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12 The Link Magazine • August 2000
On a roll for a grand day out
Swindon's sports children put in magnificent performances at the
area heats of the Millennium Youth Games for Wilts, Dorset and
Swindon on 25 and 26 June and won eleven of the 19 team and
individual events.
Eighty youngsters from the town resent Swindon in competitions for
will join 7,000 other eleven to six- children with disabilities in foot-
teen years olds from around the ball and swimming.
country at the grand finals from 17 Gladys Barr, organiser of the
to 20 August in Southampton, heat held in Swindon, said, the
sponsored by McArthur Glen. weekend was a tremendous suc-
Teams from Crowdys Hill and cess and local children did the town
Uplands special schools will rep- proud."
Danny Slujavas and Mark Winton, centre, two of the six youngsters from
Uplands special school who will swim for the town at the finals in the special
needs section, with from left, Gladys Barr, swimming coordinator Ruth
Dalrymple-Smith and class teacher Mark Bollam