The Alan Blinn and Simone Moore Memorial Fund was established by NSWISA to honour two of our Administrators and Officials who lost their lives on Sydney Harbour on 28th March 2007. Both Alan and Simone shared a passion for skating and contributed hugely not only to skating in Australia but to skating around the world. Alan was an International Judge and President of NSWISA. Simone, an ISU Championship Judge and International Referee, had been newly appointed to the NSWISA Council. Their legacy will assist future generations of aspiring skaters to further develop their talent and achieve their full potential so that they may realise their skating dreams.
2024 Alan Blinn & Simone Moore Memorial Fund Recipients
Congratulations to the 2024 Alan Blinn and Simone Moore Memorial Fund recipients. They were awarded at the 2024 NSW State Championships.
This year we received many high-quality applications and our Committee had to work hard to assess the merits of each of the development plans. We are excited to see such ambition and understand the pathways and goals of our Members. It was also fantastic to read about how our applicants plan to give back to our sport.
It is with great pleasure that we announce the recipients of the 2024 Alan Blinn & Simone Moore Memorial Fund:
| Tier 1 Trisha Tong |
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| Tier 2 Julio Potapenko |
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| Tier 3 Larissa Venhorst |
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PAST WINNERS
2023 Alan Blinn & Simone Moore Memorial Fund winners
| Tier 1 Pauline Gorelik |
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| Tier 1 Maria Chernyshova |
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| Tier 2 Cassie Jian |
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| Tier 2 Renee Yuen |
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| Tier 3 Julio Potapenko |
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| Tier 3 Kryshtof Pradeaux |
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| Preliminary Girls Champion Charlise Trinh |
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| Preliminary Boys Champion Emery Nguyen |
2022 Alan Blinn & Simone Moore Memorial Fund winners
| Tier 1 Hektor Giotopoulos Moore |
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Thank you so much for awarding Anastasiia and me the Simone Moore & Alan Blinn Scholarship last year. This money has been put towards our training overseas in Canada and has helped us substantially progress our skating. This scholarship gave us the possibility to be able to train with some of the best pairs skating in the world. These experiences are invaluable. Thank you for helping us achieve our goals and we will continue to train hard and make NSWISA proud. |
| Tier 2 Alex Fitzsimmons |
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| Tier 2 Renee Yuen |
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As a recipient of 2022 Alan Blinn and Simone Moore Memorial fund, I wanted to thank you for funding this scholarship. I am enjoying my ice-skating career and I am truly grateful for the support which has allowed me to continue achieving my goals representing Australia. My goal for this year is to compete in the Junior Grand Prix in Osaka, and hopefully be able to have the opportunity to compete in Junior Worlds. Currently I have many extra-curricular activities such as ballet, ballroom dancing and strength training which enables me to further develop my ice-skating. And thanks to this scholarship I am able to continue to do these activities Thank you again for your scholarship to my ice-skating journey. |
| Tier 3 Vlada Vasiliev |
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I am very grateful to have received the 2022 NSWISA Memorial Fund, which supported me in paying the expenses of my travel to the Four Continents Championships and the Junior World Championships earlier this year. This fund provided for an amazing experience and I am extremely grateful to NSWISA For providing me with such an opportunity. |
| Tier 3 Kryshtof Pradeaux |
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2021 Alan Blinn & Simone Moore Memorial Fund winners
Vlada Vasiliev
Anastasia Golubeva & Hektor Giotopoulos Moore
2020 Alan Blinn & Simone Moore Memorial Fund successful applicants:
Tier 1 Vlada Vasiliev
Tier 2 Pauline Gorelik, Sophie Moodie
Tier 3 Ainsley Dimitrov, Kryshtof Pradeaux
2019 Alan Blinn & Simone Moore Memorial Fund successful applicants:
Tier 1 Amelie Tabor
Tier 2 Sophie Mortlock, Julio Potapenko, Vlada Vasiliev
2018 Alan Blinn & Simone Moore Memorial Fund successful applicants:
Tier 1 Sam Gillard
Tier 2 Katie Pasfield & Emily Peak
Tier 3 Ella Borg, Bella Purins, Josiah Goodwin & Mikayla Nelson
2017 Alan Blinn & Simone Moore Memorial Fund successful applicants:
Tier 1 Anna Nikishina
Tier 2 Amelie Tabor & Tessa Hobday
Tier 3 Jorja Petfield, Romy Grogan, Sophie Mortlock, Hektor Giotopoulos-Moore
2016 Alan Blinn & Simone Moore Memorial Fund successful applicants:
Tier 1 Jordan Lazarus
Tier 2 Danielle Gebser & Emily Rotondo
Tier 3 Kitty Masters, Emily Peak, Julio Potapenko, Shania Sime
2015 Alan Blinn and Simone Moore Memorial Fund successful applicants:
Tier 1 Katie Pasfield
Tier 2 Madalyn Cherry and Serena Xu
Tier 3 Jocelyn Chan, Chantelle Kerry, Chelsea Watters and Cameron Hemmert
SIMONE MOORE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
2008 Dual winners Danielle O'Brien & Jessica Kurzawski
2009 Jessica Kurzawski
2010 Chantelle Kerry
2011 Zara Pasfield
2012 Kailani Craine
2013 Emma Carr
2014 Holly Harris
ALAN BLINN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
2008 Dual winners Gregory Merriman & Brendan Kerry
2009 Brendan Kerry
2010 Mark Webster
2011 Cameron Hemmert
2012 Brendan Kerry
2013 Mark Webster
2014 Matilda Friend and William Badaoui (jointly)