professional athlete, Sarah Piercy, who came 11th in this year’s London Marathon Wheelchair Race and won the race in 2000 visited Bicton College on Tuesday 1st May. She gave lessons to students on wheelchair racing and wheelchair basketball. Picture by Alex Walton. Ref exv 8567-18-12AW. To order your copy of this photograph, go to www.exmouthjournal.co.uk and click on myphotos24

Marathon winner Sarah’s the wheel deal

Monday, May 28, 2012
9:32 AM

A top professional athlete visited Bicton College to give students a few pointers on wheelchair sports.

Sarah Piercy, who came 11th in this year’s London Wheelchair Marathon and previously won the race in 2000, held workshops including wheelchair racing and basketball sessions with the students on Bicton College’s hard courts.