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Date published: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:14:45 +1200 | The Rodney Walshe Travel Scholarship Award
Every year this Award is personally sponsored by Rodney H.C. Walshe ONZM, the Honorary Consul General of Ireland in New Zealand. The recipient of the Award, which is open to young men and women, will receive a credit to the value of NZ$2,500.00 for the cost of return air travel to Ireland to participate in the forthcoming World Dancing Championships. Age Group: Seventeen years, as at 1st January, in the year of the AWARD. This complies with the present age group for adult men Selection: Any dancer in the approved age group is eligible for this Award, except that no dancer can win the Award more than twice, not necessarily in succession. The International Judges officiating at the NZ Irish Dancing Championships select the Scholarship winner, and they are the sole Judges of this Award. Eligibility: Every dancer in the age group participating in the Championships is eligible for this Award. Dancers are not required to nominate before dancing whether they are able to travel. In the event that the winner does not travel, within the year specified, the Award cannot be claimed, other than at the sole discretion of the Consul General. This Award is to be made each year strictly on merit to the best eligible dancer in the opinion of the International Judges, and the winner must participate in the next World Dancing Championships organised under the auspices of An Coimisiun Le Rinci Gaelacha. Past Receiptants: 2009 Chris Hodgson, Doyle Academy, Auckland 2008 Chris Hodgson, Doyle Academy, Auckland 2007 Lucy Rogers - Kildunne, Wellington 2006 Ellin Hay - O'Neill School, Christchurch 2005 Francis Sach - Scoil Rince Cronin, Auckland 2004 Francis Sach- Scoil Rince Cronin, Auckland 2003 Oliver Sach - Kay-Hallissey School, Auckland 2002 Aislinn Ryan - Kildunne School, Wellington 2001 Oliver Sach - Cummings School, Auckland 2000 Mary Colgan- Cummings School, Auckland 1999 Katherine Kelly - Kay-Hallissey School, Auckland 1998 Michael Thornley - Kay-Hallissey School, Auckland 1997 Paula Doyle - Kay-Hallissey School, Auckland 1996 Michael Thornley - Kay-Hallissey School, Auckland 1996 Antonia Faughey - Doran-Gregory School, Auckland 1994 Bernadette Connolly - Connolly School, Auckland 1992 Brenda Ryan - Kildunne School, Wellington 1993 Brenda Ryan - Kildunne School, Wellington |
