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2024 Jack Petchey Leader Award: Jerome Lessard

 

Congratulations to Jerome Lessard who has been awarded the 2024 Jack Petchey Leader Award.

The Jack Petchey Foundation Leader Award recognises the incredible commitment of adults who go above and beyond at youth organisations they support and who exemplify dedication to support young people.

 

Jerome has led an extraordinary growth in the number of technical officials who volunteer at our competitions and ensure that times our swimmers achieve are official.

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October 2024 Jack Petchey Achievement Winners

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Congratulation to the October 2024 winners:​​

• Daniel Massimi (County Age)

• Ivor Mitchell (Performance)

• Lucas Malcev (Performance Plus)

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2024 JACK PETCHEY ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS NIGHT AT HACKNEY TOWN HALL​

Congratulations to our 2024 Jack Petchey Achievement Award winners:

Alex, Coach Dhaval, Eli, Iris, Gabriel, Oisin and Thea who attended the fantastic award ceremony at Hackney Town Hall and collected their well deserved medal. 

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April 2024 Jack Petchey Achievement Winners

Congratulation to the April 2024 winners:​​

• Alex Doyle (County Development) 

• Eli Frederick Fatoyinbo (County Age) 

• Imogen Garrett (Fitness Advanced) 

• Iris Adams (Regional Age) 

• Gabriel Bonzano (Fitness Advanced) 

• Thea Stacey (County Age)

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​​​More about the Jack Petchey Achievment Award

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Did you know that the Jack Petchey Achievement winners have contributed their funds to benefit most swimmers?

Below are some examples:

• Squad socials; laser tag (Coach Madison), ice skating (Eilidh McLeod and Klara Sundsbo), trampolining (Eli Frederick Fatoyinbo)

• Underwater GoPro camera (Ivy Hernandez-Taylor and Thomas Roberts)

• Tempo timers (Molly Hoyle)

• Bungee cords (Kai Ogden)

• Club flags (Penelope Barnett and Karl Doyle)

• Membership pop up banner (Louis McLachlan)

• Goggles for their squad (Gracie-May Werge and Zac Pankhurst)

• Hand paddles for her squad (Imogen Garrett)

• Spot prizes for club galas (Regina Morbert, Luc Tisne and Gracie-May Werge) 

• Swimsuits for her squad (Isla Roberts)

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What is the Jack Petchey Award Scheme?
The Jack Petchey Achievement Award Scheme is the flagship programme of the Jack Petchey Foundation

and it currently operates across 1,800 different schools, groups and organisations within London and Essex.

The Achievement Award Scheme aims to enable schools, colleges and youth organisations to recognise,

reward and celebrate the achievements of their young people.

Achievement Awards are designed to recognise a wide range of achievements. It is not just about being

clever, or gifted, but about putting the effort in and doing your best. The success of the award scheme arises from empowering young people to nominate their peers and select the Achievement Award winner.

The award winner also chooses how their award money is to be spent

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How does the Jack Petchey Achievement Award Scheme work?

The Jack Petchey Achievement Awards are not solely for athletic achievement — they may be used to

recognise a personal triumph for someone who has faced a challenge, a young person who has pushed themselves outside their comfort zone or it may be an opportunity to recognise the outstanding efforts of a team player. In other words it is not about being the best, fastest, most successful swimmer but about doing your best.

 

Each award constitutes a gift of £300 and the winner can decide what to spend the money on.

However the award money must be used for the benefit of a group of young people, not an individual (the winner does not receive a cash payment for personal items). 

 

A Jack Petchey Award coordinator will work together with the winner(s) to create a ‘wish list’ of items — this

can include equipment, activities, trips out, hiring a specialist worker, a celebration event, training courses etc.

However it’s ultimately the award winner only who decides how the £300 is spent.

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Who can be nominated?

Nominees must be aged 11–25 and have not previously received the award before within HAC.

 

When are the winners announced?

6 Winners will be announced in April and 3 further winners in October.

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For more information

Please contact the Jack Petchey Award Coordinator here if you have any questions or suggestions. 

For more information on the Jack Petchey Foundation please click here