Teenage quartet aim for Paralympics
TALENTED teenagers from a Lowestoft school are set to be recognised next week with a prestigious scholarship that will boost their Paralympic aims.Four young athletes from The Ashley School in Lowestoft will be presented with a Suffolk County Council SportsAid scholarship by council leader Jeremy Pembroke next Monday.
TALENTED teenagers from a Lowestoft school are set to be recognised next week with a prestigious scholarship that will boost their Paralympic aims.
Four young athletes from The Ashley School in Lowestoft will be presented with a Suffolk County Council SportsAid scholarship by council leader Jeremy Pembroke next Monday.
The aspiring athletes - Chelsea Dixon, Holly Durbidge, Kimberley Aspland and Lewis Pryke - who are working towards selection for the 2012 Paralympics in London, have been selected for the Great Britain athletics team for an international event in April.
The scholarship of �1,500 will help them towards the cost of a trip to Sweden, where they will compete in the World Indoor Athletics Championships for athletes with a learning disability. The funding will also help with a trip to Croatia in July where they will represent Great Britain at the European Track and Field Championships.
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Next Monday, at the school in Ashley Downs, the youngsters will be presented with Suffolk Rising to the Challenge medals and their scholarship by Mr Pembroke.
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