After three years of studying, student and bursary recipient Kemal Omag was presented with the Lisa Wilson ‘Outstanding Achievement Award’ following his graduation ceremony on November 5th. Kemal graduated with an outstanding B.A. Hons in graphic design.
We would like to wish him every success in the pursuit of a new career, he has been a great example on behalf on the Lisa Wilson students.
On October 27th at a ceremony at Southampton Solent University this year’s intake of bursary recipients were presented with their cheques by Clive and Tricia Wilson. This puts the number of students who have benefitted from the awards up to 35. The ceremony was attended by 40 people including parents, tutors, staff, and many others. Widening Participation Officer Geeta Uppal welcomed everybody and Clive Wilson spoke about Lisa and the awards. He then showed a pictorial DVD, put together by Lisa’s brother Ross, called ‘Lisa’s Dream’. This showed her journey around the world before she tragically died en route to Ayres rock.
Pro Vice Chancellor Academic Jane Longmore replied on behalf of the university stating that the ‘Lisa Wilson Scholarship Fund’ had now become an integral part of the university.
In addition to the 7 new students a further 11 will be entering their second and third years; this includes World Champion Boccha player Ali Lalani who had taken a year out because of the Olympic games.
The names of the new recipients for 2008 entry are as follows:
Nathan Campbell
Hollie Calton
Sabeen Ditta
Craig Dookie
Sharon Elegbede
Ajay Sharma
Tracy Phiri
The names of the continuing students are as follows:
Richard Dacombe
Michael J Green
Carly Hansford
Chloe Pickup
Sue Gatesman
Kirsty Anne Smithers
Denise Mutoni
Vanessa Langlais
Kayleigh Doughty
Tom Dowsett
Naomi Jane Linton
Ali Lalani
After a highly successful career – winning four times with numerous places – we have decided to turn her into a brood mare and she has gone to her new home at Woodhaven Stud. The intention is for her to be ‘covered’ by 2002 European horse of the year, the highly successful Kyllachy, the sire of whom is the famous ‘Pivotal’.
Lisathedaddy has done much to raise the awareness of the charity and we are hoping for a foal in early 2010.
Meanwhile Rileyskeeping faith had a great start to his career winning three times in only nine outings. Rileyskeeping faith was named after Lisa’s nephew Riley and will give us the opportunity to stay involved in racing following Lisathedaddy’s retirement.
With the addition of the the funds from the recent golf day, the total amount raised on behalf of The Lisa Wilson Scholarship Fund has now broken through the £150,000 mark.
The charity which was started in the spring of 2003 following Lisa’s tragic accident has managed to raise on average £30,000 a year. This funding will make a huge difference to so many young people’s lives; it will give less fortunate young men and women the opportunity to fulfill their educational dreams and ambitions in the same way that Lisa had aspired to do. This means that Lisa’s growing legacy is now a minimum of 150 Years of education, a truly remarkable legacy to a truly wonderful daughter.
Clive and Tricia Wilson and their family would like to personally thank everyone who has contributed to help keep Lisa’s memory alive by supporting the charity.
DP World, who previously traded as Southampton Container Terminals, have just donated an amazing £5,000 to The Lisa Wilson Scholarship Fund. The Fund was one of five local charities chosen to receive part of a total sum of £35,000. Campbell Mason, The Managing Director of DP World, has explained that when the company makes major procurements they request that their suppliers make a contribution towards their funding of local charities, which enables them to pass it on into the local community.
The company’s initiative is to get their employees to nominate local charities who may benefit from their donations. One of their employees is our friend Dave Lloyd, the Aussie who owned the back-packers establishment in Sydney where Lisa and Jo Harwood stayed during their travels in 2002.
Dave & Jo fell in love and eventually married, and are now living in the UK. They have just recently given birth to their first child. Dave moved from Australia to be with Jo and has worked with DP World for the last few years. He approached his company on behalf of the Lisa Wilson Scholarship Fund, hoping that the charity may see some small benefit and was absolutely gobsmacked when he was told how much the charity would benefit. The timing of the donation is absolutely in line with the announcement of this year’s bursary recipients, and this donation should cover this year’s intake of students and help continue Lisa’s legacy.