Mo Barnes-sherring

Mo has been a riding instructor for Riding for the Disabled since the mid 70s and has been Chairman of the Isle of Man Special Olympics Committee since the 90s, in which capacity she has taken young people to every Summer & Winter Games. She not only donates hours of her time every week to the young people who attend these groups but when she takes them away she provides 24x7 care for the length of the trip, often more than 2 weeks long. She works with young people with all kinds of disabilities, downs syndrome, blind, nothing fazes her and she coaches them to incredible results winning Gold, Silver and Bronze medals. She is currently coaching a blind rider with the hope of making the Paralympic team next year. She is always up for a challenge evidenced by the group she taught to snowshoe on her back lawn and then took them to the Winter Special Olympics in Idaho winning 2 gold medals.