ADAPTED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ARA FOCUS NATIONAL NEWSLETTER ISSUE 7 | JULY 2011 IN THIS ISSUE: Inclusion in New Training & LSP Sports Inclusion Badminton Education Disability Ireland Officer Programme Adapted Physical Activity Centre Delta Soccer Dome DL Flyer 30/08/2010 11:20 Page 1 FOREWORD Hello there, and a very warm welcome to the latest edition of CARA Focus, our national newsletter. It’s been a big few months for all of us – with the highlight, of course, being the official launch in May of the CARA APA Centre, the focalLOCA pointTION of what’s becoming a national organisation to co-ordinate, facilitate and Delta Soccer Dome Party advocate for the inclusion of people with Give your child the best birthday EVER by booking a kid’s football party. disabilities in sport, physical activity and Our parties will provide you with 90 physical education. minutes of fun-packed football on our state of the art Astro-turf pitches. 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Delta Karting Delta Adventure City reserved from On behalf of the steering committee, our congratulations to Pat 10am - 6pm Mon - Fri and Tel: 061 603603 Tel: 061 423994 10am - 12pm Sat & Sun Flanagan, Niamh Daffy, Ursula Barrett and the management and staff of IT Tralee, both past and present. The CARA centre is aLimerick testament Printing (061) 422300 to LOCATION more than a dozen years of their vision and hard work. Long may it prosper. Delta Soccer Dome Party Have a great summer! Give your child the best birthday EVER by booking a kid’s football party. Best regards, Our parties will provide you with 90 minutes of fun-packed football on our Niall O’Flynn state of the art Astro-turf pitches. Not only RTE Producer/Director &are CARA our pitches Steering private and secure,Committee our Member child friendly playing surface means there will be no muddy kits! 7 Indoor Astro Turf Pitches Please call us on 061-444455 For more information 2 Indoor Tennis Courts Parties: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Soccer parties cost 15 per child Delta Soccer Dome is located in Delta Soccer, Rugby and GAA Foreword . .( 13. off . peak) . 2 Retail Park, Ballysimon, Limerick City. (Minimum of 8 children required) Training Facilities A Note from CARA . Training. Pitches:. 3 Please contact us on 061-444455 Kids Parties Local Sports Partnershipto Programmediscuss availability . 4 Camp Abilities Ireland Badminton:. 12 Please contact us on Delta Soccer Dome, Delta Retail Park, National Sports Organisations061-444455 . 14 Ballysimon, Limerick City. to discuss availability Tel: 061 444455 Mob: 085 7028597 IT Tralee APA Programme5 A . Side. Soccer . 18 Email: [email protected] www.deltasoccerdome.com • 60.00 per hour peak time NLN Sporting Chance Programme(6pm - 11pm Monday .to F.riday). 20 • 50.00 per hour off peak time Front cover picture: Scott Hillard (Belfast Trailblazers), Dani Weldon St . Joseph’s Centre for the(10am Visually - 6pm Monday Impaired to Friday) . 21 & Emmett Daly ( Midlands United) at the recent Association of Irish • 50.00 per hour Sat & Sun. Participants Profile . 23 Powerchair Football (AIPF) Cup in the University of Limerick. Indoor Tennis • 24 per court per hour. Tennis courts may only be Delta Karting Delta Adventure City | 2 reserved from CARA FOCUS • ISSUE 7 2011 10am - 6pm Mon - Fri and Tel: 061 603603 Tel: 061 423994 10am - 12pm Sat & Sun Limerick Printing (061) 422300 events organised for both children and adults with disabili- ties and the skill of all participants involved. A note from CARA It’s been a busy few months for CARA. The 2nd CampA- bilities Ireland was held in April which was an outstanding success. The 4th National APA Conference organised in association with IT Tralee and the Irish Sports Council was held in May with the official launch of the CARA APA Centre by Minister Jimmy Deenihan and CEO of the Irish Sports Council Mr John Treacy. As we’ wind down’ from these successful events we slowly begin to ‘wind up’ with our planning for the European Congress of APA which will take place in Ireland next May. Last week, along we colleagues from the APA stream at IT Tralee, I travelled to the Interna- tional Symposium of APA in Paris where we presented on APA developments in Ireland and in particular the Sports CARA APA Centre launch Inclusion Disability Programme in the Local Sports Partner- ships. Many international experts were impressed by the I must begin by congratulating Special Olympic Team Ireland structures we have here in Ireland and in particular the prac- who had an outstanding performance at the 2011 Special tical participation opportunities which have developed as a Olympics World Summer Games , recording a number of result of national coordination via the Irish Sports Council personal best records and winning a total of 107 Medals and and the CARA Centre and local provision through the Sports dozens of place ribbons in 12 sports. Inclusion Disability Programme. A structure which many Along with the excitement of the Summer Games there has are very interested in learning more about when they attend been a number of exciting developments throughout Ireland the European Conference here in 2012. over the last number of months. Only a few weeks ago It’s with great pleasure that I welcome Liam McDonough I stopped off in Limerick to view the Powerchair Football as the National Training and Education Officer to the CARA National Cup event at the UL Sports Arena. It was really Centre. I would like to thank everyone who contributed to impressive to see the changes that have occurred in the sport this edition. in only a few years, now with a national association, 10 Special thanks to Patrick Flanagan and Peter Bounds for clubs and a National Team in preparations for a world cup putting this edition together. this year. Just a short drive away in the Delta Soccer Dome, soccer for children with vision impairments and wheelchair Have a wonderful summer... basketball was taking place. Coming away from Limerick Niamh Daffy, Manager CARA APA Centre that day, one could only be enthused by the quality of the National Training and Education Developments I would just like to ments in Inclusive Coach Education (linked with Coaching re-introduce myself in Ireland) Inclusive Leisure Centres (linked with ILAM/NCEF), my new role for those of Inclusive Physical Education and Inclusive Games. you who know me and While this is a National role, as the National Training and introduce myself to those Education Officer I will also represent CARA in projects that do not, my name is in Europe and further afield. Through the APAVET project, Liam Mc Donough and CARA and IT Tralee is involved in the adapting the current I have taken up the role EIPET resource designed to train PE teachers in APE. These of the National Training adaptions will help make the resource usable for other and Education Officer in sports related courses such as Sports Science, Sports and the CARA National APA Recreation, Leisure management and Rehabilitation. This Centre. I have previously resource is already being used in colleges and universities been the SIDO for Kerry across Europe and with our Europe partners we aim to roll it Recreation and Sports Partnership and Limerick City Sports out across the world. Partnership. I am very excited about the National Training and Education One of the key areas of the National Training and Educa- Officer Role and feel it is a great opportunity to capitalize on tion Officer role will be coordinating, facilitating, devel- the massive talent we have in Ireland working with people oping and promoting cost effective training and education with disabilities in the sports, recreation, physical activity workshops for coaches/instructors/teachers/para-educators/ and physical education settings.