Tributes paid as skiing pioneer Chic Baxter dies aged 96
TRIBUTES have been paid to an “inspiring” early pioneer of Scottish skiing and the grandfather of three winter Olympians who has died in the Highlands. Chic Baxter, the grandfather of top skiers Alain and Noel Baxter and snowboarder Lesley McKenna, died on Sunday at Grandview House in Grantown on Spey. He was 96. Miss McKenna, who competed in three Winter Olympic Games and is now team manager for the GB Park and Pipe Team, paid tribute to her “inspirational” grandfather. She said: “My grandfather and granny were definitely pioneers of winter sports in Scotland. “His firs...
Source: heraldscotland.com