Vision Sports Ireland is the chosen charity for this year’s Galway Cycle, an annual cycle organised by the Students of Maynooth University. Over the course of a weekend up to 250 people cycle from Maynooth to Galway and back again.

Participants of this 400km endurance event will be raising money to enable Vision Sports to hold the Youth Inclusion Games over the next 3 years. The games offers opportunities for 1500 blind and vision impaired young people to engage with sporting activity.  The funds will provide for adaptive equipment such as tennis balls, tandems hire, guide tethers and sound balls to be used during the games. Other costs such as venue hire, transportation costs coaching and medals will be covered.

The Youth Inclusion Games is aimed at increasing levels of participation in sports for young people with vision impairment and making a real difference in peoples lives

 “My classmates just did not understand how difficult it was for me to play sport. Once the joined me at the Vision Sports Inclusion Games, they got it. Now we make the adaptations I need and we all play sport together”- John (12) Dublin

“Finding vision Sports means I no longer have to stand and watch my classmates play sports, I join them” – Annie (10) Tipperary

 “Once I lost my sight 3 years ago, I have up active sport. Last month at the pilot Vision Sports Inclusion Games I took to adapted tennis, I have played tennis every week since” – Eve (16) Louth

The Cycle will take place on the 5th-7thApril 2019 and one of the key elements of this years cycle is the use of tandem bikes. It is hoped that the cycle will attract over 30 tandem teams, the largest ever gathering of tandems in Ireland.  Please donate what you can to Vision Sports and the Galway Cycle.