Congratulations go to David Corr, a regular skier at Pendle, who has just returned back from his first ever Special Olympics event held in Pila, Italy. David was one of the youngest, of the 73 competitors, taking part in the event for the first time. He even met up with Graham Bell from Ski Sunday, a Special Olympics GB Ambassador, who attended to inspire the athletes taking part.
The event saw competitors from throughout the UK taking part to win medals and the chance to represent Great Britain at Special Olympics World Winter Games in Pyeong Chang, South Korea. David competed in the advance catergories in the down hill and giant slalom, achieving third place podium positions despite skiing against some skiers almost three times his age.
In his favourite event of slalom David put in a fantastic performance, although was he carrying so much speed and unfortunately missed the final gate, so his time did not count. Nevertheless, he has made us all very proud and given us a chance of another Olympian in our club.
You can read further details about the event at Snowsport England and The Lancashire Evening Post.