock Climbing, Swimming, Surfing & Tennis

Although it is a sport focused camp, there will be plenty of time to meet new friends and

do social driven activities including Ten Pin Bowling, Inflatable World, Games, Trivia &

Disco night are all on the agenda.

Join in on the fun, these camps are always really popular in school holidays. Cost per per-

son is estimated to be $300 all inclusive of meals, accommodation & activities.

Blind Sports NSW will hold its April 2018

Vision Camp at Narrabeen Academy of

Sport for 30 students with a vision impair-

ment or blindness from across NSW on

Monday April 16 through April 20.

Register with Sophie Milton by phone on

0414 767724 or by email at

Sophie.milton@blindsportsnsw.com.au

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Adrenaline Rush iFly’s to Penrith on

Sunday, January 7th for School Holidays

Uniting Care have supplied Blind Sports NSW

with a grant to host our first ADRENALINE RUSH

school holiday program in Sydney for members

who are vision impaired or totally blind in the

January 2018 school holidays.

You can get more information by contacting our

Program Manager

Sophie Milton on 0414767724 or email:

sophie.milton@blindsportsnsw.com.au

REGISTER FOR THESE EVENTS:

www.blindsportsnsw.com.au

Activate Inclusion Sports Days for 2018

Sport NSW is hosting 14 Activate Inclusion Sports Days around

NSW for students aged 5-18yrs and with full adaptions across

things like audible balls and experienced coaching to help the vision

impaired student in learning a new activity.

Sports include AFL, Basketball, Baseball, Boccia, Cricket, Football,

Goalball, Golf, Hockey, Netball, NRL, Wheelchair Sport and more.

Sport NSW will run these sessions in Queanbeyan, Riverina, Black-

town, Newcastle, Wollongong, New England, Coffs Harbour, Camp-

belltown, Sydney Olympic Park, Fairfield, Lake Macquarie, Central

Coast, Penrith, Orange & Northern Sydney.

The hope is that Sport NSW, the Local Council and the Local Sports

Clubs will work together to expand the inclusion sport leagues to

offer more opportunities for vision impaired people who want to

play sport in their community but who may need some adaption.

2018 What is coming to members

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In 2018 Blind Sports NSW will continue to deliver inclusion sport services to Futsal, Touch Foot-

ball, while supporting our affiliate members of Cricket, Goalball & Golf to expand participation.

We are happy to announce that sports including AFL, Basketball, Hockey & Netball are very keen

to host inclusion programs which will further transition Blind Sporting opportunities across NSW.

We also are keen to expand our social recreation offering to adults and +55 people with a vision

impairment or blindness in NSW. There is currently a lot of social isolation within the blind and vi-

sion impaired community and Blind Sports NSW wants to open up yoga classes, walking groups,

tandem cycling groups, orienteering and other social activities such as luncheons or social gather-

ings to support people in the NSW community with low vision and blindness.

Blind Cricket NSW prepare for

NCIC & T20 World Cup

NSW Blind Cricket are preparing to take on the

other states in the 2nd annual National Cricket

Inclusion Championships to be held in Geelong,

Victoria January, 2018.

Captain Lindsey Heaven is again going to lead

the Blues into battle against arch rivals VIC, with

main opposition from QLD & SA. The squad will

have to also cope with players participating in the

T20 World Cup in Dubai which will be played im-

mediately before the National Championships.

NSW defeated all sides at the 2017 NCIC event

but missed out on the final due to run rate, Blind

Sports NSW would like to wish the team success.

Meet our new Program Manager Sophie Milton

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In 2017 Social Media across Blind Sports NSW will feature the

new platform of Snap Chat with live pictures and videos from

events.

Our Facebook page has been consolidated back to the old ver-

sion where you can interact with us and we can promote our

upcoming events while tagging and delivering the best cover-

age on FACEBOOK LIVE of Goalball from Montreal, Schools

Knockout Cup, State Championships and the T20 BLAST

Cricket from Thunder v Sixes plus all the finals action from Fut-

sal Raiders.

Regular twitter and Instagram posts also in 2018, the biggest news is that we will have a monthly

wrap on our YouTube channel and have added 30 new video’s of Blind Sports NSW action over

ADRENALINE RUNSH program in the January 2018 holiday period. These videos feature great

fun from our camps, futsal, Goalball, cricket, tennis and other multi sport day events which included

Ten Pin and Lawn Bowls plus Judo.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsw6Z05qg-4jYa_YXnidObg/videos?disable_polymer=1

GET SOCIAL WITH BLIND SPORTS NSW in 2018

Sophie is an accomplished women’s soccer player in the Hunter at both club

and representative level. Sophie has worked for Northern Football in Newcas-

tle and Sport NSW, managing women in sport for the previous year including

the outstanding Girls Get Active Program in collaboration with Councils and

all major State Sporting Organisations and State Disability Sporting Organisa-

tions. Sophie is a skilled and passionate person when it comes to sport and

active recreation and Blind Sports NSW is extremely excited that she has

chosen to take over from Kristy Berthelot in this role. Sophie will assist the

Executive and Affiliates in strategic planning and day to day operations.

CONTACT SOPHIE: phone 0414767724 /

email sophie.milton@blindsportsnsw.com.au

Blind Sports NSW Online SHOP is now open

www.blindsportsnsw.com.au

BLIND SPORTS NSW AGM POSTPONED UNTIL SATURDAY, March 10TH at 4:30pm

Apologies all members, this is to let everyone know

that Blind Sports NSW will have to postpone the

scheduled December 16th Blind Sports NSW An-

nual General Meeting due to a conflict in schedule.

The new date for the Blind Sports Annual General

Meeting will be Saturday, March 10th with a multi

sports day to accompany this event to be held at

Sports House in Sydney Olympic Park,

Also on this day Blind Sports NSW will hold a Special Annual General Meeting where changes to

the constitution will be voted on. It is vital that all members save this date and attend the meeting

which will be held at 2pm after the multi sport come and try event in ACPE next door.

Blind Sports NSW is committed to adaptions of main

stream and specialist blind and vision impaired sport

and active recreation.

Blind Sports NSW offer a wide range of adaption

equipment, combined sports kits and merchandise in

support of our brand.

We encourage you to let us know if we are missing

something you really would like to see offered in the

shop. Please contact Sophie Milton on 0414767724

or via email at sophie.milton@blindsportsnsw.com.au

Email: sophie.milton@blindsportsnsw.com.au

Web: www.blindsportsnsw.com.au (membership form & Event Registrations)

Phone: (Sophie Milton, Program Manager 0414 767724

Phone: (Murray Elbourn, CEO) 0427 186734

Social Media: Search BlindsportsNSW

CONTACT US

It has been a very big and successful year for Blind Sports NSW

with being nominated as Sports Organisation of the year at the

Champions of Sport Awards and winning a number of state and

national championships in team sports. In 2018 Blind Sports

NSW wants to expand our offering through partnerships with

Variety, Universities, Councils and State Sporting Organisations

to bring more sports with adaption but also to work with RIDBC,

Guide Dogs NSW/ACT & Vision Australia to make more people

aware of who we are and how we can help! Merry Christmas

everyone and a safe & happy new year. See you all in 2018!

MEMO FROM THE CEO

THANK YOU SPONSORS & PARTNERS

(CEO) Murray Elbourn

Blind Sports NSW