Category: Achilles News (page 4)

The Blackmores Sydney Running Festival, which took place on 20th September, has become an iconic event in the Australian running calendar. The organisers generously let our guides run free-of-charge and this year Achilles entered 3 teams in the 9km Blackmores…

Achilles receives generous support from the organisers of Australia’s running events and we are pleased to give something back when we can.  One of the key individuals in organising the Challenge, April Palmerlee, is a great supporter of Achilles. We…

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…