Metro Blind Sport

Last weekend our intermediate team took part in the Goalball UK trophy in Sheffield. Our team was Tracy, Joe, Andrew, Naqi, Jess and Bittor - with James and Russ coaching. We finished 11th, with 3 wins and 2 draws over the 2 days.

It was a big weekend of cricket for Metro, with 2 away victories to start the season. First up on Saturday was a trip to Staffordshire, where we won the 30 over cup game. Then on Sunday we travelled to Frimley, winning the Twenty20 cup game. Next up is Sussex on Saturday.

A great day of football for Metro! The last league fixtures of the season were held on 18 April. This season has been a great opportunity to get new players involved in competitive football. We have the final cup competition to be played, taking place in Manchester on 16th May.

We are back at the Castle leisure centre today, for goalball training. This session is aimed at intermediate and elite level players and is from 6 - 8:30 pm.

Today’s cricket match was called off due to a waterlogged pitch. But we still had a great practice at nets this week - well done everyone! [video description: a batsman facing both partially sighted and fully blind bowlers]

Good luck to our football and cricket teams, who are both in action on Saturday! Our footballers are taking part in the partially sighted football league fixture 5. It’s the final round. Our national league cricketers are playing their first game of the season.

Cricket finally starts again this month. Our current players are aged from 17 to 80, from all backgrounds. Our club captain, Rory Field, won the MCC inaugural ‘Community Cricket Champions’ award. Here he is at Lords after receiving his award from then MCC President Stephen Fry.

We’re delighted that Matt Page, and his guide runner Jordan, will be running the London Marathon for Metro! Any donation you can make, no matter how small, would be gratefully appreciated. justgiving.com/page/matthew-p…

The London Elephants elite team took part in Goalball UK’s Super League 3 in Peterborough. Our squad was coached by Russ Sparkes and Tracy Compton. Thanks to the other teams, staff and volunteers for a fantastic tournament.

We recently had a fantastic Sunday at the Lyceum Theatre, where we attended an accessible showing of the Lion King. First we had a touch tour of the set a props, followed by an audio described performance. And GiveVision kindly gave us their incredible low vision headsets to use.

Our lawn bowlers are training indoors at the Paddington Leisure Centre. Practice is every Thursday, from 2:30 - 4:30 pm. Bowls is a very accessible game, with few adaptions needed. Our next tournaments are in May and June.

On Friday we had a great guided walk around Regents Park. Many thanks to the Royal Parks staff and volunteers, for a great day out. As the weather is improving, we will have many more activities coming up.

Our intermediate goalball team took part in Goalball UK’s tournament in Oxford on Saturday. The team put in a great performance against tough opposition on the day. Many thanks to all teams who took part, and the staff and volunteers who made it such a success.

@powder_chaser The rifles have a device attached that emits a sound, which you can hear on headphones. So you can use the change in sound to line up with the target., then shoot

@MetroVISports biathlon seems insane for this how does the shooting part work?

Our skiing trip to Norway is going brilliantly, with cross country skiing, downhill skiing and snowboarding on offer. [video description: A large group of visually impaired skiers, with their guides, preparing to start the biathlon]

Eid Mubarak to those celebrating, from your friends at Metro! [Image description: Text saying “Eid Mubarak” in purple against a yellow background]

Our footballers Dominic, George, Gareth, Bobby, Rhys and Jamie took part in the Sighted Football League tournament on 14 March in Liverpool. We picked up an important win against North West Scorpions A. Other results didn't go our way, but we stuck at it.

Great turnout at the Newport Visually Impaired tennis tournament on 7-8 March. Well done to Oli, Hassan, Anita, Ewan, Ivan, Min, Monica, Reece, Tracy, Yas and Dilara. A special thank you to Newport Tennis Centre, staff, volunteers and officials who made the event such a success.

Have you ever wondered what visually impaired skiing is like? This video was taken by our skiing sports leader, Chris Lewis, at last year’s annual skiing trip to Norway. It shows him approaching the end of a cross-country skiing trail.

Good luck to our partially sighted footballers, who are getting ready for Saturday’s tournament in Liverpool. One more training tomorrow to fine tune, then it’s competition day. Play well team and enjoy yourselves!