BlindSports NSW in Parramatta, New South Wales | Community organisation

BlindSports NSW

Locality: Parramatta, New South Wales

Phone: +61 427 186 734

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24.01.2022 OCTOBER IS HERE Now before you all get your halloween costumes out of the closet... let's take a moment to review all the great things that have happened in the blind and low vision sport and active recreation community this past month. Our September Vision Bulletin is out now and available on our website: https://www.blindsportsnsw.com.au//blind-sports-nsw-newsl/... The newsletter includes updates on Goalball and Tennis, registration links for future multi-sport days and tennis camps, an overview of NSW's first Blind and Low Vision development tennis camp and registrations for our 2021 Visionary Athlete Scholarships! There soooooo much more but you'll have to read the newsletter to find out more Podcast to be uploaded shortly #staytuned #active #health #wellbeing #community #sports #newsletter

24.01.2022 Blind Sports NSW had the privilege to come out and support the Healthy Initiative program at the Gold Creek School in the ACT. The students came from various schools across the state and had an absolute blast participating in a range of different sport and active recreation activities. Along with Goalball, Blind Cricket and Blind Tennis, the kids also enjoyed rock climbing, cooking and drumming! Thank you for having us Gold Creek School ! We look forward to the next jam packed day :)

22.01.2022 Trailer #3 is coming out tomorrow! Stay tuned for more stories from the Blind Cricket NSW community to be showcased in the Blind Sports NSW documentary Athlete: @steffannero . . #BSNSW#BCNSW#community#sport#blindsports#active#recreation#play#documenatry

22.01.2022 Blind Sports NSW are proud to present to you a new exciting WINTER SPORTS DAY If you are interested in skiing and want to try it in a more controlled, l...ess extreme and slightly warmer conditions then sign up using the link below to try indoor skiing with our team at Blind Sports NSW! https://www.blindsportsnsw.com.au/events/74298/ We are including various pick up locations from Strathfield Train Station at 12pm on Sunday 27th, Wollongong Train Station at 1:30pm on Sunday 27th and 9am Canberra on Monday 28th.

20.01.2022 What does Sport mean to you? Here is a short clip of #TheStory from our very own CEO, Murray Elbourn . . .... #documentary#trailer#sport#meaning#community#growth#CEO#stories See more

20.01.2022 Join Blind Sports New South Wales for a day of fun ON THE CENTRAL COAST. We are hosting our last Multi Sport Day for 2020 on Sunday 29th November at 11am. Blind and visually impaired individuals can learn about inclusive sports with modifications and test them all out. Registration are now open - sign up so you don't miss out and we'll see you there! https://www.blindsportsnsw.com.au/events/62459/ Visit our website for more details! #blindsportsnsw #BSNSW #multisportdays #sydney #nsw #blindsports #goalball #blvtennis #blindcricket #blindgolf #fun

19.01.2022 HAPPY FRIDAY what better way to start the end of the week by catching up on all the amazing events that have happened in August in the world of Blind Sports NSW! Here’s a sneak peak of what’s in this months edition, but if you want to find out more jump onto our website or Facebook page for the full link! Happy reading . . .... #happy #friday #blindsports #newsletter #nswsport #community #events See more

19.01.2022 Celebrating the end of the month with the August Vision Bulletin The newsletter has the recent COVID-19 updates on community sport followed by exciting events coming up in September including Multi-Sport Days, not only at ACPE but in Tamworth and Tennis World NSW. Also available in podcast form, the Bulletin covers the NSW Community Sport Awards, where some of our finest Blind Sports NSW members, players and coaches were announced as finalists! Oh, did we mention th...e sneak peak into our documentary? ..... Newsletter: http://bit.ly/BSNSWAugustNewsletter Podcast: http://bit.ly/BSNSWAugustPodcast #BSNSW #VisionBulletin #blvcommunity #sneakpeak

18.01.2022 REGISTER for the free @savesightinstitute online webinar on Sat 19 September from 12:30pm-4:30pm AEST. The webinar is an opportunity for people to connect with each other, share experiences and get up-to-date information on research developments. Follow the link in the post or head to the save sight website https://www.savesightinstitute.org.au//community-informat/ . ... . #webinar#savesight#community#info#research#BSNSW#learning See more

18.01.2022 Our Vision Camp scheduled for 31 Aug - 4 Sep 2020 has been rescheduled for a Holiday Camp in January 2021! We still have all the incredibly fun activities booked in (see last post) This camp is for all primary and high school students with low vision or blindness. For more enquires email Sonja on [email protected] or follow the link provided: https://www.blindsportsnsw.com.au/events/49966/... . . #camp#holiday#nsw#school#summer#activities#blindandlowvision#community#BSNSW

18.01.2022 Blind Sports NSW were honoured to be invited to the Awards Ceremony of the 2020 Vision Australia NSW Blind Golf Open A massive congratulations to all winners, runners up, volunteers and organisers. We will be sharing with you all shortly a recap of such a fantastic event If you want to be a part of next years NSW Open, either by playing, caddying or organising..... please send through your interest to Graham Coulton at [email protected] and give Blind Golf NSW a... follow to keep up-to-date on what's going on. We look forward to seeing many new faces next year on the green field

17.01.2022 Tennis Australia in partnership with Blind Sports NSW, are hosting a series of blind and low vision tennis development camps this Spring! The camps will intro...duce match play for players looking to develop their game skills and will be a great opportunity to get additional training and fitness in Follow the link to register! http://bit.ly/NSWBLVTennisCamp For more info contact Sonja at [email protected]

14.01.2022 The first ever Tennis Camp in NSW for people with blindness and low vision! Thankyou Tennis Australia for hosting this event, Tennis NSW for letting us play on your indoor bubble courts, Steve for coaching our players and @blindsportsnsw program manager Sonja for her assistant coaching. All the players had so much fun, made new friends and even went home with a goodies bag! It was also fantastic to have Jensen's Tennis reps come out to support the event as they includ...e blind low vision tennis into their club this week! Team work makes the dream work Look forward you our next camp in November . . . . #blvtennis #tennis #nsw #community #events #play #active #sunday #funday #social #recreation #development #camp See more

12.01.2022 Tennis training

11.01.2022 Blind Sports NSW are proud to have Blind Cricket NSW as their affiliate member. Together, the associations assist in the creation of opportunities from grassroots, school sports all the way to elite level. Check out Hayden’s and Steffan’s story sneak peak.

07.01.2022 Well done to Jason Stubbs and Jason Schmidt for organising an inclusive Blind Cricket Game down in Canberra over the weekend A massive thank you to all the volunteers on the day too ACT Blind Cricket Blind Cricket NSW

07.01.2022 Our Program Manager, Sonja had a ball (hehe) at Goalball training last night! She had the team teach her the basics and Coach Tyan give her some good tips! She loved every moment and is looking forward to joining the next session! If you want to learn or get involved, click on the Goalball page for more details

07.01.2022 Please read through our latest September Blind Sports NSW Newsletter.

05.01.2022 Surfing Indoor Sky Diving Rock Climbing Beach Runs If you’re interested in any of these fun activities check out our next post for the 2021 Holiday Camp we are hosting in Jan! More details to come REGISTER HERE : https://www.blindsportsnsw.com.au/events/49966/ ... . . #camp#school#fun#holiday#summer#activities#indoorskydiving#surfing#rockclimbing#blindandlowvision#BSNSW See more

02.01.2022 CONGRATULATIONS Tami, Jason and Amy on their 2020 Sport NSW Community Sport Awards finalist nominations and to Troy King for his distinguished Long Service award to Blind Sports We are incredibly lucky to have such amazing people be part of our team here at Blind Sports NSW Well done again team . . #team#community#nsw#awards#finalists#BSNSW#winning

02.01.2022 Join us THIS WEEKEND! You must register here https://www.blindsportsnsw.com.au/events/62459/ We are hosting our last Multi Sport Day for 2020 on Sunday 29th November at 11am. Umina Tennis Central Coast Surf School BlindSports NSW Blind Cricket NSW NSW Goalball Blind and visually impaired individuals can learn about inclusive sports with modifications and test them all out. ... Registration are now open - sign up so you don't miss out and we'll see you there! #blindsportsnsw #BSNSW #multisportdays #sydney #nsw #blindsports #goalball #blvtennis #blindcricket #blindgolf #fun

02.01.2022 There's still three years to go but planning for the IBSA World Games in Birmingham in 2023 is really getting going! They will play host to the men's and women'...s IBSA Blind Football Worlds and partially sighted Worlds! #Birmingham2023 Read more https://buff.ly/3aAxVsZ

02.01.2022 Sydney HUB is back!! Wednesdays 6:30pm-8pm at ACPE 10 Parkview Dr Sydney Olympic Park! (Dates: 30/9, 7/10 & 14/10) Come check out all the fun!

02.01.2022 Reminder to tune in - less than 20 mins to go. Good luck Tamara, Jason, Summer and Amy!

02.01.2022 A little tennis tonight