27 Oct 2016

Changing lives through sailing

The race experience itself is a test, but what difference does it make when you get home? Over the last 20 years the Clipper Race and our crew have worked with many different charities, be it one close to the heart of an individual taking part in the race, or one that has been made an Official Race Charity for a…

16 Jan 2016

​Competitive streak runs through Asian Pacific Challenge Ambassadors

There are six new crew members from different ends of the earth boarding five Clipper Race boats to represent their individual Team Sponsor for the Asian Pacific Challenge, and there…

1 Dec 2015

Meet the Crew: David Pollock

This time last year David Pollock was unemployed, had struggled to hold down a job and wasn’t sure where life would take him but one thing is certain, he did…

20 Aug 2015

Derry~Londonderry~ Doire bursary winners race places revealed

As we count down to Race Start, the long wait is over for our five Derry~Londonderry~Doire bursary candidates, who have been waiting to find out which races they…

22 Jun 2015

Local heroes awarded race places on Derry~Londonderry~Doire

Two local heroes from Derry-Londonderry are joining the Derry~Londonderry~Doire crew after being awarded bursary places for their work in the community. Shane Brunker, 56, and Danny Bryce, 39, have both been named as recipients of the ‘Voice of the Community’ bursary that was gifted to Derry City and Strabane District Council by Clipper Race organisers to mark the third…

26 May 2015

Derry-Londonderry to Nominate Local Heroes for Race Place

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston has announced today that Derry City and Strabane District Council has been gifted a unique opportunity for two community workers or volunteers to win a place on…

13 Apr 2015

​Four people win bursaries aboard Derry~Londonderry~Doire

The lives of four people from Derry-Londonderry are about to be transformed after being selected for the ‘Your Next Chapter’ bursary scheme which will see each of them sail a leg of the Clipper 2015-16 Race. The successful candidates, who wereoriginally expecting to just undertake four weeks of crew training, discovered today from Derry City and Strabane District Council that they…

9 Feb 2015

Derry City Council launches exciting bursary scheme for Clipper Race training

Derry City Council is offering local people the chance to train alongside the crew taking part in the Clipper 2015-16 Race through a special bursary scheme. The ‘Your Next Chapter’ bursary,…