Proud to be the official charity of the J. P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race 2011-12
The Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust was the official J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race charity in 2011 and we will continue our term in 2012 . We are extremely privileged to have been selected and are looking forward to lining up on the start against the 1,700 other boats on the 30th June 2012.
About the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race
The annual Round the Island Race, organised by the Island Sailing Club, is a 50 mile race around the Isle of Wight. The race regularly attracts over 1,700 boats and around 16,000 sailors, making it one of the largest yacht races in the world and the fourth largest participative sporting event in the UK after the London Marathon and the Great North and South Runs.
The Race is unique in that it allows amateurs to compete on the same waters as Olympic, America’s Cup and Round the World sailors, including our own patrons Dame Ellen MacArthur and Shirley Robertson, OBE. You can read more about the Round the Island Race here.
The Trust and the Race
The Trust is planning to enter three boats in the 2012 event, offering 16 young people the opportunity to take on the challenge. Trust Patron Ellen will also be joining the young people on the water, look out for our boats!
We are aiming to beat the incredible £57,547 you helped us raise through the Race in 2011, so please help us hit our target and show your support for the Trust in our Race around the Island in one or more of the various exciting ways.
How can you get involved?
Buy a mile: BUY A MILE below for the Trust and win the chance to start this years J. P. Morgan Round the Island Race!
Help us move our three boats virtually Round the Island to support our second year as official charity to the J. P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race.
How does it work?
Each of the 16 young people and the volunteer crew racing on the three Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust yachts in this year’s Round the Island Race will be looking to sell 50 virtual race miles, before they cross the finishing line on Saturday, 30th June. Every mile purchased will move the chosen virtual yacht forward one mile and you can track each boat’s progress here. Miles can be purchased at different values from £10 - £50.
To make your donation, simply scroll to the bottom of this page to our Buy a Mile map, select a boat and crew member you would like to support, and buy a virtual mile of the Race. You can also choose to get Trust Patron Dame Ellen MacArthur virtually round the Island, as she will also be joining the young people on the water again this year.
“It’s fantastic to be able to offer 30 young people in recovery from cancer the inspirational experience of competing with up to 16,000 other sailors in Britain’s biggest one day sailing event. I hope through the ‘Buy a Mile’ fundraising we can help many more young people in their recovery from the illness in the future”. Dame Ellen MacArthur
The donation process is quick and secure and you can find Buy a Mile on Facebook, where you can post the link to get friends involved, or donate below.
Alternatively you can phone the Trust and donate directly on +44 (0)1983 297750.
Keep an eye out here for further information of what the Trust will doing to raise money in the Race Village this year.
Charity Challenge: If you’re thinking of fundraising for the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust, you can also enter your boat in the ‘Charity Challenge’, where the fastest (on corrected time) ISC and IRC rated yacht around the Island will win a £1,000 donation for their chosen charity (minimum fundraising total of £250 required). Each boat raising over £250 for the Trust, will also receive a signed copy of Ellen MacArthur’s book, Full Circle. More information will follow soon.
