Hello MWABA,
This week our Thursday ride will be in Bethesda at 6, please sign up by Tuesday here:
https://forms.gle/ACCzuqEMEZq34Nog8
Come to Goalball on March 30 at 10 AM, at the Columbia Heights community Center.
Spread the word about, and sign up for, New Tandem Captain Training!
As we start up our weeknight tandem rides, we will hold a training session for new captains on Thursday, April 4. As always, we can use help from experienced stokers willing to ride with new captains and experienced captains willing to share their tips and tricks with those new to tandem cycling. If you’d like to help out on April 4, please sign up at the link below. We could also use your help in spreading the word about this event to your friends, colleagues and social media networks by circulating the blurb below:
Cyclists Needed! Learn how to be a tandem captain with the Metro Washington Association of Blind Athletes (MWABA)! Come to a training on April 4, co-hosted by MWABA and the Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA) at the Eastern Market Metro. Stop by anytime between 5:30-7:30 PM to try out tandem biking and experience the fun and camaraderie of tandems! MWABA provides the tandem bikes and trains interested captains and stokers. We ride on Thursday nights, alternating between meeting in Eastern Market and riding on the Anacostia Trail; and meeting in Bethesda and riding on the Capital Crescent Trail. We also do weekend rides. We can set up separate trainings for people who aren’t available on the 4th. Sign up at
https://forms.gle/3jp1Yfzp39UoEQ5H7
to join us for the April 4th training, or to express interest in cycling with us even if that date doesn’t work for you. Email: mwaba.inc if you have any questions.
Erwin Ramirez, is working with So Kids SOAR, Washington Spirit, and DC Soccer Club to organize an adaptive soccer clinic with a blind soccer focus this year. We have confirmed Thursday April 4th from 6 – 7:30PM at MacArthur High School in Northwest Washington DC. They are hoping you can attend in the inaugural implementation of a blind soccer component in SKS’s adaptive clinics. More information is to come but if you are interested in registering, please RSVP at the link below.
https://forms.gle/wmVWW2LLBtT5C5Pw7
To learn more about So Kids SOAR, please visit: Home | So Kids Soar | Empowering Youth with Disabilities
For more information, contact Erwin at
irwineramirez or 718-354-6878.
Camping Trip Sign-Up: We’ve received funding from the Adventure Cycling Association for the trip! Sign up for our tandem bike camping trip by April 15th. The trip will be June 21st-23rd at the Marsden Tract on the C&O Canal near Great Falls, Maryland. Our rain date is August 23rd-25th. We’ll leave, probably from the Bethesda area, around 10 AM on Friday. If some people can only come for one night, they’ll leave on Saturday around 10 AM. Tandem pairs can either do a 15ish mile route or a 30ish mile route to the campsite. Everyone will bike back from the campsite on Sunday. Sign up if you want to join on a tandem or if you can drive with the group’s gear. Family members or friends may be able to join on single bikes if we have space. During the camping trip, participants can hike at Great Falls, bike on the C&O Canal or around Poolesville, and/or do activities at the campground. Please sign up here:
https://forms.gle/M33nnZfCDrjjAovF6
We’ll try to accommodate everyone who signs up by April 15th, and we’ll create a waitlist if the trip is full. Let us know if you have any questions or want to discuss with one of the organizers, or if you’d like us to hold an in-person or virtual information session. We’ll also do a camping and bike maintenance skillshare on June 15th. We might organize an additional advanced bike trip in the early fall depending on interest.
See you out there!
Metro Washington Association of Blind Athletes
Sports and fun for everyone!
https://gomwaba.org