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2010
List of SCC Niall Smyth Bursary Recipients 2009-10
2009
The annual Niall Smyth Memorial Bursary Award ceremony in Plunket College saw 18 students from nine colleges receive funding to further their sports and cultural careers. Amongst the recipients is Olympic boxing hopeful Kellie-Anne Harrington, from North Great George’s Street Youthreach, who is heading to the World Championship in Kansas and hoping for the go-ahead for London from the Irish Olympic Committee. Tenpin bowler, Aimee Kellegher, Crumlin College, is heading to Las Vegas to the Women’s World Championships. Fellow Crumlin student, Brian Keogh, is heading to canoe training camp in Hungary; Debbie Edmonds and Janine Geoghgan are using their busaries to fund Karate training in Spain. John Travers of Inchicore is a promising athlete, who is going to the British Miler clubs event hoping to make it onto the European track team. Fellow student Catherine Rodger is toughing it out this August in the Gael Force 6 Challenge in Mayo.
All of the students are excellent representatives for our schools and country and we are proud to support them.
"It's going to be a real help because the wear and tear on all the equipment means you have to keep buying it throughout the year. So it is a great thing to be offered this and kick boxing is an important part of my life. It's great to be acknowledged this way, it really means a lot,"
James Kelly, Senior All-Ireland Kick Boxing Champion 2009 from Crumlin College."This will be an adult competition. I've gone to the ECC, which is the adult European Champions, and the standard is pretty high. But I have never gone to a World Championship before so it's an extra boost getting this bursary, definitely a big help."
Aimee Kellegher, who competed in this year's Women's World Championship 2009 - USA."I'm just happy enough. I suppose it's better now that I have that little bit more money, so I don't have to rely on my dad to get everything for me. I can get the runners and the shorts without bugging him!"
Athlete John Travers from Inchicore College who participated in the British Miler Clubs Event 2008 in the hope of making it onto the European track team.
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