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A scholarship is available for one youngster to participate in next month's Nespresso national youth training week run by the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.
Promising young sailing talent aged 14-20, mentored by aspiring sailors from around New Zealand, will converge on Kawau Island for one of the two week-long intensive courses from December 4.
Places are limited and all 88 have been snapped up for 2017 in record time. However, Nespresso have created an opportunity for one young sailor who has applied to receive their fee paid by Nespresso.
Applications are open now for this training week scholarship and applicants are asked to send in a 100-word (maximum) paragraph on why they should be selected.
The national youth training week began in 1989 and has grown in popularity year on year.
“The learning curve is very steep and there’s a lot of training to get through," Royal New Zealand general manager Hayden Porter said. "The participants are mentored by members of the Youth Training Programme, a year-long regime covering every element of sailing on and off the water each weekend.
“Raw talent, a dedicated coaching programme and sponsorship from partners like Nespresso, continues to cement New Zealand’s top spot in global youth sailing.”
Past Nespresso national youth training week participants include Phil Robertson, who is currently the world's No 1 match racer and World Match Racing Tour champion, as well as Chris Steele.
See here for more information on the programme.
2017 Dates
Week 1: December 4-10
Week 2: Sunday 10-16
How to enter
If you are coming, or know someone attending, send a 100-word (maximum) paragraph detailing why you or someone else should be awarded the scholarship for the Nespresso national youth training week to raceoffice@rnzys.org.nz with 'Nespresso please' in the subject line by 5pm, November 30, 2017.
