Hi Les
Hope everyone is well. Just to let you know Daniel returned back home today, after a week in Leicester competing at the Special Olympics National Summer Games, winning a Silver medal in Dressage, a Bronze medal in Working Trails Test, and a 4th place ribbon for his Horse-Care and Knowledge.
These are the latest grants issued by the Foundation.
Josh 15 Huddersfield Football £400.00
Hai 8 Brighton Table Tennis £320.00
Jayden 10 Chesterfield Table Tennis £352.00
Bethany 8 Barnsley Gymnastics £242.00
Grant 15 Chesterfield Table Tennis £300.00
Craig 17 Uttoxeter Golf £545.00
May 15 Greater London Telemark Skiing £550.00
Curtis 13 Lowestoft Karate £250.00
Look on our grants application guidelines to see if you can apply and add your name along side these grantees.
A full size bronze statue of Dickie by Barnsley sculptor Graham Ibbeson, will be unveiled at the rear of St Mary’s Garden in Barnsley.
This is near to where Dickie lived as a child.
‘Dickie’, as he is universally known throughout the world, was acknowledged to be the world’s best umpire and this status will be acknowledged by the unveiling.
The statue will be unveiled in his honour, at 12 noon 30th June.
People are welcome to come along and support Dickie in what promises to be a proud and memorable occassion
Daniel Hudson was awarded a grant from the Dickie Bird Foundation, to help with his clothing and equipment in riding for the disabled. His mum Shirley dropped me a email on Daniel’s progress.
Hi Les
Hope everyone keeping well, just to keep you informed as to what Daniel as been doing, on the 30th May he attended and competed in a Riding for Disabled competition held in Wakefield, coming 3rd in the Dressage non-qualifying section, and 3rd place in the Countryside Challenge in this section he qualified to attend the National Championships which are held at Hartpury in July, unfortunately due to him and some of the riders going down to Leicester for the Special Olympics National Games in July we had to give it a miss this year.
I am please that Daniel has done himself proud, and benefited from the Foundation grant. We are looking forward to his progress in the Special Olympics in July.
10 year old Ira Perrier has gained selection to the Sussex under13 basketball squad.
Ira still in year 5 at his school, while most of his Sussex team mates are in year 8, he is the smallest member of the squad making his achievement all the more remarkable.
Playing for his team last year, Ira helped them to win their league without losing a game. They also went on to become the cup winners.
Karen, Ira’s delighted mum told us that without the grant from the Foundation, it would have been very difficult for him to reach this level.
Our grant to Ira gave him the opportunity to purchase the correct kit and equipment he needed and assisted with some of his travel expenses.
Congratulations to Ira and all the Sussex squad.
In 2004, The Dickie Bird Foundation gave one of its first grants to a young man, Andrew Yoxall, who wanted to be a jockey.
Andrew’s mum had applied to the Foundation for assistance with the cost of clothing and equipment for Andrew to pursue his dream of becoming a jockey. Soon afterwards Andrew became an apprentice at the De-Hann Stables in Newmarket.
We all at The Dickie Bird Foundation are proud to announce that Andrew, now 18, has gained his first senior win in his racing career on Tuesday, June 2nd. He rode a 9-1 winner Kingsmite at the Southwell meeting, riding for S Bowring.
The Foundation always tries to keep in touch with all its Grantees, and has kept in regular contact with both Andrew and his mum Sharon to follow his progress. The Foundation is delighted to announce the news of his first success. We trust this is the first of many in Andrew’s career.
All the following have been offered grants from the Foundation.
Name Age Area Sport Grant
Lisle 17 Weston-Super-Mare Cricket £870
Katie 12 Plymouth Taekwondo £350
Naomi 15 Hove Football £389
Bethan 11 Berkshire Roller Skating £495
Libby 15 Tiverton Swimming £483
Why not find out if your child qualifies for a grant, see if we can help.
If you would like to support the Foundation, to enable us to offer more grants to young children. Check out how you can make a donation, or visit our web site shop. Dickie will sign or dedicate your purcahse to whom you choose.
You will see from our latest grants that it is a cross section of sports the grants are offered to.
Dear Sirs
Firstly I would like to extend our gratitude to the foundation for the grant recieved for our daughter Caitlin Meek.
This has helped so much to enable her to persue her badminton education/training with Badminton Scotland.
We will keep you informed of her progress.
Thank you and many regards
Stephen & Wendy Meek
Hi Les,
I am a competitive lifesaver and last year was awarded a grant from the Dickie Bird Foundation. I have recently been selected to represent Scotland at the Lifesaving Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada this June. I am now busy training and preparing for this competition and once again thank the Dickie Bird Foundation for their support during my success.
Many thanks,
Ben
At the last meeting of The Dickie Bird Foundation Trustees the following grants were offered
Caitlin 10 Lanark Badminton £350
Sarah 15 Leigh Rugby Union £248
Ashleigh 14 York Rugby Union £489
David 12 Banbury Roller Hockey £400
Michael 13 St.Austall Athletics £400
Isaac 13 Cornwall Thai Kickboxing £320
Jacob 9 Somerset Trampolining £175
We hope that these latest grant offers will encourage others to apply. The Foundation offer grants to individuals in all recognised sports.
The Foundation are gateful to all our supporters, through donations made , attending events or purchase from our web shop.Which ever way they contribute, it is pleasing to be able to show our them how their donation is used.
