Sports Bursary Endorsement: Ulster & Irish Swimmer Daniel Wiffen

Swimming sensation Daniel Wiffen from Magheralin, who is a member of Larne Swimming Club, has enjoyed an enviable record-breaking sports career to date.

He has represented Ireland in the European Junior Championships, World Junior Championships and European Senior Championships and broken nine Irish junior records and two Irish senior records. Currently in training, he aspires to qualify for next year’s Olympics.

Daniel describes how a sports bursary from Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Sports Forum helped him…

‘𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮, 𝙎𝙬𝙞𝙢 𝙄𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙. 𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙨𝙩 𝙎𝙬𝙞𝙢 𝙄𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙙𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢.

𝙈𝙮 𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝘿𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙨. 𝘽𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝘿𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙛𝙪𝙡, 𝙤𝙧 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙩𝙬𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙖 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙨𝙬𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝.

𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝘼𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙝, 𝘽𝙖𝙣𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙣 𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙪𝙢, 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙’

Find out more about the sports bursary award at https://bit.ly/38AVuTB

Download the sports bursary application form at

armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk/sportsbursary

The closing date for receipt of bursary applications is 5pm on Monday 4 January 2021.

For further information, contact: Laura O’Hagan – Sports Development Assistant

07436 537846