COMMONWEALTH Games athletes from the sun-drenched South Pacific island of Vanuatu experienced snow for the first time yesterday.
After competing in judo and table tennis, the 11 members of the team were desperate to go sledging when they heard about Scotland’s indoor snow mountain, Snow Factor at Braehead, near Glasgow.
Although none of Vanuatu’s athletes won a medal at the Games, three of the team made up for that by winning a sledging race on snow slopes.