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In Touch: Tennis

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BBC Radio 4 - In Touch, Tennis

How visually impaired people play tennis and access to the Wimbledon Championships.

Visually impaired tennis players describe how the sport has been adapted and we discuss an initiative that allows partially sighted tennis fans to enjoy the details of Wimbledon.

Tennis has long been considered one of the hardest sports to adapt, especially if you have little or no vision. Well, it has been done and Amanda Green from Metro Blind Sport and VI tennis player herself, tells us about the history of where the adapted game came from. Amanda, along with totally blind player Monica Smith, also tell us about how it is played.
Wimbledon is in full swing and there are a couple of firsts at this year's championships. In conjunction with Vodafone and assistive technology company GiveVision, Wimbledon have been trialling wearable headsets that allow partially sighted fans at the games to view the finer details.
And The Wimbledon Foundation, the charitable arm of the championships, have teamed up with sight loss charity Merton Vision to provide eight visually impaired people with the opportunity to work in various roles throughout the championships. Alan Farrell and Nathan Maraj tell us about the kind of jobs they've been doing and what the experience has meant to them.

Presenter: Peter White
Producer: Beth Hemmings	 
Production Coordinator: Liz Poole  

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