Goalball

Postponed from 2020, in the summer of 2021 Winchester Goalball Club took 10 blind and visually impaired teenagers on our first residential trip, without their parents. There were three main aims for this trip:

• To give the players an experience that some may never have had before or thought they would never be able to have.
• To give the players a greater sense of confidence, independence, and self-belief.
• To use the experience as a team-building trip helping them when they return to training and competitions.

On the trip, we completed activities such as: climbing, abseiling, hiking and canyoning. 

For both players and parents alike, the trip was a host of new adventures and therefore prior to the week away, E3Adventures met with the group to talk through what everyone might expect from the trip.  This hugely settled nerves and gave everyone the confidence that we were going to have a super experience.  

The staff at E3Adventures were fantastic.  They quickly reacted to the needs of all the players, adapting their teaching and leadership skills to make the accessible for blind and partially sighted teenagers.