We are organising some social events for children to meet and make friends with other blind and visually impaired children.
Summer Picnic Marley Park
We are organising a get together in Marley Park on Sunday the 13th June. Meet at the big house at 2:00pm. Just bring yourself, the kids, a picnic (optional), a tolerance for all weather conditions, a sense of humour and anything else you think will help make an enjoyable afternoon. We hope to have a game of rounders or football maybe even a tug of war. Ring Eithne on 0879880518 or Maria on 0877918429 if you have any queries. Hope to see you there.
Why not try Sailing this Summer
Sailing Summer Programme - Dun Laoghaire
For children aged 8 to 17, 'Come and Try It', Sunday 20th June 2010, 10:30am in Dun Laoghaire Marina. No sailing experience necessasary. For those who enjoy it and wish to continue a sailing programme will run for five Sunday's starting on the 27th of June 2010. This is a great opportunity to try sailing with professional supervision in a supportive envioronment. For further details and to register, please contact: Alison Ryan at 087 4198796.
Womens Mini Marathon Training Programme
Well done to all those who completed the Womens Mini Marathon 2010, the first wet Mini Marathon in years. We hope you enjoyed it and if you did run keep it up
Why not try Horse Riding?
Has your child ever expressed and interest in horse riding? now's their chance to try it out. We have provisionally booked Festina Lente horse riding school www.festinalente.ie for the 7th July 2010 at 3:00pm for a group of 8 children. This is a fantastic school with superb facilities, a great way to try out a new activity in a supportive professional envioroment. Ring Eithne A.S.A.P. if your interested on 087 9880518
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
For any other sporting activies of interest please visit www.ibs.ie
Sailing:
Anyone interested in sailing (preferably living near to Kinsale but not essential) please contact Fintan O' Donnell by visiting the website 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:
My name is Cormac, I am 5 years old. I went skiing after Christmas. My favourite bit was going on the ski lift. My skiing instructor was very nice, she put balloons on my helmet and they helped me fly down the mountain. I loved going to Maxs bar and getting hot chocolate and going tobogganing and snowball fights. I loved waking up and learning new things. I loved meeting the ghost in our hotel too!!!!!
My name is MAYA I am 8 years old .
I went skiing with my family after Christmas. I loved going on the ski lift because you flew over the trees, it was a great experience. I learnt how to ski properly down the mountain. I started off nervous but then it went away. I had great fun with the activities like tobogganing and snowball fights. I liked meeting the other kids too.
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 feachmail@gmail.com.
