By ken Pagan

February 4th, 2008

North Bay Nugget

Cortney Benedict, co-ordinator for the Bridging the Gap program which promotes wheelchair sports opportunities for youths, said if just one person becomes interested, then the program is working.

A few local youths showed interest during Saturday's introductory wheelchair sports session at the North Bay YMCA, including 11-year-old Taylor Stinson.

Taylor, a Grade 6 student at South Shore Education Centre, spent the afternoon learning the basics of wheelchair tennis and basketball, before spending more than half an hour playing a scrimmage basketball game against her pesky nine-year-old brother, Quincy.

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