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New bursary recipients for 2008

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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

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The 5th Lisa Wilson Scholarship Award presentation

The fifth presentation of the Lisa Wilson Scholarship Awards was made on November 1st at Southampton Solent University. At a moving ceremony five new students received their bursaries over twenty people were in attendance including new Vice Chancellor Professor Van Gore. At this years award one of the first recipients of the award Sean Lystor who has recently graduated with a 1st degree BA Honors in Architectural Technology spoke of the benefit the bursary had made to him. He was also awarded the Lisa Wilson Outstanding Achievement Award in recognition of his efforts to overcome adversity by Mr & Mrs Wilson.

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From left to right Vice Chancellor Professor Van Gore, Chloe Pickup,
Michael Green, Tricia Wilson, Richard Dacombe, Clive Wilson and Sue Gatesman.
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Sean Lystor with the ‘Lisa Wilson Prize’
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Olympic Candidate

One of last year’s recipients of the award Ali Lalani (pictured below) also spoke of the benefit the bursary had made to him. Despite being severely disabled, Ali has overcome his physical disabilities to become and is a member of Great Britain’s successful Bocha World Championship team, recently winning the gold in Canada. Ali spoke with great passion and eloquence and dedicated his gold medal to Lisa and thanked the charity for its support. This year Ali has taken a year off to concentrate on the Olympic games in Beijing, as a separate presentation Clive and Tricia Wilson handed over a sponsorship cheque on behalf of their company Romsey based SES Autoparts to help him with his expenses.

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Ali Lalani with Clive and Tricia Wilson
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Twenty seven awards to date

Nine students have recently continued on at Southampton into their second and third years and were awarded their bursaries accordingly; they were Tom Dowsett, Cherie Cross, Kirsty Anne Smithers, Kate Hayne, Denise Mutoni, Vanessa Langlais, Naomi Jane Linton, Kayleigh Doughty and Kemal Omag. This brings the number of students in university this year to fourteen and the total to receive bursaries to date to twenty seven.