HER smile said it all: Tavistock's triumphant Stacey Barrett-Nicholls won full honours and a bronze medal as she crossed the finish line of her first seven-and-a-half mile Ten Tors Jubilee Challenge, on Saturday. Stacey, 20, who has Angelmans syndrome, represented the Dame Hannah Rogers Trust — the South West's leading charity for young people with profound physical and learning disabilities. The day-student began the challenge at 7.45 am and crossed the finish-line five and a half hours later, walking the entire length of the route with a Meywalker frame, to assist her mobility. Stacey's nan and carer Maggie Macmillan was among supporters cheering her on. She said 'Stacey did really brilliantly. Just thinking about it even now, brings tears to my eyes. 'You never expect children as profoundly disabled as Stacey to achieve something so out of this world and she's done this, thanks to Dame Hannah's. 'She was absolutely shattered at the end of the day, but this was also to do with camping out on the moor on the evening before the Challenge. She was so excited that she didn't sleep a wink. Jane Ridge of Dame Hannah's, part of the team that led Stacey and two others on the route, said: 'It was an awesome event. 'This is my fifth Jubilee event and each year is different, but just as special. We were thrilled that the sun shone, having been drenched in the rain during training. 'The Army 'shadows' were wonderful too; some were cadets as young as 15 who had never worked with disabled people before. 'The Challenge was hard work, but seeing Stacey achieve her bronze medal was the best reward.' Stacey and her team mates Elizabeth and Camilla will be honoured by Dame Hannah's on Friday morning, when the Jubilee heroines will be re- presented with their medals at a special assembly in front of friends and staff in the Ivybridge-based Trust's activity hall.
