Holroyd Council Media Releases 2009-04-23T16:06:50+11:00 Holroyd City Council hcc@holroyd.nsw.gov.au http://www.holroyd.nsw.gov.au/rss_feeds/media_releases_atom_feed11955 Holroyd City Council’s University Scholarship - Applications Close This Friday 27 January http://www.holroyd.nsw.gov.au/your_council/news_public_comment/news/holroyd_city_councils_university_scholarship_-_applications_close_this_friday_27_january43066 2012-01-23T14:47:31+11:00 2012-01-23T14:47:34+11:00

Are you enrolling at the University of Western Sydney for full-time studies in 2012?

Would you be interested in a University Scholarship for the duration of your course?

Information is available on www.holroyd.nsw.gov.au about a scholarship that Holroyd City Council has been running for the past eight years. 

The current recipient of the Holroyd City Council Scholarship receives $2,457-00 p.a. towards her university costs, and has indicated that this has been a big help during her studies;  it has allowed her to focus more on her studies rather than having to find part-time employment whilst studying.

Some of the courses studied by past Holroyd City Council Scholarship recipients are Bachelor of Health Science (Personal Development, Health & Physical Education), Bachelor of Social Science, Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts (Psychology).

If you would like more information about Council’s Scholarship, please go to www.holroyd.nsw.gov.au or ring Sue Antoniolli on 9840 9908. 

 Dani Samuels To Throw Her Talents In The Olympic Arena http://www.holroyd.nsw.gov.au/your_council/news_public_comment/news/dani_samuels_to_throw_her_talents_in_the_olympic_arena42634 2012-01-11T08:52:27+11:00 2012-01-11T08:52:30+11:00

Holroyd City Council recently donated $5,000 to local Olympian and Commonwealth

champion, Dani Samuels, to assist with the expenses of competing in the 2012 London

Olympics.

Dani’s career started at Greystanes Little Athletics and in 2009 became the youngest

ever female world champion discus thrower.

‘Her hard work and determination is inspirational and Council is extremely proud of Dani

and her achievements,’ said Holroyd City Mayor Clr Yvette Whitfield. ‘Council has

assisted Dani in the past with sporting grants through the Youth Support Program and

is thrilled to continue the support by contributing to her 2012 Olympic voyage.’

After winning the discus gold and shot put bronze medals at the 2005 World Youth

Championships in Athletics, Dani went on to win the bronze medal in the discus at the

2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne at the age of seventeen.

She won the discus silver at the 2007 Summer Universiade and represented Australia

at her first World Championships in athletics soon after. Dani reached the final of the

2008 Beijing Olympics and improved significantly the following year to win the gold

medal at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics.

For many years now, Dani has been actively involved in the Holroyd Community. Her

latest role is the ambassador for the Healthy Holroyd Project, a Healthy Communities

Project funded by the Federal Government.