R. Tucker Thompson Youth Development
Confidence
Leadership
Teamwork
Te Tai Tokerau Tall Ship Challenge
Tuesday 30 May – Monday 5 June 2017
Places on the Te Tai Tokerau Challenge are fully sponsored by Northpower and Top
Energy, but successful applicants will be asked for a $50 entrance fee. The decision as to
which schools are selected will be based on this application form and the accompanying
poster on “Safety at Sea”.
To enter the Tai Tokerau Tall Ships Challenge applicants must:
Complete the application form below and submit a poster designed and produced by the
students entitled “Safety at Sea”. Instructions are given on the back of this form.
There is no limit to the number of entries from each school but only one school will be
selected. 6 school teams will be selected, being:
a. Two from the Whangarei District
b. Two from the Far North District
c. One from the Kaipara District
d. One sponsored by the R. Tucker Thompson Sail Training Trust
School name
Nominating Teacher
Contact phone
Contact email
Student Information (students must be 13 – 17 years)
Name
Date of Birth:
Year
Gender:
Email:
Contact Phone:
Student Information (students must be 13 – 17 years)
Name
Date of Birth:
Year
Gender:
Email:
Contact Phone:
1. Registration forms and poster must be received before Monday 24th April 2017,
2. Notification of acceptance will be confirmed before 1st May 2017.
3. The school agrees that their school name may be used in any publicity about the
competition.
4. The students or school agree to pay a $50 entrance fee per student if selected
Teacher’s signature:........................................................................................
Please email completed form to [email protected],
R. Tucker Thompson Youth Development
Confidence
Leadership
Teamwork
How to Enter
1
Check you are available on the voyage dates: Tuesday 30th May – Monday 5th June
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Team up with a partner
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Together with your partner produce a poster entitled ‘Safety at Sea’ which illustrates the
importance of staying safe on the water. This must be your own design and be suitable for
displaying at boat ramps, marinas or public libraries.
Post your poster to R Tucker Thompson, P O Box 42, Opua 0241 or fax to 09 402 8431.
Make sure you do this in plenty of time so we receive it by Monday 24th April.
You will be told the results by 1st May.
If you are not successful, don’t give up. There may be other opportunities to join a voyage
in the future. We will contact you if there is.
If you have any questions email : [email protected]
Sponsored by
R. Tucker Thompson Youth Development
Confidence
Leadership
Teamwork
Information about the Voyage
The R.Tucker Thompson Te Tai Tokerau Tall Ship
Challenge, sponsored by Northpower and Top
Energy, is a competition voyage to find out which
school team can demonstrate they have what it
takes in terms of leadership, initiative and of
course teamwork.
Teamwork will play an important part for the
selection of the winning school, and the winning
team will also demonstrate that they can work not
just with the partner from their own school, but
also members from other schools to complete
their tasks. There will be a combination of physical challenges and mental challenges as
well as a lot of fun.
Challenges set during the 7-day voyage will be based on a range of activities such as sailing,
physical activity, standard of daily drills and duties, swimming as well as positive
interactions between others. They will also need to demonstrate that they understand
Safety at Sea and how they can work together to ensure they complete the challenges in a
safe and responsible way.
The Tai Tokerau Tall Ship Challenge is only held once a year and is open to all schools with
secondary aged students. School places are allocated as follows:
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Whangarei District / Kaipara districts (3 places)
Far North District (2 places)
Any Northland school (1 place)
A trophy will be presented at the end of the voyage to the winning team.
You can see a video clip about the voyage here or copy the URL below:
https://youtu.be/mf053ppMBWE?list=FLMHviJk49nTJqWnoESnNx9g