The International Torch Run team plus Olympic Flame of Hope pictured with Chairman of the 2003 Special Olympics World Games – Denis O’Brien, Host Town Committee Chairs Jim Herron and Tony Evans, Special Olympics Athlete John Lynch from Derry, John Hume Foyle MP MEP, Special Olympics Athlete David McCauley, Mayor Cllr Shaun Gallagher and Evelyn Greer MBE.

Pictured with members of the International Torch Run Team are The Lilliput Theatre group who entertained the crowd as they waited for the arrival of the Olympic Flame of Hope.

Chairman of the 2003 Special Olympics World Games – Denis O’Brien addressing the huge crowd gathered in Guildhall Square to welcome the Olympic Flame of Hope.

North West Institute of Further and Higher Education first year students in National Diploma of Textiles, unveiling their banner they designed for the 2003 Special Olympics World Games opening ceremony. L – R Sarah McLoughlin (student), Paula Armstrong (Host Town Committee Project Co-ordinator), Lisa McFeeters (student), Patricia Gallagher (lecturer), Caroline Sweetman (student), Jim Herron (Co-Chair Host Town Committee) and Claire Robb (student).