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Thursday 13 October 2011

The Axa Ambition Awards

News has reached us that Joanne has been selected by her school to be nominated for an Axa Ambition Award. These bi-annual awards aim to recognise the talent, hard work and dedication of 12-18 year olds in sports, science, community, the arts and enterprise.

Paul Evans, CEO of AXA UK:

“Recognising talent and developing people is something we place great importance on within AXA. We have created the Ambition AXA Awards to recognise, reward and develop extreme talent among 11 to 18 year olds. For five gifted individuals with the talent and the ambition to get to the top, this is a unique opportunity to win a bespoke mentoring prize of up to £40,000 each. Winning this prize could be life changing and we are proud to be able to offer this opportunity.”

http://www.ambitionaxaawards.com/

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Samantha is currently working as a professional Event Co-ordinator at The Superyacht Group and a member of the UK Keelboat Academy programme. Previous work experience includes three summer seasons with Neilson Holidays in Greece and Turkey and a winter as resort manager with Esprit in Italy. A sailing, windsurfing, water ski and paddle sport instructor she is also an RYA Race Coach Level 2 for dinghy sailing. She holds instructor endorsements for keel boats and multi-hulls as well as the PADI Open Water diving qualification, powerboat and safety boat certificates plus VHF and First Aid. Previously a well known campaigner in a Laser Radial , dinghy the current Olympic class for singlehanded Women Samantha now enjoys sharing her love of watersports with anyone who wishes to learn.

A past member of RYA Scotland National Laser Radial Squad and

past member Great Britain Topper Youth Squad 2009-2011

Supported by

Fife Sports and Leisure Trust

Laser Centre Scotland

RYA Scotland
Fife Council

Notable Results

3rd Place, Gold Fleet Race, Topper World Championships 2010

11th Female, Topper World Championships 2010

1st Female (2nd Overall), Scottish Topper Championships 2010
2nd Overall (Silver) Topper World Championships 2011
1st Female Scottish Laser Radial Championships 2011

Campaign Objectives 2011

RYA Youth Championships and Trials 2011

Sail for Gold, Weymouth 2011

Laser Radial World Youth Championships 2011, La Rochelle, France

Laser Radial Women's European Championships 2011, Helsinki, Finland

Laser Radial UK National Championships 2011

Joanne is currently studying Events Management at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen and is enjoying an introduction to University team racing. Until 2015 she sailed the International 420 sailing dinghy in a partnership with fellow Scottish Development team sailor Joanna Barrie. Previously one of the youngest national squad sailors in the Laser Radial which is the Women's Olympic singlehanded dinghy Joanne was also a successful Junior competitor in the International Topper which is an RYA Junior Pathway Class.

Joanne was a member of the RYA Scotland 420 Development Team coached by David Kohler. She has also been a member of the RYA Scotland Laser Radial Squad and a past member of the Great Britain Intermediate National Junior Squad and the RYA Scotland Topper Squad.

Supported by

Royal Yachting Association

Fife Sports and Leisure Trust

RYA Scotland

Iexcel programme

Robertson Trust
Fife Council

Notable Results

Topper 4.2 Nationwide Series Champion 2010

21st Female Topper World Championships 2010

2nd Female Scottish Topper Championships 2010 and 2011

2nd Female RYA Scotland Zone Championships and Squad Qualifier (Laser Radial) 2011

Racing Programme 2011

GBR Topper Nationwide Series 2011

Topper National Championships 2011

Topper World Championships, Ireland, 2011

Joanne and Samantha Foster Campaign Blog

Thursday 13 October 2011

The Axa Ambition Awards

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