Henshaws hail victorious at Special Olympics

Students from Henshaws College raised the bar at this year’s regional Special Olympics Athletics, winning an astounding 35 medals.

Team Henshaws were quick off the mark at the regional Yorkshire and Humberside event in Barnsley, with each member taking home a medal – 11 of which were gold. Eight participants even broke their own personal records.

The Henshaws students undertook frequent training to ensure they were in ship-shape condition for the event. The college integrates regular physical activity into the students’ learning programmes to maximise the benefits of exercise.

The college is part of Henshaws Society for Blind, which provides a range of educational, residential, day-care and community services for visually-impaired and disabled people of all ages.

Special Olympics is a global non-profit organisation targeting the nearly 200 million people round the world who have intellectual disabilities. The organisation provides year round sports training and competition in over 23 Olympic-type sports for competitors aged 8 and over.

The Henshaws results were: