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Wednesday <strong>February</strong> <strong>28</strong> <strong>2024</strong> <strong>Bay</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong> News<br />
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Grants awarded to high-achieving siblings<br />
ACHIEVERS: Siblings Gabriella and Jeremy Hawke have received grants from the Sumner<br />
Ferrymead Foundation to support their future studies.<br />
FOR THE first time in the<br />
Sumner Ferrymead Foundation’s<br />
30-year history, two siblings were<br />
recipients of grants in the latest<br />
funding round.<br />
Gabriella and Jeremy Hawke,<br />
a promising ballet dancer and<br />
an aspiring surfer respectively,<br />
both received funds to support<br />
their studies at the NZ School<br />
of Dance in Wellington and the<br />
Raglan Surfing Academy.<br />
Gabriella started ballet at the<br />
age of three in the Sumner community<br />
hall, and it has been her<br />
sole focus since then.<br />
“I’ve learnt many styles<br />
including classical, jazz, musical<br />
theatre and contemporary, but<br />
classical ballet is my favourite.<br />
I love the discipline of it, and<br />
the history behind be,” said<br />
Gabriella.<br />
“My goal is to join the Royal<br />
New Zealand Ballet. Last year I<br />
got feel for what it’s like to be in<br />
a professional dance company<br />
when I had a two-month secondment<br />
with them. It was a wonderful<br />
experience.”<br />
As a third year student,<br />
Gabriella’s typical day starts<br />
with a classical technique class,<br />
followed by more dance classes<br />
until 4.30 or 5pm.<br />
“The last year has no academic<br />
classes unlike the first two years,<br />
where we studied physiology,<br />
anatomy, sports psychology, music,<br />
dance history, dance studies<br />
and the list goes on.<br />
“On top of that I was completing<br />
my last year at high school so<br />
it was incredibly busy.<br />
“I am so grateful to the support<br />
I have received from the<br />
Sumner Ferrymead Foundation<br />
as not only are the tuition costs<br />
very expensive, but so is living in<br />
Wellington. It’s a great help.”<br />
Unlike Gabriella, her younger<br />
brother Jeremy has tried most<br />
sports – from skateboarding<br />
and football to snowboarding<br />
and skiing. And then he found<br />
surfing!.<br />
Jeremy is using the grant from<br />
the Sumner Ferrymead Foundation<br />
towards the tuition costs at<br />
the Raglan Surf Academy. The<br />
academy is part of Raglan Area<br />
School and provides surfing as a<br />
physical education subject.<br />
To be accepted students need<br />
to be highly motivated, have a<br />
high level of surfing competence<br />
and a keen desire to do well both<br />
in surfing and at school work.<br />
“The surf academy curriculum<br />
involves organising and running<br />
a national surfing event for<br />
secondary school students, skills<br />
I can bring back to Sumner at the<br />
end of the year,” said Jeremy.<br />
“And, the expert coaching I<br />
receive will improve my surfing<br />
skills when competing in competitions<br />
and free surfing.”<br />
Sumner Ferrymead Foundation<br />
trustee and New Zealand<br />
Olympian John Christensen<br />
knows too well the discipline,<br />
passion and training required for<br />
young elite athletes to succeed.<br />
“It is hard to study, work and<br />
train, so by providing some financial<br />
assistance we hope to be<br />
able to reduce the financial burden<br />
on them and their families.<br />
It will be great to be able to follow<br />
both Gabriella and Jeremy’s<br />
progress in the years to come.”<br />
Next month the Sumner Ferrymead<br />
Foundation is offering<br />
four $5000 and one $10,000<br />
community grants to clubs,<br />
groups, and organisations in<br />
the foundation’s catchment area<br />
– from Taylors Mistake to Mt<br />
Pleasant, around to Heathcote<br />
and across to Brookhaven – to<br />
celebrate 30 years of helping the<br />
local community.<br />
“It’s quite a milestone so it<br />
seemed a good opportunity to<br />
provide $30,000 for community<br />
projects to mark the 30 years,”<br />
said Christensen.<br />
• Information on the<br />
community grants will<br />
be available on the<br />
website www.sumner<br />
ferrymeadfoundation.co.nz<br />
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