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Team Gibraltar is already in Belgium enjoying the hospitality of the host town prior to the European Summer Games Opening Ceremony tomorrow.
Team Gibraltar is already in Belgium enjoying the hospitality of the host town prior to the European Summer Games Opening Ceremony tomorrow.
A tightly knit team barks orders at each other as a rapid volley of paint balls comes from beyond an inflatable bunker. You hunch, duck, take a peek and fire… It’s a fast-paced sport requiring a mixture of stamina and cool-headed strategy; welcome to the world of competitive Paintball.
Gibraltar’s Thundercat will be on public display at the Southampton Boat Show 2014 opening on 12 September, after it successfully competed in the Lymington Long Haul, Round 8 of the British National Championships. In July, Lymington had been the team’s first outing with the new boat so there was great excitement within the team when #55 Gibraltar was unveiled by Thundercat Racing UK.
The Ministers have sent their best wishes to all 10 athletes who will be representing Gibraltar in aquatics, bocce and athletics at the forthcoming Special Olympics European Summer Games in Antwerp, Brussels.
Every four years the Special Olympics organise the European Summer Games. This year the event will take place in Antwerp, Belgium and has been dubbed ‘Games of the Heart’.