TOTAL AMOUNT AWARDED IN FIFTEEN YEARS
OVER £253,000 THROUGH 165 GRANTS
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DATES FOR DIARIES
The Bugle's Charity Cricket Challenge for the JMST
Hamble College Playing Fields
Sunday 15th July 2012 - POSTPONED TO
SUNDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER
Due to inclement weather
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North Sails Golf Day in aid of the John Merricks Sailing Trust
Friday 26th October 2012
Cams Hall Golf Club, Fareham
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Glyn Charles Pursuit Race 2012 results
James Peters and Alan Roberts sailing an RS200 won the 2012 Glyn Charles Memorial Pursuit Race at Hayling Island Sailing Club on Sunday 20th May. Second in the fleet of over 100 were Roger and Jane Gilbert, also in an RS200, and in third place the International 14 of Andy and Tom Partington.
Full results here...
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Irish Sea Challenge raises over £1,950 so far.....
Massive congratulations to Laser sailor David Summerville who has just completed the challenge of a lifetime as he sailed his Laser 27087 across the Irish Sea from Howth, Ireland to Holyhead, Wales. He sailed the distance of approximately 70 nautical miles in a time of around 12 hours, in order to raise vital funds for leading mental health charity Mind and the John Merricks Sailing Trust. Please do give your support at:
www.roostersailing.com/isc/
Crewsaver & JMST In Search Of 2 New Stars
Crewsaver have joined with John Merricks Sailing Trust to seek 2 new rising stars who are looking for sponsorship.
We are seeking 2 sailors who can demonstrate how £500 worth of Crewsaver sailing kit each would assist them to achieve their goals in 2012-13.
Please send in your applications with a full sailing CV and explain how this would benefit you to: Suzy@jmst.org.uk
Applications close on 30th June, the awards will be announced on Monday 16th July 2012.
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Patience and Bithell are selected for Team GB at 2012 Olympic Games
Stuart Bithell and Jonathan McGovern were awarded a grant from the JMST in 2002.They went on to win a Bronze Medal in the 420 boys class at the ISAF Youth Worlds in 2004.
In January 2012 Stuart and Luke Patience were selected for Team GB at the 2012 Olympic Games in the 470 class, after achieving a Silver Medal at the 2011 ISAF Worlds in Perth. The pair also won three Bronze Medals in 2011 at: Miami OCR; Princess Sofia in Palma; Open Europeans in Helsinki.
See RYA press release here
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Boatropes.co.uk support the John Merricks Sailing Trust
with donations from all online sales.
Boatropes.co.uk is a relatively young business completely involved in the sailing industry and wanted to give something back by supporting their favourite charity. So they now donate 3% of all online revenue to the John Merricks Sailing Trust (JMST).
Boatropes.co.uk are an online retailer of quality marine rope for both yachts and dinghies.
In order to increase revenue for the JMST they are offering a voucher code for all supporters of the JMST that gives a 10% discount for any online purchase made at www.boatropes.co.uk.
Enter code: JMST2012 at checkout.
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Hamble River Sailing Club presented a cheque of £640 to Rod Carr, Trustee of the JMST at the Garmin Hamble Winter Series Prize-giving on the 10th December. Many thanks to all the competitors and organisers for this great donation.
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Optimists presented at Royal Lymington Yacht Club
Jeremy Bennet writes, "I can think of no better way to commemorate the tragic loss of a young sailor in a car crash than the events of December 10th 2011 at the Royal Lymington Yacht Club."
"There was hardly a dry eye in the crowd as two brand new Optimists, sails and kit were presented to Charlotte and Millie Boyle at the club. The twins' exhausted old kit had achieved the almost impossible. Taken under the wing of George Heathcote, the Boyles had risen through the ranks of Optimist sailors despite vintage kit that was almost as old as the twins. Despite the obvious handicap the twins worked hard to join the top ranked sailors in the country for their age. Though never complaining, they would obviously feel a little sad as over the years a steady stream of new boats turned up in the dinghy park for their friends."
"It was therefore a truly magical moment when the twins were presented, helped by an award from the John Merrick Sailing Trust, with two beautiful Winner boats with brand new North p4 sails plus all the ancillary essentials. Many people helped stretch the JMST grant to make this possible. Special thanks go to North Sails UK and IBI who have helped make this happen."
"Chris and Nicky Boyle led the tears of joy, but all joined in. If John was looking down I suspect he would be proud as punch to see his name associated with the perfect spirit of Christmas moment."
Charlotte christens her boat with a big smile.
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JOHN MERRICKS SAILING TRUST LAUNCHES NEW,
FREE TEXT MESSAGE SERVICE TO RAISE FUNDS
The John Merricks Sailing Trust (JMST) will be amongst the first charities in the UK to use its own, unique personalised text code, JMST01, to raise funds using JustTextGiving by Vodafone.
This is a brand new, free service for charities, that has no set up or fundraising costs for charities, no network charges for people making donations and every penny donated goes to charity. Gift Aid can also be added to donations.
From today, supporters of JMST can make donations of up to £10 by texting JMST01 and either £1, £2, £3, £4, £5 or £10 to 70070 to make their donation. The text message is free and all of the donation will be passed to the JMST.
Ian Walker, Volvo Ocean Race and Americas Cup skipper, Double Olympic Silver Medallist and JMST Trustee said: “This is a wonderful way for us to raise money as it’s speedy, simple and spontaneous. Most people have a mobile phone these days so we expect this to be very popular with our supporters.”
Text JMST01 £10 to 70070 to donate to The John Merricks Sailing Trust and make a difference today.
