Sport Newcastle Rising Star- Abby White

Abby White is an 11-year-old para-swimmer, based with Newcastle Swim Team. At The Great British Deaf swimming National Championships, Abby came back with four medals- gold, two silver and a bronze. Later on in 2018 she competed at the National Junior Para swimming Championships competing in the ten to thirteen age category and brought back four titles at freestyle backstroke and two at breaststroke. Abby represents three different swimming clubs and also attended the Broadwood Primary school in Denton, Newcastle.

The 2019 Rising Star Awards were sponsored by North East based SOS Group, an independent leader in providing organisations across the UK and abroad with printers, copiers, MFDs, Document Management Solutions and support services.

Abby has been awarded the Bronze grant award which entitles her to £250 grant to help support her sporting successes. For more information on our grants, email info@sportnewcastle.com