A visually impaired student at Allestree Woodlands School has succeeded in bringing the Paralympic sport of goalball to Derby. Clara Lane, 15, sampled goalball during an October half-term holiday camp in Hereford run by national charity VICTA, which provides support to children and young adults who are blind or partially sighted.
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