Sports Sponsorship Award 2012

d'Overbroeck's Principal Sami Cohen congratulates Francesca Baillieu on her award

Congratulations to Francesca Baillieu on receiving the d'Overbroeck's Sports Sponsorship Award 2012. This is a new award offered to students with outstanding sporting talent to help with their training programmes.

Upper Sixth student Francesca is a successful horse rider with numerous achievements to her name, including coming 5th (out of 80 riders) at the Novice National U18 Championships in October last year. She has also qualified for the Badminton Grassroots Championships and went clear in the Show Jumping round of her first Intermediate competition. More recently she came first in her section at Gatcombe Park where she received her prize from HRH The Princess Royal.

Francesca receiving her prize from The Princess Royal at Gatcombe Park

In 2012 and with sponsorship from d’Overbroeck’s her main goal is to get a place on the British Junior Team. Francesca is currently applying for university where she hopes to study Biological Sciences. Last year, she was a winner at the Oxfordshire School Biologist of the Year Awards 2011.