Age Group 2

If you can answer YES to any of these questions, then this is the competition for you!

Dart Harbour is running a competition for young people who are motivated by the river Dart to take part in an activity inspired by the river.

Closing date for applications: 30th June 2010

It doesn’t matter what the activity is, the only important thing is that the project you submit, has
made you realise how important the river is in providing the excitement and inspiration for your
activity.

• You ask an adult who knows what you have contributed to your club or the level that you
• have achieved in your project, to nominate you on the online entry form. (This adult should not be anyone to whom you are related.)
• You decide what it is that the river has prompted you do. You then write a short description of
• the activity or project and why its important to you on the online entry form.
• You then send submit the entry form to Dart Harbour by June 30th 2010.
• A panel of experts will then choose the best 3 entries and if you are selected, you will be invited
• to attend a final to talk about your activity or project and to show any written or visual work.

The winner will receive an award of £100 scholarship. The winners Club or School will receive an
Award of £200 to be spent on an approved Club or School Activity.
In addition, the winner will receive a 1 day leisure activity course for two persons (and accompanying adult) based on the Dart (with Canoe Adventures).
All finalists will receive a certificate.
The prizes will be presented at an Awards ceremony in November 2010.

• This competition is open to anyone who is 12 or over and under 16 on the 30th June 2010.
• You must live or go to school, or attend a sailing, rowing,canoeing or other club, within 10 miles of the tidal river Dart. (The area from the river mouth to the bridge at Totnes.)
• The project work must be your own. The Judges’ decision is final.

In making this award, Dart Harbour is hoping to identify a young person who demonstrates
an enthusiasm and interest related to a marine activity on the Dart. It is expected that the
young person would be highly motivated by their interest and achieve a level of excellence
in their chosen area of marine activity.
The Dart Harbour want to ensure that the options for the project remain as broad as possible,
allowing the young person to design and carry out a project which has been inspired by their
personal interest in the river. It is expected that there will be a range of subject areas
including, environmental, personal sailing ability, coaching water activities, boat building,
creative writing, photography, community projects etc. Whatever field is selected, the
guiding criteria for nomination will be that the young person has made a unique and
outstanding contribution based on their interest with the River Dart.
It is also expected that the young person may already be involved in the project prior
entering for the award. For example, he/she may already have produced a project for
coursework, or be involved in a local rowing club, or a community project which meets the
criteria. This award would allow for recognition for achieving excellence in their chosen field
provided that the project is based on the River Dart.

In your role as teacher/ club coach/ youth worker, you come in contact with many young
people who are already highly motivated by their interest in the River Dart. We would be very
grateful if you could make them aware of the competition and support them in entering.
There may be others who find the incentive of the competition a good reason for producing
a project on the Dart and we hope you will encourage them. The prize for this age group is an
individual award of £100 scholarship while the sponsoring organisation receives £200
towards an approved club or school activity. The winner will also receive a one day leisure
activity for 2 people (and an accompanying adult) on the River Dart .

We have kept the entry form as simple as possible so that it is not too time consuming for all
involved. We are also keen that young people who may not have the best academic skills are
not excluded from entering. So for instance, we may attract entries from those with excellent
boat building skills or a high level of sailing ability, but who are less able at expressing
themselves on paper. All entries have to display the young person’s enthusiasm for their
project and, if selected as a finalist, they would have to be able to talk knowledgably about
their area of expertise.

We hope, that together, we will find our Young Champion and help raise an appreciation
among young people of the outstanding area in which we live.