Liverpool club helps duo on way to uni

Sydney
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Liverpool Catholic Club president Phil Coleman presents the scholarship cheques to 18-year-old students Matthew Stoneham and Tran Tran

By Kathleen Carmody

Two deserving Catholic students are realising their dream of attending university thanks to scholarships of more than $3000 from Liverpool Catholic Club.

Matthew Stoneham, 18, of All Saints Catholic College, Casula, and Tran Tran, also 18, of Freeman College, Bonnyrigg, are the recipients of the 2002 Liverpool Catholic Club scholarships, which were presented at the club’s annual members’ lunch on Sunday, May 26.

The scholarships will pay for Matthew and Tran’s HECS (Higher Education Contribution Scheme), university fees, books and other expenses in their first year of university.

Matthew, who was dux of All Saints College with a UAI (Universities Admission Index) of 99.1 in the 2001 HSC, says that without the scholarship he would not have been able to fulfil his dream of studying Economics/Law at Macquarie University.

“The scholarship has helped my family in easing any financial burden that my going to university would have caused,” he said.

“I think it’s also an added incentive for me to work – it’s made me more eager to do well.”

Tran received a UAI of 98.55 and was also dux of her year at Freeman College.

She is in her first year of a five year Communications/Law degree majoring in Social Inquiry at the University of Technology, Sydney.

Tran says she hopes to be able to make a difference. “I was really interested in the idea of understanding how communities and political systems work,” she said.

“I don’t know what I’m going to do with it yet, but it will have something to do with changing the future.” Tran said.

As well as the university scholarships, Liverpool Catholic Club donated packages worth a total of nearly $250,000 to 10 local parishes and schools in western Sydney, including St Therese’s, Sadleir-Miller; Our Lady of Mt Carmel, Mt Pritchard; The Good Shepherd, Hoxton Park; St Anthony’s, Austral; All Saints Catholic Church, Liverpool; St John the Baptist, Bonnyrigg; St Joseph’s, Moorebank; St Francis Xavier, Lurnea; St Christopher’s, Holsworthy; and Holy Spirit, Carnes Hill.

The president of the club, Phil Coleman, said the annual lunch gave the club’s members the opportunity to meet the scholarship winners and acknowledge their achievements.

“The schools in our parish are providing an outstanding education for the students,” he said. “The Liverpool Catholic Club is delighted to help with the scholarships and bursaries.

The club is providing an extra $20,000 in bursary scholarships for eight final year high school students who are in difficult financial circumstances.

The club patron, Bishop David Cremin, who presided at the lunch, thanked the Liverpool Catholic Club for its undiminished support for local parishes and the western Sydney community.