Yes - It's Official!

Cory has been selected to Team BC to compete at Special Olympics' National Winter Games in Jasper, Alberta next March.

That is what he has been working towards since 2007 - get to the National Games for a chance to qualify for the World Games to be held in Pyeongchang, Korea 2013.

Cory knows that he has had a lot of help all along the way. Thanks to everyone with the VASS Blue Streaks - especially Coach Roy Sperling.

Also thanks to Whistler Adaptive Sports Programs: Chelsey Walker, Sammy Kent, Luke Hadley, and Chris Kent.

Thanks too to Bob Vial of Hurricane Ski Camps as well as Rob Boyd at Whistler Mountain Ski Club.

With help from all of you, Cory has passed into the next stage and can now set his sights on his next goal - Korea 2013!

The Waiting Continues....

Cory was told a couple of weeks ago that the announcement about the composition of Team BC was going to be made within a couple of days. Then an email announced a one week delay, yet here he is still waiting to hear whether he will compete at Special Olympics' National Winter Games in Jasper, Alberta in March 2012. The Winter Games are only held every 4 years, and they are a qualifier for the World Games to held in Korea in 2013. So he's anxious to hear.

He did compete of course in the National Summer Games in 2010 in London, Ontario, in 5 Pin Bowling.

So a quick trip back to August 2009, when he learned he'd been selected to go to London...we'd put the letter from Special Olympics British Columbia inside a menu at a local restaurant. While it takes him a long time to open the envelope, his reaction was worth the wait....



There won't be quite the same surprise this time since his 3 Gold Medals at the Provincials back in March qualified him as the best skier in Special Olympics BC, and it appears he will find out via the SOBC website, but we'll update as soon as we hear.

Hopefully by the end of this week.