Local school children celebrate National Paralympic Day with Gold Medallist Helena Lucas
485 views · Published 9 September 2013 · 1:41 · Indexed 21 October 2026
Channel: Royal Yachting Association - RYA · 2013 · Sports
http://www.rya.org.uk/sailability It was all smiles as local schoolchildren celebrated National Paralympic Day by sailing with London 2012 Paralympic gold medallist, Helena Lucas, at the Poole Yacht Club today (Saturday 7 September). A total of 10 invited youngsters from Montacute Special School in Poole and St Catherine's Primary School in Wimborne enjoyed an hour's taster session in beautiful sunshine on Poole Harbour with Rockley Watersports, in conjunction with RYA Sailability and the 2013 2.4mR World Championships. Helena, who made history by becoming the first female Paralympic gold medallist in the 2.4mR class, is one of the British sailing stars competing at 2013 2.4mR World Championships being hosted at Poole YC this week, and as well as enjoying time afloat with the youngsters, she spent time answering their questions while they also got the chance to see and hold the London 2012 gold medal she won exactly one year ago. Read the full article: http://www.rya.org.uk/newsevents/news/Pages/SmilesafloatonNationalParalympicDay.aspx
