Alanna takes top prize at Leadership contest
A STUDENT from the Loreto Secondary School will represent Wexford at the regional final of the Rotary Club Youth Leadership Development Competition, after she won the county competition.
Fifth year student Alanna Fusciardi Wallace was one of 62 student entries from across the county from which 14 students, one from each of the participating schools, was selected to compete in the club final which was held at the Riverbank House Hotel.
Joining Alanna at the Club Final were; Oisín Tiernan (St Peter’s College), Aoife O’Neill (Presentation Wexford), Áine Murphy (Meanscoil Gharman), Julia Dziadek (Coláiste Bríde), Rhian Fitzgerald (Enniscorthy Vocational College), Glen Rothwell (St Mary’s CBS, Enniscorthy), Patrick McDonald (Good Counsel College), Nathan Doyle (Kennedy College), Jane Prendergast (St. Mary’s Secondary School, New Ross), Nikhitta O’Leary Doyle (Coláiste Abbain), Jack Tyrell (Coláiste an Átha), Breda Cushen (Bunclody Vocational College) and Ciara Murphy (Ramsgrange Community School).
The regional final will be hosted by the Rotary Club of Newbridge this year and Alanna will compete against club winners from Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford, Youghal, Fermoy, Clonmel, Newbridge and Naas. The top prize is a week-long Leadership Development Programme that will see the 24 winners from across the country travel to Belfast, Dublin and Strasbourg.
Chairman of the competition, Karl Fitzpatrick said: ‘On behalf of the Rotary Club of Wexford, I would like to congratulate Alanna on winning a Club Final where the calibre of entrants was extremely impressive and I am confident that she will be a fantastic ambassador for Wexford.
‘Having witnessed the quality of the leadership skills displayed throughout the competition, the future of Wexford is in very competent hands.’