Special Olympics Hawke's Bay held its annual swimming carnival for the Lower and Central North Island Special Olympic Clubs last Sunday at the AW Parsons pool in Waipukurau.
Ninety-eight athletes attended from Hutt Valley, Mana, Horowhenua, Wairarapa, Manawatu, Hawke's Bay, Tauranga and Thames valley.
Bagpiper Raewyn King opened the carnival with a march past, followed by James Farrell who quoted the Special Olympic oath: "Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt."
Organisers thanked the Central Hawke's Bay Swimming Club members who organised most of the volunteer officials along with Special Olympics volunteers and parents of the athletes.
The next swimming carnival is in Palmerston North in June.
