Golf Day to take place August 1st

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For full details, entry forms and a list of nearby accommodation, please click here

Henry Perkins results from the Bolshoi

Henry Perkins, the young British dance student whom the Lisa Wilson Scholarship Fund has sponsored, has just received the highest set of dance examinations results for any non-Russian ballet student in the history of The Bolshoi Ballet School – he was also awarded more than full marks for two disciplines and beat all the Russians at Russian national Dance! He is currently in New York where the school has taken him to demonstrate pas de deux, repertoire and Russian national Dance – the first non-Russian they have ever taken anywhere to demonstrate for them.

7th Lisa Wilson Golf Day

Once again the annual golf day at Wellow where Lisa worked and played golf will be taking place this summer. The event, which has always been well supported, is open to
members with a separate competition for friends and sponsors of all standards. Always a day to be remembered, this year’s evening event will be headlined by ‘Abba Revival’ on their ‘Mamma Mia’ tour. The host and comedian for the evening will be BBC Radio celebrity Mike Osman.
If you would like to take part, please download the entry forms below.

More information will appear here shortly, or call Clive Wilson on 07798 922222.

Golf Day 2009 Entry Form

Golf Day 2009 Sponsorship Form

Charity reaches £170,000

The donation from the That’s Life magazine sees the total money raised to date hitting £170,000, a truly remarkable tribute to Lisa’s legacy which continues to help less fortunate young adults achieve their educational dreams and ambitions in the way Lisa did. Lisa was incredibly proud of her BA 2-1 in Business Management that she achieved at Southampton Institute (now Southampton Solent University). She would be incredibly proud to know that to date some 35 students have benefited from the charity that was set up in her memory.

As well as this, a recent raffle organised by the staff at Southampton Solent University raised £176 for the charity.

We would like to thank everyone for their continued support.

That’s Life magazine publishes story of Lisa’s stolen journal

National magazine ‘That’s Life’ picked up on the massive publicity that had been generated by story of Lisa’s stolen journal, and the subsequent return of it by the thief, and decided to publish it. The story was run in edition 12 of the magazine on March 22nd. The magazine offered to pay Lisa’s mum Tricia £500 for the story which has been donated to the charity.

Click here to read the full article..

Lisa’s journals stolen by burglar… but then returned!

Two weeks ago Clive and Trish returned from holiday to find that their house had been burgled. Amongst the items stolen along with the safe were Lisa’s journals and all the postcards she had sent during her travels. Devastated, Clive contacted the Daily Echo asking them to run an article in hopes of tracking down the burglar.. After a piece by Mike Osman on the local Radio Solent and the article in the Echo, Clive and Trish were asked to appear on Meridian News, to appeal for help.  On the night of Thursday 11th December, while Clive and Trish were at a Christmas party, the burglar crept back to the scene of the crime and left the journals and postcards in the front porch.

Since then there has been a rush of interest in this story, with newspapers and television news crews arriving at the house desperate to cover what has turned out to be a heartwarming Christmas tale with a happy ending. The Wilsons have now appeared on Meridian News and the ITV News at Ten, and have been approached by That’s Life magazine to run an article on the story.

There has been a LOT of press coverage! The news so far…

Online:

BBC News – Thief returns journal to parents – with CCTV footage of the burglar’s return

Daily Mail – Guilt-ridden thief returns couple’s journal detailing last thoughts of dead daughter

Daily Echo – Couple plead for return of tragic Lisa’s journal
Daily Echo – Burglar returns family’s mementos of late daughter

The story even made it into the news in Australia: Melbourne Herald Sun

Scanned newspaper articles:

(to be added soon)

Kemal Omag receives “Outstanding Achievement Award”

After three years of studying, student and bursary recipient Kemal Omag was presented with the Lisa Wilson ‘Outstanding Achievement Award’ following his graduation ceremony on November 5th. Kemal graduated with an outstanding B.A. Hons in graphic design.

We would like to wish him every success in the pursuit of a new career, he has been a great example on behalf on the Lisa Wilson students.

New bursary recipients for 2008

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

Lisathedaddy retires to become Lisathemummy!

After a  highly successful career – winning four times with numerous places – we have decided to turn her into a brood mare and she has gone to her new home at Woodhaven Stud. The intention is for her to be ‘covered’ by 2002 European horse of the year, the highly successful Kyllachy, the sire of whom is the famous ‘Pivotal’.
Lisathedaddy has done much to raise the awareness of the charity and we are hoping for a foal in early 2010.

Meanwhile Rileyskeeping faith had a great start to his career winning three times in only nine outings. Rileyskeeping faith was named after Lisa’s nephew Riley and will give us the opportunity to stay involved in racing  following Lisathedaddy’s retirement.

Charity fund hits £150,000

With the addition of the the funds from the recent golf day, the total amount raised on behalf of The Lisa Wilson Scholarship Fund has now broken through the £150,000 mark.

The charity which was started in the spring of 2003 following Lisa’s tragic accident has managed to raise on average £30,000 a year. This funding will make a huge difference to so many young people’s lives; it will give less fortunate young men and women the opportunity to fulfill their educational dreams and ambitions in the same way that Lisa had aspired to do. This means that Lisa’s growing legacy is now a minimum of 150 Years of education, a truly remarkable legacy to a truly wonderful daughter.

Clive and Tricia Wilson and their family would like to personally thank everyone who has contributed to help keep Lisa’s memory alive by supporting the charity.