Blind Sports Australia

Blind Sports Australia (BSA; 2010+), formerly the Australian Blind Sports Federation (ABSF) was formed in 1980^[1] as the national body to coordinate sport for the blind and vision-impaired in Australia.^[2] It encourages and provides access to international competition in world blind and multi-disabled championships for sports recognised by the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA)^[1] and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).^{[citation needed]} BSA is headquartered near Melbourne.

Blind and vision impaired athletes and teams participate in national championships in athletics, cricket, equestrian, goalball, golf, judo, karate, lawn bowls, powerlifting, rowing, sailing, swimming, tandem cycling, tenpin bowling, water skiing, wrestling, and winter sports.^{[citation needed]}

Members

Member organisations

Australian Blind Bowlers Association (ABBA) since 1980
Australian Blind Cricket Council (ABCC) since 1951
Blind Golf Australia (BGA) since 1992
Goalball Australia (GA) since 1980

Member associations

The following organisations conduct national championships on behalf of the BSA:

VISACT
Blind Sporting Association of New South Wales
Blind Sport and Recreation Victoria
Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association of Queensland
Association of South Australian Blind Sporting Clubs
Association for the Blind of WA

Altogether there are 2,600 vision-impaired athletes in whose interests BSA acts at the national and international level for competition, coaching, sport psychology and program development.

BSA athletes are current world champions or world record holders in field athletics, tandem cycling, tenpin bowling, powerlifting, swimming, water skiing and alpine skiing.

References

^ ^a ^b Department of Sport, Recreation and Tourism & Australian Sport Commission 1985, p. 171
^ "Participating in Sport :: Disability Sport Agencies". Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 21 April 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2013.

Bibliography

Department of Sport, Recreation and Tourism; Australian Sport Commission (1985). Australian Sport, a profile. Canberra, Australia: Australian Government Publish Service. ISBN 0-644-03667-2.

External links

Official website

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[ASC-1] Department of Sport, Recreation and Tourism & Australian Sport Commission 1985, p. 171

[NLA_1-2] "Participating in Sport :: Disability Sport Agencies". Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 21 April 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2013.

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