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!

 


 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!


The evening opened with another stirring welcome by Chairman Mark Holton,  who had the large audience spellbound and showing their appreciation with thunderous applause! 

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 a full report, see photos and read Mark's opening address, click on "2011 Dinner" on the top menu of this page..


To view the NBN Television film of the event, click on the following link:


www.nbntv.com.au/index.php/2011/08/08/athletes-to-prosper-from-fourth-foundation-fundraiser/


 If you missed out this year make sure you get in early in 2012!

DCF Celebrates Donnica's
"21st Birthday", and Christmas.


Tuesday 20 December 2011 would have been Donnica Clarke's 21st birthday, and the DCF held a "get together" to celebrate both that date and Christmas.


Over 100 sponsors, supporters, family and friends, crowded into the Terrigal Surf Life Saving Club to honour Donnica and the Foundation Scholarship Holders.


With a background video showing some of Donnica's, and each Scholarship Holder's performances, each Scholarship Holder in attendance was presented with a Christmas Gift, and the latest Frangipani Awardees were also presented with a certificate honouring their achievements.


Foundation Chairman, Mark Holton, thanked all attendees and paid tribute to the Clarke family for allowing the 21st birthday celebrations to take place on what must have been a very sad occasion for them. He also made a special thank you to all Scholarship Holders, for the way they have upheld the ideals that Donnica carried out during her very short but very active and wonderful life.


Three of Donnica's very good friends gave a moving, and at times very funny, account of life with Donnica and vowed that the memories of these events would stay with them for the rest of their lives.

 

To view photos of this event please click on "News" in the menu at the top of this page.

 

www.nbntv.com.au/index.php/2011/12/23/foundation-to-assist-even-more-athletes/
 

   2012 Scholarship
Holders Presentation

                                            

The Donnica Clarke Foundation 2012 Scholarship
Holders Presentation event was held at Mingara

Recreation Club on the evening of April 4 with over 
one hundred athletes, family members and guests
in attendance.


The evening was compered by well known Central
Coast Sports Commentator and Foundation Board 
Member, Steve Allan.


Foundation Patrons Kerrie and Tony Clarke,

thanked  everybody for attending and gave special
thanks to theFoundation sponsors especially the
Mingara Recreation Club's Board Members and
Management for their continued hosting of
Foundation events.

 

Seventeen athletes from twelve different sports were
inducted into the 2012 Program.
The names of the
athletes are as follows:


     Joshua BARTY (AFL)
     Kieren ELLEY (Cricket)
     Tomas ELLIOTT (Swimming)
     Joshua ENGLISH (Boxing)
     Alex FITCH (Snowboarding)
     Matthew GRAHAM (Mogul Skiing)
     Rachelle KING (Swimming/Surf Lifesaving)
     Riley McKAY (Barefoot Water Skiing)
     Jai McNAMARA (Water Polo)
     Kevin MOORE (Athletics)
     Jack MOYES ( Surf LIfesaving)
     Amy NURTHEN (Surf Lifesaving)
     Timothy SCHOFIELD (Surf Lifesaving)
     Travis SMEDLEY (Cycling)
     Zac STOLZ (Golf)
     Brittany TAIT (Water Polo)
     Mitchell TYSOE (Athletics/Hurdles)

 

Photos of this event can be viewed by clicking on
                "News" on the top menu of this page
.