The Combined British Services (Army, Navy and Air Forces) are increasingly seeing competitive snowsports as a way of providing a new challenge for serious injured servicemen and women.
The Combined Services (Army, Navy and Air Force's) Disabled Ski Team (CSDST) is a charity which trains wounded, injured or sick personnel to be Paralympic-standard skiers, reintroducing the spirit of challenge and competition that they were accustomed to as part of normal service life.
The team has been bolstered by the success of Army Sergeant (retired) Mick Brennan who competed for Team GB at the 2014 Sochi Paralympics and now wants to increase its efforts in the four year run up to the Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Games and wants to take two more team members to those Games in three and a half years' time.
This can't happen without the team's extensive ski-training programme which is part of the charity's specially developed path towards sporting success, and the team are now aiming to raise £20,000 to reach their funding goal for Pyeongchang 2018.
UK employees of Selex ES, a company which works closely with British forces to provide protective equipment, so the CSDST cause is close to their hearts, have organised a fundraising event to start the battle to reach that funding target.
The 'Ride of Thrones' - will see a team cycle from one historic throne of power to another. Participants will leave Edinburgh Castle on September 3rd and make their way across the UK to arrive at the Tower of London on September 9th. The team will comprise Selex ES employees, other CSDST supporters, staff and athletes from the charity itself using specially designed hand-bikes.
Anyone can sponsor the riders and donate to The Combined Services Disabled Ski Team via a page on the JustGiving website: http://www.justgiving.com/RideofThrones or by texting "HERO26" followed by the amount you wish to make (max £10) to 70070.