MEMBERS of the victorious Northern Region team from the National Summer Olympic Games showed their haul of 24 gold, 28, silver and 37 bronze medals to Coun Vilma Collins, Mayor of Redcar and Cleveland, when they visited her at the Mayor's Parlour in Eston Town Hall.
Star performances at the games came from swimmer Paula West, from Marske, and cyclist Andrew Wallace, from Loftus.
Paula won gold in the 25m freestyle event, silver in the 25m backstroke event and was a member of the bronze medal winning 4 x 25m freestyle relay team. Andrew took gold in both the 10km time trial and 10km road race.
Team manager Keith Wilcox, manager at the Skelton Special Skills Centre, said: "I'm proud of each and every one of them. Many athletes achieved personal bests and all of them were thrilled to be invited to share their success with the Mayor.
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