Opportunity Knocks for the IAKA Youth Team at Cowes Week
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Winners of the 2021 Ian Atkins Keelboat Award announced
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Opportunity knocks for a young team of sailors to compete for the chance to race an SB20 at Cowes Week and Live the Experience
The John Merricks Sailing Trust (JMST), the charity set up in memory of 1996 Olympic Silver medallist John Merricks, is delighted to announce that applications are now open for the second edition of the Ian Atkins Keelboat Award.
This Award is open to any sailors, aged between 18 and 22, who seek to transition their sailing ambitions from dinghies to small keelboats. For 2021 the award will be a sponsored and supported entry to compete at the World s most famous regatta - Cowes Week.
Jude Armstrong Gets Topper Boost For Dinghy Sailing Ambitions
12th December 2020
Jude Armstrong, a member of Upper Thames Sailing Club (UTSC), has received a Topper dinghy to help his training plans
Credit: Alice Armstrong
Talented youth sailor Jude Armstrong (13) is from High Wycombe and has family in Co. Down including grandparents Rob and Betty Armstrong, Afloat s Northern Ireland correspondent. Jude is one of ten youngsters from across the UK who have been handed a huge boost in their ambitions to become top class dinghy sailors thanks to a national programme helping young talent progress in the sport.
The delighted sailors have been awarded exclusive use of their own boat for the next two years through the on-going partnership between the John Merricks Sailing Trust (JMST) and RYA OnBoard