Category: Achilles News (page 3)

Congratulations to Paul Cosgrave, Achilles Melbourne’s volunteer of the month for June 2019! Here’s what our members had to say about Paul:  “I want to nominate Paul for two things: Paul coordinates VI athletes wanting to run at parkrun (Gardiner’s…

By Peggy Soo Achilles members, both guides and VIPs, took a trip to Great Ocean Road on the weekend of the 18th/19th of May. Over 40 Achilles members participated in a number of events ranging from half marathon to 14km…

Penny Stevenson on left of photo guided by Pam Cook on right. Hip tether in between with a pink safety flag hanging off the tether between them A close up of the back (front facing) not showing safety pin attachments…

We are beyond proud to announce that Honorary Lifetime Member Nick Gleeson has published his first book, a memoir on his life after losing his sight at age 7 and his amazing adventures thereafter. Please read the below press release…

By Amanda KwongBoasting a flat course, tantalising for personal bests, Sunday the 2nd of July saw the 39th running of the Gold Coast Airport Marathon. Nearly 27000 registered entrants flocked to the sunny Gold Coast, which included Adam Koops, blind…

Vision Australia and Blind Sports NSW worked together to hold the “Sport, Recreation and Leisure Day” at the Vision Australia headquarters at Enfield on September 26th. The event was held to encourage Vision Australia clients, families, friends and suppliers to…

On January 11th, the inaugural Australian Para Triathlon Championships were held at Penrith’s International Regatta Centre. Although there no official Achilles teams in action, a number of Achilles members competed with considerable success. Jonathan Goerlach and his pilot Frazer Dowling won the Australian Championship…

By Peggy Soo (Achilles Melbourne Athlete with Vision Impairment)We stomp stomp stomped our way to the MCG! Brooke, Maddy, Christine and I, along with guides Jeff, Deb, Adrienne and Sarah all braved the cold and stomped around the MCG for…

On Saturday April 1st look out for a sea of yellow as Achilles members and volunteers head to local parkrun Australia events throughout Sydney.Parkruns are fun-filled, well-organised 5K races in many of Sydney’s Parks (also Australia & world wide). We’ll be joining…

On Sunday 23rd October, past and present members and friends of Achilles gathered to celebrate the Club’s 20th Anniversary.Many of the guest took part in a commemorative walk from the Art Gallery of New South Wales to Customs House at…

At our 20th Anniversary last month we gave out our first Achilles Honorary Lifetime Membership Awards.The recipients (pictured left to right) were members Nick Gleeson and Charlie McConnell who were two of our first members with disability to join Achilles…

We are super excited to launch our new Achilles shirts and singlets for members and volunteers.​We have 3 styles available – singlet (male/female), t-shirt and long-sleeve shirts. Each style has a GUIDE option which allows our volunteers to be easily…