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The seven students from Cork, all of whom were awarded Gold Sports Scholarships from IT Carlow recently. Front, l-r: Evie Casey (Women’s Gaelic Football); Finola Neville (Camogie and Idris Rqibi (Rugby). Back, l-r: Kieran Chopra (basketball); Sean Cremin (Rugby); Eoin O’Sullivan (Horse Racing) and Michael Hurley (Gaelic Football). Photo: Pat Moore

Finola Neville from Ballynoe was recently awarded a Gold Sports Scholarship for her exceptional talent on the camogie pitch. The Institute of Technology Carlow (IT Carlow) student this week awarded 35 academic scholarships and 83 gold and elite sports scholarships for the 2014/2015 academic year, to students who have distinguished themselves, both academically and through their exceptional sporting ability.

Finola is an All-Ireland senior camogie medal winner with Cork (2014) and also won the Fr. Meachair Cup with IT Carlow in 2015. She is studying Sports Rehabilitation and Athletic Therapy at Carlow institute.

REBEL RECIPIENTS

Award recipients, included Finola, featured seven students from Cork, all of whom were awarded Gold Sports Scholarships, namely Evie Casey (Women’s Gaelic Football), Idris Rqibi (Rugby), Kieran Chopra (basketball), Sean Cremin (Rugby), Eoin O’Sullivan (Horse Racing) and Michael Hurley (Gaelic Football)

The Sports Scholarship programme at IT Carlow, now in its 16th year, offers a support package and/or bursaries to students of exceptional sporting ability. The number of scholarships offered to students has more than doubled since the programme was introduced in 1999, reflecting IT Carlow’s renown as one of the leading third-level sporting institutions in Ireland and a modern hub for sporting excellence, with a growing academic portfolio of sports programmes.

During the scholarship ceremony, IT Carlow also announced details of its High Performance Entry Scheme, a new initiative that will award up to 50 extra CAO points for students who excel outside the classroom in three key areas: Innovation/Entrepreneurship, Active Citizenship and Sport. Twelve places will be offered for the academic year 2015/2016.

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