Thirty-four young sportspeople received grants from the Local Sporting Champions program.
Some of the recipients come from Casino, Kyogle, Bonalbo, Green Pigeon, North Woodburn and Geneva.
Federal MP Kevin Hogan presented the local teenagers with a certificate in recognition of their achievements and confirmed their grants of $550 each.
“The Local Sporting Champions program provides financial assistance to young people aged between 12 and 18 years to compete, coach or umpire in their chosen sport,” Mr Hogan said.
“Unfortunately succeeding in sport doesn’t just take talent and determination – parents also often have to put their hands in their pockets to get their children to competitions. I’m very pleased to be able to help these families with financial support through these grants.”
To apply for the next round of grants go here.
Some of the recipients in this round are:
James McCullagh from Bonalbo, athletics
Connor McCarthy from Caniaba, baseball
Crystal Gill from Casino, athletics
Bryce Byrne from Casino, touch football
Allora Gould from Casino, netball
Matilda Green from Green Pigeon, netball
Tennille Owen from Kyogle, athletics
Pippa Kennedy from Kyogle, athletics
Morgan Selesele from Kyogle, athletics
Jed Mulcahy from Kyogle, cricket
Shakyia Gambrill from North Woodburn, athletics
Jada Kliewer from Geneva, athletics
Amber Bryant from Blakebrook, athletics
plus others from the Northern Rivers.
The information in this report was provided by the office of Kevin Hogan MP.