The 2010 Scholarship Applications Are Now Closed!

Please note that the Nominations for for the Donnica Clarke Foundation 2010 Scholarships are now closed and all applicants will be notified in the near future of the result of his/her nomination.

SCHOLARSHIP DECISION:

The decision will be made by the foundation selection committee. The committee comprises 3 members of the DCF Board and the DCF Patrons.
 

The selection committee decision is final.
 

The details of the scholarship recipients will be made in April 2010 at the annual DCF dinner.

 WOW!
What a Night!

The Donnica Clarke Foundation's second Annual
Fund Raising Dinner was held at Mingara
Recreation Club on Saturday 1 August, where
nearly three hundred Business Partners, Sponsors
and Supporters attended a gala evening that
raised substantial funds, that will again be
used to assist the young, talented Central Coast
athletes, from many sports, to achieve their lifelong
dreams.

"Hi,
 
We would just like to say ''What a wonderful night"
We stepped into that room and were amazed.
Everything was organised down to the finest
detail. Congratulations. I am sure all the
sponsored athletes felt as Rhys did,
and that was extremely special. A huge thanks
to all involved.

A special thanks to Kerry and Anthony for
their tireless committment. Life gets crazy
and busy and fast. Bottom line family is
first. This is why the Donnica Clarke Foundation
is obviously so successful. The love for each
other and life spills over to all that are involved.

Thanks for letting us be part of your extended
family. I believe that special shining star will
be even brighter because of the love in the room
last night.
 
Cheers
Cheryl Outred"

 To everybody who attended, we say a very big "THANK YOU", to all the helpers that helped prepare the auditorium, we say "WOW!", and to those of you who could not be there we say:

 DON"T MISS NEXT YEAR!!

See photos and read all about the fabulous night by clicking on "News"on the left hand menu.

Click on the link below to view NBN Television's report of the night.

   http://www.nbntv.com.au/index.php/2009/08/02/digging-deep-for-donnica                                 

2009 Scholarship Athletes with Kerrie and Anthony Clarke

What A Year Our Scholarship
Holders Have Had!  

The first squad of Donnica Clarke Foundation Scholarship Holders have more than justified their selections.

Between them they have won World Championshiship Gold Medals, Australian National Medals, State Championships and many personal best ever performances at both National and International sporting competitions.

Many have been selected in Australian teams of their chosen sport or competed at Australian in individual sporting events with magnificent success.

With their year as a Scholarship Holder coming to a close, we wish to congratulate all of them on their wonderful performances and for the manner they have conducted themselves during this period. 

It is certain many of them will become household names in the Australian sporting scene and go on to represent our country in years to come.

We sincerely thank them for
representing the Foundation
in such glorious fashion and
wish all of them the very best
of luck in their future
sporting endeavours.

 Scholarship Holders News

Scholarship athletes were busy over the Christmas /New Year period with many having outstanding performances. 

Matt Dawson captained the NSW Under 16 Indoor Hockey team that were winners of an Invitational event held at Niagara Park and was also selected as his team's Player's Player.

He followed this up with being selected as the "Junior Sports Person of The Year' in the Wyong Shire Council 2010 Australia Day Awards.

Rhys Outred was vice captain of the Australian Under 21 team that won the Gold Medal in the World Championships held in Turkey. His team had three wins in the elimination rounds and beat Icelend 3-1 in the Final

Chloe Costelloe partnered Janine Thompson to win the Open Doubles at the Ballina New Year Tournament and is now preparing for the Gosford Gold Tournament to be held later this month. She is then off to Queensland to compete in the National Clay Court Titles in April.

Incidentally Chloe is also pretty good at table tennis. Just ask Steve Allen!

Lachlan Staples returned from the 2009 World Cup with his Bronze Medal and after Christmas flew to Perth  to recommence training. He then went to Melbourne with the NSWIS swimming squad to contest the Victorian State Open Championships and won the Open 200 metres fly. He is at present in Thredbo preparing for the Commonwealth Games Trials to be held in March. Before those trials he will compete in the NSW Open and NSW Country Championships. Busy boy!

Wade Eames ventured to Perth for the 18 and Under National Water Polo Championships where he was captain of a victorious NSW team that defeated WA in a nailbiting match that went into extra time and a penalty shootout. He was voted "Most Valuable Player"  of the tournament (pictured below) and was again selected for the National to prepare for the 201 World Championships.

Although she is not a Scholarship Athlete it was great to see Terrigal lifesaver Amy Nurthen competing in the Ironman Series and displaying her surfboard in a TV interview with "Nica" displayed on the top. She apparently did this as a tribute to Donnica who was a good friend of hers. 

Thank You and Well Done Amy! And best of luck in the Ironman Series.

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