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Olympic
Special!
Last
year we created the young
people and education bursary fund with
an aim to support young people in County Durham
and Darlington who are achieving against the odds. Since then
we have received a great deal of support from local
individuals, many of which are successful North
East entrepreneurs.
Over the year this fund has helped some of the region's
most devoted young
athletes to
achieve success. John Hutchinson
and Denise Baker
are just
two of the most recent examples.
John
Hutchinson
24-year-old
John Hutchinson from Darlington is currently exceling
in the sport of Gymnastics despite having Down Syndrome
and severe learning disabilities. John became
interested in gymnastics at the age of 14 and has trained
very hard ever since, determined not allowed
his disabilities to hold him back. After winning his
event at the UK special Olympics in Birmingham
last year he was chosen to represent Great Britain at
the World Summer Games Special Olympics in Shanghai
China.
John
recently received £1,500 towards the cost of travel,
accommodation and uniform whilst attending the games.
We
wish him the best of luck and will hopefully be reporting
soon on his future success.
Denise
Baker
Denise
has been a member of the Cleveland/Darlington World
Transplant team for 12 years now. Following a kidney
transplant in 1987 she has excelled at her sport and
enjoyed tremendous success.
Denise
received a grant of £1,000 to allow her to compete in
the World Transplant games held in Canada where she
achieved a bronze medal in the 200m and 400m freestyle
events.
This
brings her current medal tally to 15.
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