FURTHER Education prize winners included Level 3 Advanced Technical Extended Diploma student Boe Lynch, Irvinestown receiving the Response Cup for the best performance in her first year practical assessment.

Jessie Riche, Coleraine was awarded her prize for top first year student, and Casey Burns, Rathfriland and Hannah Jennison, Lisburn shared the Hart Prize, awarded for the best performance in the first year unit Biological Systems of Horses. The Hart Prize is awarded by the Hart Family in memory of the late Sir Anthony and his late Father Basil who was a Veterinary Lecturer at the College.

Higher Education prize winners included FdSc Equine Management students Lisa McFarland, Omagh and Lana Chapman, Westport who received awards for Top Student in 2020 and 2021 respectively.

BSc Equine Management students Caroline Simpson, Lisburn, Thalia O’Hare, Belfast and Evlin Berkley, Carrick-on-Shannon were also awarded Top Student over the course of the two academic years. BSc student Ronan Arthur, Athlone received The Irish Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association (Northern Region) Cup for achieving highest marks for practical course work in the Breeding and Horse Production module.