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2013 Volvo Yachting Excellence Awards: In celebration of 50 years of Yachting Excellence Awards in New Zealand, Partridge Jewellers have put forward a special prize to find sailing’s most selfless contributors. 
New Zealand’s best sailors, coaches and volunteers are the people we will reward at November’s Volvo Yachting Excellence Awards. These stars of our sport can only do what they do with the support of their loved ones, yet these people’s support goes largely unrecognized. This group is often family; a spouse, grandparent or best friend.
This is your opportunity to nominate the person whom without; your sailing career would have not reached such heights.
Sailing is a family sport, and success at all levels requires ‘behind the scenes’ contributors. Rarely are these people revealed or celebrated. The Partridge Jewellers Diamond Anniversary Prize will go to one special person that has enabled the success of one of our nation's accomplished sailors, coach, or volunteers.
For the Partridge Jewellers Diamond Anniversary prize, Yachting New Zealand encourages all members to tell us about somebody who has supported you, somebody who has made a difference in your sailing career; somebody who is ‘always there’.
A judging panel will select the most outstanding nomination to receive Partridge Jewellers Timepiece or Jewellery of the winner’s choice, to the value of $5000 NZD.
Nominations for this special one- off prize category close on 1 November.
Nominate online now
2013 is a landmark year for yachting marking the 50th Anniversary of the New Zealand Sailor of the Year Award and the 2013 Volvo Yachting Excellence Awards set for Friday 29th November promises to be an exciting event.
Yachting New Zealand is delighted to welcome Volvo Cars New Zealand as naming sponsor of the event in 2013. The evening award function will be held at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.
