SUN, MARCH 12TH ACTIVATE INCLUSION DAY

BLIND SPORTS NSW February 2017 Edition

From 10am to 2pm on Sunday, March 12th at Vision Australia located at 4 Mitchell St,

Enfield. On the day there will also be soccer, rugby league, Goalball, Judo & Yoga to try

with instructors. If that wasn’t enough we have 3 inflatable stations including a massive

obstacle course and game challenge plus the vertical bungee run pictured on the right.

For the little kids there will be face & nail painting available. This will be a really great day

for all to participate in so please support by attending and trying all these great activities

for all ages and disabilities welcome with your family and carer’s on the day.

Blind Sports NSW will partner with Vision Australia and Blind Cricket Australia to host

the first game in the T20 Blast Thunder v Sixes youth series. This initiative will see two

teams of mixed youth players get their green and pink caps and play cricket in a new and

exciting format focused on youth under 20’s cricket for vision impaired players. The

teams will be lead by Matt Cameron and Shaun Fitzpatrick who have both represented

Australia and played for NSW. To register go to www.blindsportsnsw.com.au and sign up

as a member today. A big thanks to Burwood Council who will support this event.

2017 NSW Goalball for Schools Knockout Cup

Following the amazing success of the 2016 NSW Goalball for Schools Knockout Cup, we are back

bigger and better in 2017. This year we are going far and wide across NSW to find the best of the

best in High School and Primary School division competition. In 2017 Independent & Catholic

schools will join NSW Dept of Education Public schools to compete for the Cup. Register NOW at

www.goalball.com.au and book in your FREE lesson and get your FREE equipment to create

your school team in term 1 & 2 with FREE entry into the NSW Goalball Knockout Cup.

BLIND CRICKET NCIC & WORLD CUP WRAP

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NSW fielded a younger team in 2017 for the National Cricket Inclusion Championships in Geelong,

VIC and fought hard against strong opposition from Victoria and combined teams from QLD/ACT

& SA/WA. Despite defeating all teams in the double round robin NSW was eliminated from the fi-

nal on run rate by Victoria who went on to lose the final to a strong SA/WA team featuring Australi-

an World Cup players Steffan Nero from WA and Stephen Palmer from SA.

Captain of NSW Lindsey Heaven praised his team, saying it was a great launching pad to the future

with stars like Matt Cameron who scored multi 50’s in the opener position and Shaun Fitzpatrick

who was the leading wicket taker for NSW in the tournament performing well under pressure. In

addition to these young breakthrough players their was Nathan Letts a new totally blind B1 player

who won the game against Victoria batting with Australian veteran Vaughn Roles with just 3 balls

remaining in their tough second round match up. Coach Daniel Drew and Manager Graham Coul-

ton also mentioned how proud they were of the fight showed by the NSW Team. NSW also finished

3rd in the ID and Deaf portion of the All Abilities competition. Cricket Australia put on an amazing

event sponsored by Commonwealth Bank to raise the professionalism of the sport.

Lindsey Heaven is now in India where he is the Australian Captain in the T20 World Cup of Blind

Cricket. Matthew Cameron, David Saxberg & Vaughn Roles are also members of that Australian

squad who have started off in style winning their first 4 games against South Africa, Nepal, NZ &

WI before a narrow loss to Bangladesh by 9 runs. #asportforall

Football NSW Junior & Coaching Workshops

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All Abilities AFL Community Day with Swans

What an amazing opportunity for people

with all abilities and all ages to take part in

this AFL Inclusive Kickability Gala event at

Blackman’s Oval located in Lane Cover

from 10am to 11:30pm this coming Tues-

day, February 7th 2017.

Meet and play AFL with your favourite Syd-

ney Swans players as they show you all the

fun of inclusion AFL. This is the first step in

joining the AFL inclusion league which will

kick off in Sydney soon.

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2017 April Youth Vision Camp

Email: blindsportsnsw@gmail.com

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

Phone: (Kristy Berthelot, Program Manager 0413 376583 (returns Feb 15th, 2017)

Phone: (Murray Elbourn, CEO) 0427 186734

Social Media: Search BlindsportsNSW

This edition of the Newsletter is packed with opportunities for

people of all ages and disabilities to try new and exciting things.

Our “ACTIVATE INCLUSION” day at Vision Australia on Sunday

March 12th will be truly amazing with so much to do for the

whole family. Blind Cricket, Goalball and Vision Impaired Soc-

cer are all in full swing with NSW Touch Football & AFL about to

kick off it will be a jam packed agenda in 2017. Judo & Netball

also have strong programs for blind and vision impaired partici-

pants. We are also partnering with key organisations to provide

stronger recreation and social aspects to members who have

told us they want camping, movies, dinners & more.

MEMO FROM THE CEO

THANK YOU SPONSORS & PARTNERS

(CEO) Murray Elbourn

Blind Sports NSW