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Vision Australia Jet Boating Event / Oct 7, 2017 Blind Sports NSW Newsletter September 2017 Edition Vision Australia has been approached by the Jetboat associaon of Australia to assist in facilitang the 2017 family fun day out with the inclusion of Dads as the focus. We have many families in the community with children who are blind or have significant vision loss. The mother, tradionally, is the primary service user. However, research evidence connually shows that closeness to fathers (resident or non-resident) across the whole lifespan is beneficial for all the physical health/ social/ psychological/ emoonal/ educaonal factors of a child’s life. We have had some success with dads parcipang in previous Jet- boat events and would like the opportunity to be able to offer the Jetboat experience to our families again, encour- aging dads to aend (with mothers and the whole family!). The boats range in size from 11 to 18 feet in length, powered by 4 cylinders up to V8 engines driving marine jets. All boats are scruneered for necessary safety gear as per marime requirements. Boats are also inspected for safety by a qualified mechanic. Everyone going on a boat must wear a Personal Flotaon Device (PFD1) prior to accessing the jey / dock. Parci- pants are escorted by Vision Australia staff, Volunteers, parents/guardians or Jet Boat Associaon Australia (JAA) volunteers onto the dock. All parcipants are assisted into the boats aſter the boat is secured to the dock. JAA volunteers man the dock to ensure no-one accesses the dock without PFD and assistance. Vision Australia staff, volunteers and or parents/guardians are present in each boat. The venue is the Olympic Regaa Lake at Penrith, west of Sydney and is exclusively for our use on the day. All drivers are briefed and instructed on the agreed route to circumnavigate the lake, all hazards having been iden- fied and noted in the briefing. All drivers are very experienced jet boat drivers, and open dialogue between clients, parents/guardians and driver determines the acvity during the ride. Some prefer slow and steady; some prefer to experience some of the ma- noeuvrability unique to a jet boat. All drivers are briefed clearly about the importance of safety, and all drive well within the capability of both their boat and ability. Date: 7 October 2017 / 9am to 3pm / BYO Picnic Lunch Location: International Regatta Centre, Penrith Lakes. Enter via Gate A, just off Old Castlereagh Rd. Bus to and from Penrith Station by booking only and limited seats. RSVP now to [email protected].For more information on Jet Boating please feel free to contact Michael from Jet boating Australia on 0409 998 752 or email Matthew on [email protected]
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Vision Australia Jet Boating Event / Oct 7, 2017
Blind Sports NSW Newsletter
September 2017 Edition
Vision Australia has been approached by the Jetboat association of Australia to assist in facilitating the 2017 family fun day out with the inclusion of Dads as the focus. We have many families in the community with children who are blind or have significant vision loss. The mother, traditionally, is the primary service user. However, research evidence continually shows that closeness to fathers (resident or non-resident) across the whole lifespan is beneficial for all the physical health/ social/ psychological/ emotional/ educational factors of a child’s life. We have had some success with dads participating in previous Jet-boat events and would like the opportunity to be able to offer the Jetboat experience to our families again, encour-aging dads to attend (with mothers and the whole family!). The boats range in size from 11 to 18 feet in length, powered by 4 cylinders up to V8 engines driving marine jets. All boats are scrutineered for necessary safety gear as per maritime requirements. Boats are also inspected for safety by a qualified mechanic. Everyone going on a boat must wear a Personal Flotation Device (PFD1) prior to accessing the jetty / dock. Partici-pants are escorted by Vision Australia staff, Volunteers, parents/guardians or Jet Boat Association Australia (JAA) volunteers onto the dock. All participants are assisted into the boats after the boat is secured to the dock. JAA volunteers man the dock to ensure no-one accesses the dock without PFD and assistance. Vision Australia staff, volunteers and or parents/guardians are present in each boat. The venue is the Olympic Regatta Lake at Penrith, west of Sydney and is exclusively for our use on the day. All drivers are briefed and instructed on the agreed route to circumnavigate the lake, all hazards having been iden-tified and noted in the briefing. All drivers are very experienced jet boat drivers, and open dialogue between clients, parents/guardians and driver determines the activity during the ride. Some prefer slow and steady; some prefer to experience some of the ma-noeuvrability unique to a jet boat. All drivers are briefed clearly about the importance of safety, and all drive well within the capability of both their boat and ability.
Date: 7 October 2017 / 9am to 3pm / BYO Picnic Lunch
Location: International Regatta Centre, Penrith Lakes.
Enter via Gate A, just off Old Castlereagh Rd.
Bus to and from Penrith Station by booking only and limited seats.
RSVP now to [email protected] more information on Jet Boating
please feel free to contact Michael from Jet boating Australia on 0409 998 752 or
email Matthew on [email protected]
Blind Cricket NSW Season Launch
Blind Cricket NSW are about to launch their 2017/18 season at their new home of Bankstown
Oval, yes after many decades of playing at Henley Park and Vision Australia the association now
has a beautiful new facility which has been the home to many great Australian and NSW cricket-
ing legends including Mark and Steve Waugh.
The opening day for competition will be on Sunday, September 17th. Please contact President
Mark Eschbank for more details on 0418 889 188 or by email at [email protected]
Blind and Vision Impaired Cricket is a fun and competitive game with some minor adaptions to
equipment and rules, it is for all ages and for both boys/girls, men/women so come along to
Bankstown Oval on Sunday, September 15th and have a bowl and a bat.
Parramatta Touch Football team have start-
ed the season 0 and 2 with narrow losses to
Manly 3-4 after two disallowed tries and
defending champions Hills Hornets 5-7.
Playing the first two games under lights has
been quite challenging for our team but
with games against Penrith and Lower Blue
Mountains still to come we are confident of
finishing strong with two wins. If you want
to play on the Parramatta Touch Team
please contact Kristy by email at
Premier Inclusion League Parra Touch
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Raiders Futsal Season kicks off / Register Now
Raiders are being promoted to the Premier
League this year after strong wins in the State
Championships and the League Cup Grand Fi-
nal. This will be a new look Raiders team with
star striker Dion Kalo and Goalkeeper Kyle
Schaberg departing after last years win.
The team will be coached by Stephanie Taylor
who was nominated as disability coach of the
year at the recent Sport NSW Community
awards. The core group of Shaun, Sean, Kevin,
Murray, Nick, Matt & Todd will be joined by
some new faces in Tyan, Elise and more to
come.
If you would like to play for Raiders Futsal and you are turning 15 by 31 December 2017,
please email Kristy Berthelot at [email protected] or call Kristy who
works Wed & Thurs on 0413376583.
Futsal is a mixed competition and competitive for ages 15 & up. Join the fun and play with a
great team who enjoys playing the game but also loves to win.
First Blind Football National Camp
There are two versions of Blind Football a 5 a side ver-
sion played by totally blind players wearing blindfolds
played on a 40 by 20 meter pitch and this version of
the game is a Paralympic Sport with a fully sighted
Goalkeeper who coaches on field with his defence. The
ball is audible and rattles to allow blind players orien-
tation. There is also the legally blind version which is
less than 10% of fully sight. There is 7 a side in this
game with a vision impaired Goalkeeper. Blind Sports
Australia together with Blind Sports NSW & Blind
Sports and Recreation VIC supported the first National
Football Camp at Ultimate Soccer in Fairfield this past
weekend. This will be the first step in selecting Austral-
ian squads to compete in National & International
events.
Belles and Storm make semi finals in Thailand
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With 2018 World Championships spots on the line, The Asia Pacific Goalball Regional Champion-
ships kicked off in Thailand hosting 8 men teams and 6 women teams. China had already qualified
in the Women’s by way of finishing top 3 in the Rio Paralympic Games.
The Aussie Storm dominated in the round robin portion of the championships knocking off top
teams including Japan and former Paralympic Gold Medalists China who Australia haven’t beaten
in the men’s competition since 1994. They won their quarter final 12-2 but China defeated them in
the semi final and then Japan came back to win the Bronze medal. Overall a very strong perfor-
mance by the Aussie Storm who had Steffan Nero on debut in the senior team. Jon Horsborgh won
the leading goal scorer award for the Championships.
The Aussie Belles also started strong winning their first two games against Thailand and Korea but
then drew with Iran and lost to strong womens teams in China and Japan. They again lost to China
in the semi final but rallied to defeat Korea and win the bronze medal.
It will now be a wait for both sides to find out if they will make 2018 Goalball World Cup in Sweden
through the ratio system having missed automatic qualification. Both programs had encouraging
performances off the back of the Women’s under 19 win in the Youth World Cup. Australian pro-
grams at the elite level are continuing to perform and achieve improved results. To start playing
Goalball email us at [email protected] or call Tami on 0431 268561.
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Adrenaline Rush Program Starts January, 2018
Blind Sports NSW is packing some fun into the holiday season over summer, no more staying at home and being bored, this coming January its play time!!!
In partnership with Uniting Care who supported funding for the Adrenaline Rush Program Blind Sports NSW will be featuring days at North Bondi Beach with Lets GO Surfing who have been a partner and delivered a great experience to vision impaired people in the past. Indoor Sky Diving at Penrith Indoor Sky Dive who have also had participants from our 2014 Youth Camp. Then in Black-town a joint day of fun with Rock Climbing and Inflatable World.
To register for the Adrenaline Rush Program, you will need to become a member of Blind Sports NSW. To do this, email Kristy at [email protected]. Dates are being con-firmed as we speak and more information will come to you through our upcoming October and No-vember Newsletter that you receive as a member.
Activities
Inflatable World
Indoor Sky Diving
Rock Climbing
Lets GO Surfing
January 2018
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.blindsportsnsw.com.au (membership form & Event Registrations)
Phone: (Kristy Berthelot, Program Manager 0413 376583 (Works Wed & Thurs)
Phone: (Murray Elbourn, CEO) 0427 186734
Social Media: Search BlindsportsNSW
There is so much to become involved with now at Blind Sports
NSW. Please keep updated on our social media and our new
website for information on a range of events, teams, activities to
become involved with. If you want to join a team its easy just call
Kristy Berthelot on 0413376583.
Coming soon will be our revamped Tennis program and in late
November our Softball/Baseball come and try day at Blacktown
International Sports Field where the Sydney Blue Sox play.
Also upcoming is our Fairfield, Central Coast & Lane Cove Acti-
vate Inclusion Sports Days for school children aged 5-18yrs.
MEMO FROM THE CEO
THANK YOU SPONSORS & PARTNERS
(CEO) Murray Elbourn
Blind Sports NSW
