HARRY Bush, a Year 12 student at Good Shepherd Lutheran College Noosa, was recently selected as a finalist for the Queensland Training Awards (North Coast Region) for his training in Bicycle Workshop Operations.
Harry was nominated to enter the Queensland Training Award’s School Based Apprentice of the Year in April.
As part of the nomination, Harry had to complete a written entry and also be interviewed by a panel of judges from the Department of Education and Training.
The North Coast Region received nominations from the local government regions of Morton Bay, Sunshine Coast, Noosa, Gympie, Fraser Coast and Bundaberg.
Since September 2013, Harry has been employed by Cognition, a local bike shop and the qualification for which he is training is a Certificate III in Bicycle Workshop Operations (Mechanical).
His trainer is TAFE Queensland Skills Tech.
“Having raced bikes competitively from the age of four, it’s not surprising that Harry enrolled in a school-based apprenticeship at a bike shop,” said Mr Graeme Handreck, Good Shepherd Lutheran College’s Career Guidance Counsellor.
Harry is doing what he loves.
“His passion for his sport has continued, and Harry is currently a member of the Under 19 Junior Elite Australian Downhill Mountain Bike Team,” Mr Handreck said.
As an award finalist, Harry and his parents were invited to attend the Queensland Training Awards 2015 – North Coast Region Final Presentation Dinner and Ceremony on 1 August.
Unfortunately, Harry was unable to attend the presentation as that same day he was racing at a downhill mountain bike event in Mont-Saint-Anne, Quebec, Canada.
However, his father was there to accept the award on his behalf. One week after the Canadian event, Harry travelled to Windham in the USA for another race and this week he again heads overseas to race in the ‘World Titles’ at Andorra, a mountainous area near southern France.
