Full Transcript:
Pete:
Meet Riley Robinson.
Riley:
Not only are we trying to start a whole new court in a country where there hasn’t really been any of this, but we’re trying to do this during a pandemic. We’re trying to get people from Kentucky and people from Missouri, and Illinois and all of these places-
Jeff:
Minnesota.
Riley:
Minnesota, yes.
Pete:
And Brittany Montgomery.
Brittany:
I want to bring it here not only as a game just for fun, but to also create a whole cross-cultural aspect to it as well, because this is a very big international sport.
Pete:
With the idea of bringing a hugely popular international sport, blind cricket, to the United States, beginning with raising awareness about the sport-
Riley:
It is less intense than like, your goal ball type game, you know. You’re not getting balls slammed in your face. I was reading about cricket and they say, you know, it’s a gentleman’s game.
Pete:
-and how it’s played-
British blind cricket player:
It’s a small, almost like a tennis-sized white ball, which has ball bearings in, which allows blind and partially sighted people to hear the ball. It’s a very hard plastic ball, and it sounds like an annoying baby’s rattle-
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-and that is what it sounds like.
Pete:
Two ambitious and enthusiastic young ladies, with a dream of planting the seed for a new sport in the midwestern United States, that may soon grow to a national phenomenon.
Riley:
Even if you know, we only get a few people from each state, we would practice on our own and then come together as a team, as a full team, Midwest team.
Pete:
-and more.
Brittany:
Because if we could be recognized by the World Blind Cricket Council, and be a member, they have about 10 members now, 10 different countries, that would give people the opportunity to travel internationally, like how cool is that?
Riley:
All of it’s about building this awareness for an exchange here. Hopefully we can start off the season with a lot of interest and a lot of people wanting to come out and try playing blind cricket.
Jeff:
Your Twitter feed again is @blindcricketmw?
Brittany:
And then the email, blind.cricketmw@gmail.com.
Pete:
So, if you live in the midwestern United States and you have any interest, reach out to Brittany and Riley. And now let’s join Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities studios, and welcome our guests, Brittany Montgomery and Riley Robinson.
Jeff:
Welcome to Blind Abilities, I’m Jeff Thompson. Today in the studio we have two people who are bringing blind cricket to the United States. One is from Indiana, and that’s Brittany Montgomery, the other is from Ohiley- Ohiley, I was trying to say Riley at the same time. And one is from Ohio, and that’s Riley Robinson. Brittany, how are you doing?
Brittany:
Great! How are you?
Jeff:
Good, and Riley?
Riley:
I’m doing good.
Jeff:
Well, thanks for taking the time out of your day to come onto Blind Abilities and talk about this new sport, it’s never been here before, and you guys are initiating a presence of Blind Cricket in the United States.
Brittany:
Absolutely.
Riley:
Thanks for having us.
Jeff:
Tell us a little bit about the game, and what got you interested in Blind Cricket.
Brittany: Well, I’ve travelled a lot to various countries, and I’ve seen how passionate blind people are about this sport, they talk about it, they play it in their backyards, I’ve often said that even children at the blind school will roll up pieces of paper and use shoes for the bats to play in their room. They’re extremely passionate about it, and I actually got married back in 2018 to a Pakistani who is an international blind cricket player since 2008.
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British man:
Cricket, a common sight in Pakistan. This is a game with a difference, players here are blind or partially sighted. So far there have been three blind world cups, and Pakistan has won two of them. And in this cricket-mad country, playing this sport has helped the players integrate into society, though there is still some way to go in a country where the disabled are sometimes marginalized.
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Brittany:
When he moved to the US at the end of 2019, you know, he kind of lost his passion, because it’s not here, and so the whole idea behind it was to bring that dream here to the US, so he could, you know, play it, and we could get other people involved who have missed that opportunity to play it here. One other really major thing is that my idea is I want to bring it here not only as a game, just for fun, but to also create a whole cross-cultural aspect to it as well, because this is a very big international sport and you have several different countries playing around the world, and I just think that this would create a really good cross-cultural aspect to it, and even create travel opportunities for people, which could create independence for blind individuals as well.
Jeff:
Great. How about you, Riley?
Riley:
So, for me, we kind of have to go back. So, Brittany and I have been best friends since we were in early middle school probably. I’m actually originally from Indiana, and moved to Ohio two years ago in June, so it’s been a little over two years. Since moving to Ohio, I’ve gotten very involved in blind sports, and I used to be involved in blind sports quite a bit in high school, and part of the swim team, and track team, and then my senior year of high school I actually played goal ball, and kind of realized how much I enjoyed team sports, that team aspect of playing a game where you’re not just an individual trying to do things, you’re actually communicating with a team, and so when I moved to Ohio, I reached out to the blind soccer team that’s getting started here. I’ve been a part of the Columbus blind soccer team for a couple of years now, and when Brittany and Mujib, her husband, had this idea of starting a cricket team, I was all in. I mean, it was one of those things where pretty much any sport that I hear about I’m down to play, and it was the same with hockey, I’ve tried blind hockey a couple of times, and so for me it’s very much that motivation of a love of blind sports, and wanting to bring something new and different, and I already know, because I’m already involved in blind sports here, I know of a lot of people who would be interested in trying something new and trying something different, it just really worked out. It was something we could definitely bring to the visually impaired community here, as well. And so, that’s when we really kind of got together and thought well, we could bring it to Indiana, we could bring it to Ohio, and really work together on this and that’s kind of where my motivation started.
Jeff:
Yeah, you’re bringing it to the United States, but this isn’t anything new. There’s been five world cups throughout the world, as you said, it’s a huge international sport, the blind cricket-
Riley:
Absolutely.
Jeff:
And so, bringing it here just seems like a commonsense thing to do, and with your interest in sports, I’m glad you’re doing that. Can you give just a little bit of what cricket is about? Baseball’s kind of spawned off of it, you know, you’ve got a bat, and you’ve got a bowler, like a pitcher.
Riley:
Yeah. I do want to preface this by saying we are the bringers of this, we’re not necessarily the ones who really know who to play the game super well, because this is more of a passion project that we picked up, but at the same time, there are a few very experienced players in Indiana who have helped coach us and teach us parts of the game, so we’re going to kind of give the best that we can on how to play the game, because we’re still learning as we go. A lot of people compare it to beep-ball, I mean, because it’s somewhat similar, but it is very different. So, you have your batter, and you have your bowler. The bowler will pitch the ball, and you have a wicket, or a stump, next to you. If you’re the batter-
Brittany:
Little behind you, a little bit, too.
Riley:
Little bit behind you, yeah. You are trying to protect your wicket from the ball hitting your wicket, as well as batting the ball. So, you kind of have two jobs as the batter, to protect your wicket and also bat the ball. And then, as far as the bowler, the bowler’s job is to get it to where you can bat it, but their main job is to try and hit that wicket. So, each person kind of has two jobs. And then I’m gonna let Brittany kind of explain-
Brittany:
Well, and then of course you have your fielders. In total you have 11 people on a team, so-
Riley:
11, mm-hm.
Brittany:
-the rest are in the field, and then when the ball is out in the field, you have someone who’ll catch the ball, and have to run to the wicket and touch the ball on the wicket in order to get the runners, people who are running to get them out.
Riley:
And you have to run back and forth. A run is basically going from one wicket or stump to the other wicket or stump. And you can do that multiple times, just until one of the fielders is able to hit the wicket, and that kind of, I believe-
Brittany:
And the other thing about the game is that it is played, like, underhanded. So, you’re not actually throwing the ball when you’re batting, you’re actually, basically, you’re squatting down when you’re batting. So, you’re not actually standing and swinging the bat in the air, and nor are you throwing the ball in the air. It doesn’t beep, it has metal bearings in it, so as the ball is rolling, you can hear it.
Jeff:
Cool, that’s similar to like, blind hockey, it has bearings in the puck to make that sound when it moves.
Brittany:
Mm-hm.
Riley:
Yeah. Blind soccer’s very similar, it’s not a beeping ball either, so there’s a lot of times where you kind of lose the ball and have to go find it and things like that, because it doesn’t constantly beep. That is a bit of a difference to-
Brittany:
I was gonna say, the other thing about- that I think is really cool about blind cricket as far as the ball is concerned is I feel like you actually are categorized as being a good batter based on how great you are at listening for the ball, because honestly, like, if a ball is in the air and it’s beeping, you can’t really determine where it is-
Riley:
Exactly.
Brittany:
It’s more of a timing strategy. That’s another thing, like, when you hear the ball rolling you know how close it is coming to you, so you know when to swing that bat as opposed to if a ball is beeping in the air, it’s too difficult to judge.
Riley:
It comes down to the pitcher in a lot of cases, and that’s why in beep-ball, you have a pitcher from the same team, because it comes down to the pitcher and the batter being able to work together to get the timing right to be able to hit the ball whereas in cricket, the bowler is not on your team. It really is up to the batter to listen for that ball, protect the wicket, make sure that the ball doesn’t hit the wicket and you’re able to bat it at the same time, and your bowler is not on your side.
Brittany:
You mentioned that it’s kind of like blind hockey in the sense that there are bearings in it, it’s also the same as far as the categories, you have your B1, B2 and B3 categories in blind cricket, just like you do in blind hockey. That’s also really nice, is that it’s a team full of visually impaired people, there are no sighted people in blind cricket.
Jeff:
I think it’s great that you’re giving people a chance to experience this game, I mean it’s new, basically, to the United States. Like you said, other people like sports, they like to play games, and so I think it’s a good thing that you got people experienced actually coming together and trying to build this. How are you reaching out to people?
Brittany:
When this initially got started, we actually created a meeting through Zoom, on June 6th, and the way we did this was we picked out three international guests. We had one from South Africa, one from England, and one from Pakistan, a woman player actually. They came in and we picked out some representatives from our end that we felt would be good to help us, you know, organize this, or at least bring ideas to the table. Each international guest spoke about their involvement in cricket, their greatest achievements, and why they would like to see it brought to other countries, particularly the United States.
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NFB Indiana spokesman:
Welcome to NFB of Indiana, today we are covering the topic of blind cricket. Today is June 6th, 2020, my name is Mike [unintelligible]. Today I’m just gonna turn it over to our host who is working actively to start a blind cricket team in the United States. At this point I will turn it over to Brittany Montgomery.
Brittany:
Alright, you guys, so thank you all for coming, I’m very excited about this. I just want to let you know that the meeting will be split up into about 10 minutes each for international guests, and then another 15 minute Q&A session, and then the last 15 minutes will be an opportunity to reflect on actionable steps that we could take to bring cricket here.
British blind cricket player:
You guys could be an integral part of something that could be really quite special. When this project takes off, you are all gonna be trailblazers. And don’t forget, this is actually happening during a pandemic, so, yeah, thank you for having me. Let me talk to you about cricket. Now, cricket, there are a lot of rules, I’m not going to be able to cover all of them but I’m gonna go through some of the basics of blind cricket. So blind cricket is comprised of a team of 11 players, you have a minimum of four B1s, these are players who are totally blind, and wear blacked-out shades. You then have four B2s, these are partially blind players who can see up to five degrees. Then you have your partially sighted players, who are B3s, and can see less than 20 degrees in the better eye. The major difference with this game is obviously the ball, it’s a small, almost like a tennis-sized white ball that has ball bearings in, which allows blind and partially sighted people to hear the ball. It’s a very hard plastic ball, and it sounds like an annoying baby’s rattle, but I welcome the sound right now.
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And that is what it sounds like. The game actually follows the MCC rules, so a lot of the rules are similar. However, where the game differs is for some of the categories. So, a B1 player is obviously totally blind, however, our runs, everything we score is doubled. We can actually take a catch on one bounce. The ball has to bounce twice before it reaches the batsman or batswoman. The other thing that you do in blind cricket is, how does a batsman know you’re about to bowl, so you say “Ready, Batsman,” and then as you release the ball, you say “Play.” There are several ways of getting out in blind cricket, and they follow the mainstream game.
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Brittany:
One of the most challenging things about bringing it here is creating awareness. That is the most challenging part, because you think about other countries, bringing blind cricket to some of these other countries, let’s say Pakistan for example, it was pretty easy in the sense that it was already a very, very, very popular sport. In the sighted aspect, people were already familiar with cricket as a game. Here, sometimes people don’t even know what cricket is at all.
Riley:
Yeah, literally. They’ll say “What is that? I don’t even know what this is,” and you know, sometimes people just have no idea, no clue. We just had to approach it in a way as, what does it really matter what it is? I mean, we’ll teach you what it is, it’s a new game to play.
Brittany:
But it’s also hard to get, you know, it’s hard to get people, some people are like “Well, I don’t know what that is, I don’t really want to come out and play-”
Riley:
“It sounds boring, it sounds like golf.”
Brittany:
Yeah. It’s like, you’re trying to explain it, you just have to play it, you know. It’s trying to, like, explain an entire book without giving it away, I mean, just read it!
Jeff:
There you go or get out and play it. Yeah.
Brittany:
Yeah, yeah. We actually hosted a demonstration day back on July 26th, here in Indianapolis at the Indy World Sports Park. Some of the members from Ohio came down and that was a lot of fun, that was really fun, we got a lot of videos and audio, and interviewed people after they would do it. We gave them a chance to bat and bowl, and fielding, and-
Riley:
That was a very good time, and we were definitely able to generate some interest, and pretty much everyone who came to that event said it was very enjoyable, they really had a good time, they would be interested in continuing to play. We were also, well, planning everything right in the middle of this whole COVID thing, and that has been a struggle in and of itself, because when you’re planning in the middle of a pandemic, you have to make sure everything is safe, and everything is up to par in terms of safety and making sure everything’s good there, and hoping that people are still going to show up, and letting them know that, yes, this is still going to be socially distanced, it’s going to be safe. We have precautions in place. That was, you know, another hurdle that we really had to overcome with trying to get this off the ground, so not only are we trying to start a whole new sport from scratch, in a country where there hasn’t really been any of this, but we are trying to do this during a pandemic.
Brittany:
Yeah, we’re trying to gather up people from, like, the blind schools or from, you know, rehabilitation centers, and they won’t allow you into the building at the moment, or they’ve got-
Riley:
Right.
Brittany:
Yeah, their guidelines are very strict, or their client capacity is very- maybe 50%-
Riley:
Low.
Brittany:
Yeah, so it’s just, that’s been really challenging, is just trying to get people interested and get them out there, so at this point I mean, our best approach is just to set up Zoom meetings and to just create that awareness, do interviews whenever we have the opportunity to, create a YouTube channel, which we’re working on, with different interviews on that, and different videos that we had from the demonstration event, just hope that, you know, in 2021, which March would be a good time to start the new season, hope that that is more successful in that regard.
Jeff:
Oh yeah, I mean, I’m glad that you guys came on here, you know, because on Blind Abilities we can get it out to our listeners to help build that awareness that you’re going to need. How can they get ahold of you?
Riley:
There are two main ways. So, we do have a Twitter, that’s BlindCricket- I had to think about it for a second, blindcricketmw, for midwest, the @ symbol of course, and then Brittany just mentioned this, you know, if people are really curious about how the game is played and all of these types of things, or any questions that they might have, you can email blind.cricketmw@gmail.com, and that’s our main email address. Those are the two main ways, and then we’re trying to plan Zoom meetings and things like this that we will start getting out to people as well, to continue trying to foster this interest and awareness going into the 2021 season.
Brittany:
And we do have a few Zoom meetings that have already been recorded previously where, like that one I told you about on June 6th with the international guests, so if anybody’s interested in getting information about these international guests. They’re also very open in getting in contact as well, and they’ll take any, you know, questions that anyone has, and we can provide these links as well, and they did provide their contact information in these interviews, so if anyone reaches out to us, we can also provide that information to them as well.
Jeff:
Well, it’s great that you two have shown such a great interest in the blind cricket, and it’s gonna be a heck of a challenge to get something started, especially with the pandemic going, but you guys are going forward with it, building awareness, I applaud what your efforts are doing, and I’m glad to be part of helping to build the awareness about blind cricket here in the United States, so good job to both of you.
Riley:
Thank you so much, we really do appreciate it.
Brittany:
We really do, yeah, and also just want to really put emphasis on the fact that the international community that we’ve been in contact with have been extremely helpful, and just very supportive and motivating, you know, I would like to just thank them again, very very much, because that equipment that we got, they’ve got brand new equipment that was actually sponsored by the Pakistan Cricket Council, and that actually arrived 10 days before our demonstration event, which we were concerned about, it was a challenge for them trying to get that shipped from Pakistan here to the US, because they had a lot of things that were, you know, shut down and blocked also because of the pandemic so that was super exciting, super exciting.
Riley:
I just want to kind of also say thank you to our international people. We’ve just had so much, even on our Twitter, just everybody has been constantly sharing what we have to say, and we have so many people who’ve reach out from England, from South Africa, from Pakistan, from just all over the place, India, you know, we’ve had people say “If you need help with anything, if you need anything at all, we’re here,” and there’s just been nothing but support for what we’re trying to do from those who already play the game and want to see it grow.
Brittany:
So, one of the challenges is you cannot get the balls here, maybe in the future, you know, we’ll be able to figure that out.
Jeff:
I need you to describe something though.
Brittany and Riley:
Mm-hm?
Jeff: The bat is not like an American baseball bat.
Brittany and Riley:
No.
Jeff:
Not at all. It’s more like a paddle.
Riley:
Yeah, it’s flat. It’s flat on one side, and kind of rounded, it’s like a half cylinder, almost, and you can just lay it down flat on the ground and they’re not- the bats that we got, they’re not light bats, they’re, you know, you’d think it would be a lighter bat than what it is for hitting such a small, light ball, you know, but it’s definitely not, you can really smack that ball because it’s not a light bat at all. Very interesting.
Jeff:
Well, that’s great. So, if anybody that’s out there wants to smack that little ball around-
Riley:
Exactly.
Jeff:
-give them a call.
Riley:
And bowling, bowling is really fun. If you’re a good bowler in general, just a good bowler like in a bowling alley, you’d be a good bowler in cricket, because that’s pretty much how you’d throw your ball. You’re literally bowling it, so if you want to go do some bowling…
Jeff:
That actually sounds a lot better to me, because when someone says “Here, let me toss this to you,” I flinch, like no, no, don’t toss. I don’t like tossing. Bowling, that’s alright, yeah.
Riley:
Yeah, well, it’s not like a goal ball either, I mean, you’re not really, I think that’s part of the charm of cricket. It is an intense game, and I don’t want to discount that, it’s very strategic, dynamic, it has a lot going for it, but it’s also, it is less intense than like, your goal ball-type game, you know, you’re not getting balls slammed in your face, or you know, something like this, it’s- I was reading about cricket, and they say, you know, it’s a gentleman’s game, I mean, that’s kind of-
Jeff:
A gentleman’s game.
Riley:
You know, so if you’re kind of looking for something a little less intense but is still, like, very competitive, blind cricket’s the way to go.
Jeff:
I like that, it’s a gentleman’s game.
Riley:
Yes!
Jeff:
So, the patrons attending can be sipping their champagne and their hors d’oeuvres, watching the game.
Riley:
You can go out in your khakis and your golf shirt and be, you know, good to go.
Jeff:
Yeah, so, the equipment actually for a person to play, it’s very inexpensive, I mean there’s a bat, and the wicket- they call them bales?
Riley:
Wickets or stumps.
Jeff:
Stumps.
Riley:
Mm-hm.
Jeff:
So, they’ve got the stumps, and that’s it.
Riley:
And the balls. Mm-hm.
Jeff:
Yeah. So, for someone interested in it, and they have a team, they can just join in and just use the bat and the equipment there.
Riley:
Right now, we’re kind of trading equipment because as Brittany said, the Pakistan Blind Cricket Council gave us equipment and I mean, it’s a good amount of equipment for both teams. If Indiana wanted to start a little part of the team and Ohio wanted to start a part of the team, because that’s what we’re trying to do, is even if, you know, we only get a few people from each state, we would practice on our own and then come together as a team, as a full team, midwest team, and that’s why we’re trying to get people from Kentucky, and people from you know, Missouri, and Illinois, and all these places-
Jeff:
Minnesota, Minnesota.
Riley:
Minnesota! Yes, it is still considered midwest. So, all you Minnesota listeners out there.
Jeff:
If they know what a hotdish is, they can join.
Riley:
Yes, very true.
Brittany:
Another thing I want to mention, Jeff, that’s so exciting, is that we were worried that we weren’t gonna be able to get our equipment in time for the demonstration day, but we were so determined to do this that we actually found a way to get stumps made, the wickets made here, so we got all the dimensions and I actually got in contact with somebody who owned a welding shop, and they actually made the stumps for us.
Jeff:
Oh, wow!
Brittany:
They’re not painted yet. We would have to paint them, because the stumps from Pakistan actually, you know, like I said, came in time, but that was really fun, that was a fun project. I just wanted to see if we could do it, like let’s just do it, like why not?
Riley:
Let’s just try.
Brittany:
Yeah, and I mean, it worked. They’re like proper and everything, I mean, the only thing about the ones that we got made is they were meant to be stuck into the ground as opposed to the ones that we got from Pakistan, they actually just sit on the ground, like flat.
Jeff:
Oh, wow.
Brittany:
But we can fix that, I mean, we can always just modify that a bit and have them all the same way, that wouldn’t be difficult, creating a base for it. And then also, my husband and I were just like let’s go to the store and see if we can make our own ball, so we did a- we actually found- he thought it was a ball, it was like some plastic toy thing and we opened it, opened eight different ways, this thing was weird, I don’t even know what was inside of them, but anyways, we took whatever was inside of them out, and then we got some BBs, metal BBs, and put them in there and went ahead and sealed it all back together, and I mean that thing actually worked, like we hit it multiple times, it never broke. We still have it.
Jeff:
Oh, wow.
Brittany:
Yeah, and we actually were gonna use it on the demonstration day, if our equipment didn’t come in time, I mean, that was the best we could do, I mean it wasn’t 100% accurate of course, but you could hear it, it sounded great, it rolled, it, I mean, and you could hit it really hard and it did not break, so that was so fun, it was so fun, doing that. Just to see if we could do it! Why not?
Jeff:
A little bit of determination and perseverance and look what you guys are doing already. Good luck.
Riley:
And for any Ohio listeners out there, Columbus, Cincinnati, if you want to drive there, we are planning a small demonstration day in November, but it’ll be indoors, because weather gets pretty nasty around November. That is another thing we’re planning to do, just to do a small demonstration here in Ohio just because we haven’t done one yet, a chance to kind of bat and bowl and do a little bit of fielding inside, it won’t be the same, but basically to say, you know, this is what it is, and hopefully you’ll be excited to start our outdoor season in March.
Jeff:
So that’s great, because, you know, someone can actually come out there and get their feet wet, get a taste of it, see what it’s like, you know, hopefully get an interest, and you know, like you said, building the awareness of blind cricket.
Riley:
Yep. All of it’s about building this awareness for next year. Hopefully we can start off the season with a lot of interest and a lot of people wanting to come out and try playing blind cricket.
Brittany:
Because if we could be recognized by the World Blind Cricket Council, and be a member, they have about 10 members now, 10 different countries, that would give people the opportunity to travel internationally, like how cool is that? Like, I don’t know, I mean, I’m crazy about international travel, and other cultures, and it’s like a passion of mine, so I’m super excited, but I know a lot of people would be really motivated by that.
Riley:
Exactly, and what’s the- I mean, how cool would it be to get a team together and you know, in 2022 or 2023, we go and travel to another country and do competitions in other countries, I mean, who knows?
Jeff:
USA, USA!
Brittany:
Yeah, I mean, that would be so fun. Just thinking about it, I want to do it now, let’s just go, come on. Come on people!
Jeff:
There you go.
Brittany:
Let’s get this started!
Jeff:
Well, Brittany, Riley, thank you so much for coming onto Blind Abilities and sharing this with us, and we’re gonna put some links in the show notes here, people, if you’re interested in it get ahold of them, and your Twitter feed again is blindcricketmw, @, with the @ sign.
Riley:
Well, they all have the @ sign, I just throw that in there, because some people don’t know Twitter too well, but most people do at this point. But yeah, it’s blindcricketmw, all one thing.
Jeff:
There we go.
Brittany:
And then the email, blind.cricketmw@gmail.com.
Jeff:
Alright, thank you very much for coming on, and you guys have a great day, and hopefully we will see you on the field. We’ll get a Minnesota team, I don’t know, we’ve got a lot of beep-ballers here, I mean, what else do they have to do sometimes, you know?
Riley:
Exactly, and it’s somewhat similar to beep-ball, if people like beep-ball, they’ll probably like cricket.
Jeff:
And like you said, they like the challenge, I think that’s what keeps them going.
Riley:
I think so too.
Jeff:
Alright.
Brittany:
Thanks for having us!
Riley:
Thank you so much Jeff!
Pete:
We’d like to thank Brittany and Riley for joining Jeff in the Blind Abilities studios and sharing their passion for bringing blind cricket to the United States. Be sure to reach out to them on Twitter or by email. And for more podcasts with a blindness perspective, be sure to check us out on the web at www.blindabilities.com. And from all of us here at Blind Abilities, through these challenging times, to you, your family, and friends, stay well, stay informed, and strong. Thank you so much for listening and have a great day.
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-Through each other’s eyes…
[Multiple voices overlapping, in unison, to form a single sentence]
…We can then begin to bridge the gap between the limited expectations, and the realities of Blind Abilities.
Jeff:
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If you reside in Minnesota, and you would like to know more about Transition Services from State Services contact Transition Coordinator Sheila Koenig by email or contact her via phone at 651-539-2361.
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