Coaching for the Special Olympics Canada Winter Games, for over twenty five years, Drumheller resident Martin McSween is hoping for Team Alberta to qualify for Alpine Skiing at the 2017 World Games.
McSween is the longest serving coach working at the games. This coming March McSween will be coaching Alpine Skiing for Team Alberta at Marble Mountain Ski Resort in Corner Brook, Nfld. Marble Mountain Ski Resort is known to have some of the best skiing east of the Rockies with an average of 5m (16ft) of snow each year.
Over 1500 athletes, coaches and volunteers will be celebrating the power and joy of the Special Olympics. Team Alberta is made up of 95 athletes, coaches and mission staff from 13 communities.
They will be competing in alpine skiing, cross country skiing, curling, figure skating, floor hockey, snowshoeing and speed-skating.
Team Alberta athletes were selected based on their athletic performance from the Provincial Games. They will compete at the Canada Winter Games and have hopes to qualify for Team Canada and compete at the 2017 World Games in Austria.
Special Olympics Alberta is dedicated to enriching the lives of Albertans with intellectual disabilities through the transformable power and joy of sport.
