Official Website for Donnica Clarke Foundation
Welcome to the official website of the Donnica Clarke Foundation.
Donnica's site will grow as the Foundation in her name blossoms, and will provide information on
fundraising events,scholarships and how to apply. Nica was a dual Australian Surf Life Saving beach
sprint and flat champion who died in a tragic cliff fall at North Avoca Beach, on the Central Coast of NSW,
on April 10, 2007 aged 16.
The Donnica Clarke Foundation has been established to keep the memory
of the bubbly and multi talented teenager at the forefront of the minds of the community of the Central Coast.
Donnica died at a young age, but was an inspiration to all who knew her and we aim to duplicate this
inspiration and pass it on to as many other young Central Coast athletes as possible.
The aim of the Donnica Clarke Foundation is to offer financial and moral support
to young athletes, male, and female, across all sports from the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.
LATE NEWS!
Brittany Tait Selected For National Team!
New Scholarship Holder, Brittany Tait, has been selected in the Australian Open Country Water Polo team that wil tour Hawaii in August this year.
Brittany was chosen after competing for the NSW Country team in a tournament on the Gold Coast earlier this month. Fifteen players were selected
from that tournament to form the Australian Team.
Congratulations to Britany for a wonderful perfomance. We hope it leads to bigger and better things!
Mitch Tysoe Is Our Latest Australian Record Holder!
2012 DCF Scholarship Athlete, Mitchel Tysoe, ran the 110m Hurdles at last weekend’s Australian Athletics Championships
in a time of 14.04 seconds. Tysoe was the fourth runner to cross the line in the final, but due to the first three runners coming
from overseas nations, Tysoe was named as the Australian champion for the 2012 titles.
Tysoe ran a blistering time of 14.04 seconds and is now ranked second in Australia just 0.01 of a second behind Daniel Martin of Victoria.
Mitch will now travel to Taiwan as a member of an Australian Under 21 team in late May.
Meanwhile fellow Foundation althlete, Kevin Moore qualified for the 400 metres Final finishing fourth. Kevin's fourth place
means he will be part of the 400 metre relay team to tour USA in late April this year.
High Flying Surf Life Savers!
In addition we have received great news that four current scholarship holders, and one former, have all been selected in the
Surf Lifesaving Australia High Performance squad.
Amy Nurthern, Jack Moyes and Keelan Bridge have been chosen for the Development Squad and Rachelle King and
Tim Schofield for the Elite Squad.
Matt Dawson National 18 Hockey GOLD Medallist
Former Donnica Clarke Foundation Scholarship Holder, Matt Dawson, captained New South Wales to victory in the National Under 18
hockey competition when his team defeated Victoria 5 goals to 3 in the Final in Brisbane during the Easter school holidays. Matt was
also named NSW's Player of the Tournament.
This is Matt's second major success of the year as he also captained the NSW Indoor Hockey team to the National Title in January of this year.
2012 DCF Annual Dinner
The 2012 Donnica Clarke Foundation Annual Dinner will be held in the Mingara Recreation Club Ballroom on Saturday 4 August.
Full details will be announced in the next few weeks but put that date in your diary NOW to avoid disappointment!
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2011 DCF Dinner
It's all over, but what a night that raised over $45,000! The fourth Donnica Clarke Foundation Annual Dinner was the best so far. 370 people, a maximum attendance, squeezed into the Mingara Auditorium to witness a fabulous surprise guest, dine on a sumptuous meal, and raise in excess of $45,000 much needed funds for the Foundation, and generally have a fabulous night!
There was even louder applause when the evening's host, the remarkable Steve Allen, announced the arrival of young up and coming local superstar Liam Burrows, who wowed the crowd with a magnificent performance following his successful debut in the TV show "Australia's Got Talent!"
To view the NBN Television film of the event, click on the following link:
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DCF Celebrates Donnica's
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2012 Scholarship The Donnica Clarke Foundation 2012 Scholarship
Seventeen athletes from twelve different sports were
Joshua BARTY (AFL)
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