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Otago Daily Times
02-08-2025
- Sport
- Otago Daily Times
Resort gears up for festival
Snow Sports New Zealand is hosting the Adaptive Festival for the 15th year, continuing to offer an inclusive space for people with disabilities. More than 200 people from all over the country are set to attend this year's festival over the weekend including participants with disabilities, friends, family and volunteers. The event has been held at Remarkables for about eight years and has now made its way back to Cardrona. "The festival is pretty much designed for people with disabilities to come together ... to help build friendships, build relationships and experience snowsports together as a group," festival organiser Scott Palmer said. Festival participants have always come with a diverse range of snow experience with some having spent very little time in the snow. The event gave the community an opportunity not only to enjoy snowsports more freely but also to interact with others that might have a shared experience. "Often when people come to the snow with a disability, they might be the only person on the hill for that day and they don't really get to interact with other people with disabilities," Mr Palmer said. The adaptive festival acted as a common ground, designed to create a sense of togetherness. The event originally started out as a two-day festival but has been held over three days as it increased in popularity. Most of the event will be held at Cardrona Alpine Resort with evening activities at the Paetara centre in partnership with Aspiring Gymnastics and RAD Skate School who will also be hosting adaptive gymnastics and skateboarding activities. The final day was always marked with a race which Mr Palmer said had been used as a feeding programme to some of Snow Sport's paralympic athletes. "Quite a few of our development athletes started off at the festival," he said. "Then they fell in love with it and decided to stay in the industry." One of the most notable athletes that got their start at the festival was Bailley Unahi who joined the national development programme in 2020 and has since been pursuing a career in competitive ski racing. Cardrona adaptive supervisor Katharina Mueller said they were ready to host the festival with all the equipment, volunteers and a qualified team of adaptive instructors. The team was ready to accommodate guests with physical, cognitive or sensory disabilities, making the event as inclusive as possible. "Just showing that Wānaka is a great spot for accessible tourism, and we do have a lot to offer. "It's really cool as well, just as a community social event because if you have a disability, it can be really isolating," she said. Although the event was mainly organised by Snow Sports NZ, they partnered with community organisations such as the Mint Charitable Trust and the Halberg Foundation, which both worked to empower people with disabilities all over the country. The festival will start August 1 and run for three days across weekend.
The Sun
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
‘Like father, like son' – Fans stunned by how similar Cole Palmer's dad is to Chelsea star in viral interview
COLE PALMER and his dad have left fans stunned over how similar they are. Chelsea star Palmer appeared in an interview with dad Scott after winning the Conference League. 2 Palmer inspired Chelsea's 4-1 comeback win as he produced the assists for the first two goals. But after the match he was his typical self during an interview on the pitch, leaving a reporter desperate for longer answers to his questions. Unfortunately for the beIN SPORTS interviewer, Scott was not much better either - he described his own answers as "short and sweet". Scott was asked his thoughts on Palmer's performance after he was named man of the match. He replied saying: "Yeah he did well. Turned the match, got us the win." Palmer then joked it was his dad's fault he always gave short answers in interviews, with Scott adding: "Short and sweet." Fans found the interaction amusing as they realised the apple does not fall far from the tree in the Palmer family. One supporter reacted saying: "Like father like son 😀" Another added: "One answer family." And a third wrote: "Now I see it, is definitely the father's fault" Palmer caught the eye in another post-match interview as he found an unusual way to hold his MOTM award.
