The 2025 cohort of 13 new Tania Dalton Foundation Scholarship Programme recipients includes our 100th Recipient with athletes from six different regions representing eleven different sports codes. Launched in 2018 the Scholarship Programme provides a unique three-year financial scholarship to young sports women to assist them in their high-performance journey. 2025 Recipients come from Northland, Gisborne, Auckland, Waikato, Whanganui and Wairarapa including a student from Carmel College on the Northshore – Tania’s former high school.
“As expected, the quality of the young women applying this year for the scholarships was very high. The need for financial and personal development support is stronger than ever, which made the selection process even harder,” said TDF Chair Duane Dalton. “Our scholarship recipients shine in their chosen sport but getting to and remaining at the high-performance level for some can come with additional challenges due to family, education or work commitments.”
The bespoke 4-pillar programme is based around financial support, mentoring, personal development and paying it forward. Now entering its eight year the Scholarship Programme attracts strong support from a range of corporate sponsors, individuals and family trusts looking to transform the lives of young women and their whanau/families.
Dalton said the foundation was delighted to welcome Alvarium and the Edgar Family Foundation into the scholarship sponsor family as well as welcome back to 2degrees, AllProof, Archibald and Shorter Northshore, ASB Bank, LT McGuiness, Magness Family, Oyster Property Group, Rider Levett Bucknall, Russell Property Group and the Sutcliffe Family.
