Special Olympics Leicester
On 24th July this year 22 pupils from Abercorn School travelled to Leicester for the 2009 Special Olympics. Over 7 days, 3000 athletes competed in various events including football, basketball, athletics and swimming. The opening ceremony saw 32,000 spectators descend upon Walkers Stadium.
Abercorn School performed exceptionally well in a variety of events. Here are the results!
| Judo |
Alexander Ferrier |
Silver Mixed, silver in the team |
| Swimming |
Lewis Miller |
Silver 50m breaststroke
Bronze 50m Freestyle
7th 50m Backcrawl.
|
| Ladies Football |
Sarah Jane Taylor |
Gold medal winning team |
| Athletics |
Steven McNee |
Gold (400m), Bronze (200m) |
| Athletics |
Mark Hannah |
Gold (800), 6th shot put, 6th 200m |
| Athletics |
Philip Keen |
Gold (shot put), bronze 100m, 6th (200m) |
| Football 11s |
James Morrow
Stewart Harkins
|
Bronze medal winning team |
| Football 5s |
Robbie Shaw
Jack Roach
Edward Farquhar
Mark Wilson
Wesley Young
John Brown
|
Bronze medal winning team |
| Basketball |
Iain Souter
Thomas Cuthbertson
Daniel Campbell
Chris Duffy
|
Gold Medal winning team |
| Netball |
Jennifer Orr
Stephanie McDonald
Zoe Thomson
Eleanor Reilly
|
Silver medal winning team |