BLIND and low vision athletes were given the chance to try a range of sports in Ballina as the Northern NSW branch of the Lord’s Taverners hosted its first local come-and-try day.<\/p>\n
The initiative was held at Cherry Street Sports Club after previous events in Lismore.<\/p>\n
Branch president Bruce Ward said the idea grew from a lack of opportunities for blind cricketers in the region.<\/p>\n
“We support the national inclusion championships in cricke\u00a0Lord’s Taverners hosts inclusive sport days in Ballina, offering blind and low vision athletes a chance to play cricket, tennis, and more.<\/span>t, including blind, deaf and intellectually disabled cricket, but there’s no real opportunity for blind cricketers in the Northern Rivers,” he said.<\/p>\n “We thought we’d see if there was much interest locally. At the moment there’s still not an opportunity to run blind cricket on a competitive basis here, but this is about allowing people with a disability to have a go and try the sport.”<\/p>\n Participants were introduced to cricket, tennis, lawn bowls, frisbee and soccer, with numbers kept small to allow one-on-one coaching.<\/p>\n
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