We are organising some social events for children to meet and make friends with other blind and visually impaired children.
Soccer Tester Session
Soccer Trial Session
Irish Blind Sports are organising a soccer trial session with a view to
planning 12 week programs across the country.
A venue will be confirmed once we have guaged the level of interest and we hope to begin in April of 2010.
And all are welcome young and old, male and female, blind or visually impaired.
Sessions will be divided up as follows. Age 6 to 11 B1 or B2\B3
Age 12 to 16 B1 or B2\B3
Age 16 + B1 or B2
Sessions will be run by FA I qualified coaches. For further information please contact Warren Mc Donald @ 087 919 4367
Sailing:
Anyone interested in sailing (preferably living near to Kinsale but not essential) please contact Fintan O' Donnell by visiting the website http://www.ibs.ie .
Paraolmypic sailing boat is looking for a B2 crew member and the boat is based in Cork.
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Ski Trip to St. Johann in Austria January 2010
The Ski Trip was a fantastic success, even though we were snow bound in Dublin Airport on Saturday and didn’t leave until early Sunday morning, it didn’t dampen our spirits! We arrived in the beautiful village of St. Johann to a fresh fall of snow and after that we had clear blue skies for the rest of the week - in other words perfect skiing conditions.
Elaine from the Ski Club of Ireland and Anneli (without whom this trip would never have taken place) were on hand early the first morning to help get everyone equipped with skies and boots and guide us to our instructors. Once all this was sorted it was up on the slopes to get moving. Lisa from Topflight was also on hand at all times to help with any queries we had.
All the children did extremely well and the earlier lessons in Kilternan definitely helped, and in a very short time were coming down from the top of the mountain. The children will tell their own stories of their holiday later on.
During the course of the week we all met at different restaurants up the mountain for lunch and again at Max’s Bar at 3pm for a very welcome hot chocolate each day. Then it was a snow ball fight or tobogganing with plastic shovels. (Some of us bought these plastic shovels to bring home hoping to get snow here again.) Adults and children had great fun on these – the plastic shovels really work! Other evenings we went swimming, ice skating and sleigh riding on horse-drawn sleigh through the village and into the forest – a wonderful experience.
Then back to our hotel for dinner and later a sing song with Alan Shortt who provided endless laughs and music with the children joining in the singing.
On our last night we had a Gala Dinner at the hotel and our instructors for the week came along to present prizes to all the children. We also had prizes for the adults who braved the slopes but credit has to be given to the children, they won the day!
This was Féach’s first trip away and while we were apprehensive before we left we all feel it was well worth the effort. The children learned a sport which they will have forever, it gave them increased confidence and they had great fun and also made new friends.
A big thank you to everyone!
Below are some pictures from out trip:
Try Horse Riding
Are there any children out there interested in horse riding? We have booked the Festina Lents Horse Riding school in Bray, Co. Wicklow www.festinalente.ie for 26th of June 2pm. It is limited to 8 places and the child must be over 6 years of age. This is a very popular school and June is the earliest date we could get. They have great facilities and if your child has expressed an interest it will be an ideal opportunity to try it.
To book or for further information please contact Chris Maxwell: 086 364 0233 or send an email to (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Try skiing at the Ski Club
Scheduled for: 26th September 2009 10am
Following the big success of the last 2 sessions we will have another day for children to try skiing at the Ski Club of Ireland, Kilternan Co. Dublin. It is the only artificial dry ski slope in Ireland and the instructors have vast experience teaching those who go skiing with the NCBI . The children will also be able to meet the ski instructors from St Johann Austria. The date is Saturday, 26th September at 10 am. This will be a shorter session than the last ones. Children must be over 6 years of age.
To book or for further information please contact Chris Maxwell: 0863640233. Also contact Chris if you are interested in the Ski trip to St Johann in January 2010.
Try pottery
Another social event for children who would like to try pottery and this will be over two days approximately 4 to 5 weeks apart. More details to follow.
If you child is interested in any of the above please confirm by email and if they prove popular we can book further groups. To book or for further information please contact Chris Maxwell: 0863640233 or (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
