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BLIND SPORTS NSW LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE
BLIND SPORTS NSW October 2018 Edition
Blind Sports NSW is very pleased to announce
the launch of our new website with improved
inclusive features, easier to use tabs, button
formats to get you to where you need to be
faster and an updated multi sport calendar
with member registration section.
Look through our improved player profiles,
match results, photo/video libraries and shop
for merchandise or adaptive equipment in our
new online shop. The new and improved Blind Sports NSW
website is the place to go for everything Blind Sports in NSW.
Visit it today at www.blindsportsnsw.com.au and review
our exclusive resources page where you will see all of our past
newsletters, easy to use information about how to access and
plan for the NDIS including how to work with planners around
utilising sport and active recreation within your plan to benefit
your mental and physical wellbeing, and to make new friends
and increase your social network interactions.
BLIND SPORTS NSW INDOOR SKYDIVING WEEKEND
November 10, 11:30am to 1:30pm will be our next
High 5 4 FUN! Weekend in Sydney. On Saturday
you will be able to experience indoor sky diving at
Penrith Panthers iFLY. Register now on our new
website www.blindsportsnsw.com.au or call
Murray on 0427 186 734 to ask any questions. Cost
is $50 for members or $80 for non-members.
On Sunday it will be the final game of the Blind
Cricket NSW Youth Cup with teams from Sixes and
Thunder doing battle to win the Gordon Cooper
Variety Shield at Bankstown Oval from 10:30am to
1:30pm on Sunday November 11th
Page 2 October 2018 Edition
BLIND FOOTBALL AUSTRALIA PLAYS FRIENDLIES
Blind Football Australia conducted their first ever tour for both
our B1 5 a side team who travelled to India and our B2/3 Fut-
sal team that went to Malaysia. Both teams were competitive
in their first International competition after the program kicked
off this year with a National Training Camp in May followed
by one in July. David and his team have done a remarkable
job to get this program off the ground so quickly. Both India
and Malaysia have played together for a long time and been
able to firm up strong playing combinations within their
teams, however Australia were not looking for excuses with a
strong showing and narrow defeat to
India in the B1 5 a side game with the
score being 2-0. In Malaysia, Austral-
ia narrowly lost the first game after
leading in the first half but came back
to win the second game marking our
first ever international win in the B2/3
competition before losing the last
game to Malaysia 0-3.
These teams will now take a break
until March next year where the 2019
season will begin with National Train-
ing Camps and International trips
planned for Asia and Europe for both
squads respectfully. 2019 Calendar
will be out end of October.
Page 4 October 2018 Edition
NSW Goalball win 3 of 4 divisions at
Australian National Championships
The 2018 Australian Goalball Championships
held in Perth, WA was certainly an eventful one
with some very strong competition, especially in
the mixed Junior and Youth divisions. Tough
competition across both the Women’s and Men’s
senior finals provided much entertainment for the
packed stands at the Perth Modern School.
NSW was the only state to field a team in each of
the 4 categories and won gold in the mixed Jun-
iors under 15’s, mixed Youth under 19’s and
Women’s senior teams.
Complimenting our great performances from the
teams was our hard working staff including 6
coaches, team manager and team physiothera-
pist. The staff worked extremely well with the
players to produce the second best result ever in
NSW Goalball History, which resulted in our state
yet again winning the Goalball Australia overall
points shield for the fourth time in 6 years.
NSW players were named to each All Star team
announced at the presentation ceremony after the
finals on Sunday, October 7th. Congratulations to
Robbie Vogt from the NSW Men, Amy and Ethan
from the NSW Youth, Jessica and Alice from the
NSW Women , Molly Smith and Makayla Reilly in
the junior division.
Amy Ridley was also awarded the Dimitrios Tska-
lidis Best and Fairest player for her amazing role
within the NSW Mixed Youth Team over the tour-
nament in just her second ever Australian Goal-
ball Championships. This award was in honour of
our recently passed referee who after passing left
NSW Goalball $50,000 to assist referees and our
young players with their international travel.
Page 5 October 2018 Edition
BLIND GOLF NSW INVADE WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ROME, ITALY
Michele pictured left, carted an outstanding 139
Net Score during the tournament and caps off
an amazing 2 years after winning the Australian
Open at Royal Sydney in 2017.
Michele Watts has won the ISPS Handa World Blind Golf Championships in ROME, Italy
after an outstanding performance. Michele Watts has been a golfer for a long time, but
the game has changed dramatically for her in the three years since she first suffered
the effects of an optic nerve disorder that left her legally blind. Watts, 59, noticed the
world growing “foggy” through one eye in 2015 and then the other in 2016. Diagnosed
with a mitochondrial genetic condition known as LHON (Leber’s Hereditary Otpic Neu-
ropathy), she has lost most of her central vision, meaning that she cannot make out
people’s faces unless they are within a metre of her. But it did not stop her from play-
ing her beloved game of golf.
Mother-of-two Watts had been a 20-year club golfer at Monash Country Club and
Chatswood Golf Club in northern Sydney, and she quickly found the New South Wales
chapter of Blind Golf Australia, which helps the sight-impaired to remain in the game
or start it afresh. Last year at Royal Sydney, she won her first Australian championship
in the B3 division, dodging the 200-plus bunkers adroitly with the help of caddie Bob
Grant. Jenny McCullum from WA was runner up to cap off a great tournament for the
ladies in Rome. The men unfortunately couldn’t
come to terms with the challenging Rome
Course and didn’t play up to their full potential
during the event. If you would like to play
Blind or Vision Impaired Golf email
The NSW Open will be held at lovely Twin
Creeks golf course from November 8 through
11 this year and Blind Golf NSW are going to
be in attendance promoting Blind Golf and
looking for new sighted caddies to get involved
in next seasons play.
Page 3 October 2018 Edition
BAILY COMPTON JOINS GOALBALL AUSTRALIA
HALL OF FAME AS NUMBER 10
Baily Compton was inducted to the Goalball Aus-
tralia Hall of Fame as number 10 in Perth, WA on
October 7th, 2018 by fellow Hall of Famer and now
National Youth Boys head coach Troy King.
Baily has been a main stay across administration
for Goalball Australia in its original form ANGA
from 1991 through 1999. Baily has also represent-
ed Australia in the game he loves on a number of
occasions and his state of NSW winning multiple
National Championships.
Murray Elbourn, new President of Goalball Aus-
tralia said “ Baily is a rare champion of the sport,
who was perhaps known as much for being an out-
standing administrator of the sport as he was a player”.
Baily also represented Australia in both cricket and athletics during the 1980’s, holding National
records in athletics and being named best B1 player on a number of occasions for cricket.
On behalf of the Goalball Australia Family, it is an honour to welcome Baily Compton in the Goal-
ball Australia 2018 HOF class.
BLIND CRICKET AND GOALBALL TO FEATURE AT
CUMBERLAND COUNCIL IDPWD EVENT
On Monday 3rd December 2018, Blind Sports
NSW and Cumberland Council will be celebrating
International Day of People with Disability by
hosting a fun filled day of activities, including
games of blind cricket and goalball, out of the heat
at PCYC Auburn.
We invite people of all abilities and ages in the
community to participate, watch this space for
more information and stay up to date on the Blind
Sports NSW website:
www.blindsportsnsw.com.au
Email: [email protected] / [email protected]
Web: www.blindsportsnsw.com.au (membership form & event registrations)
Phone: Sophie Milton, Program Manager 0414 767 724 (MON, WED & THUR ONLY)
Phone: Graham Heard, Sports Coordinator 0405 366 605
Social Media: Search BlindsportsNSW
CONTACT US
January Sports Camp is here, join us from January 14 to 18 and ex-
perience a number of really fun activities ranging from Go Karting,
Paintball, Sailing, Indoor Sky diving to our famous disco, trivia or
games nights. Destination still to be confirmed. This camp will be in
two separate parts, Monday to Wednesday (16 and under) and then
Wednesday to Friday (17 to 25).
The camp will also feature some fun sports and active recreation
pieces that will build strong new friendship groups while increasing
your confidence and most of all having a lot of fun!
MEMO FROM THE CEO
THANK YOU SPONSORS & PARTNERS
(CEO) Murray Elbourn
Blind Sports NSW