Local Youth Sailor Wins MK ; Sport Achiever of The Month Emberton Park Sa ng Club .J 1 6-year old Adam Fisher has received the Milton Keynes Spo s Achiever of the Month award for November, in recognition for his regional and national success in Dinghy racing. He will now attend the Sports Achiever of the Year event at Shenley Leisure Centre on Tuesday 3 December. A junior sailor with Emberton Park Sailing Club near Olney, Adam won the Junior Sailing trophy at the North West Norfolk Sailing Association Regatta Week in August, sailing there for the first time single-handedly in challenging conditions achieving first placed Junior Sailor and fifth place overall. An active sailor at his local club for the last eight years, Adam has recently changed class of boat, moving from a Topper to the Olympic-class Laser Radial Dinghy. At club level, Adam sails against both adults and juniors and this summer also represented the Milton Keynes and Bucks Youth Sailing Association team at the National Schools' Sailing Regatta in Cumbria. For further information, please contact: Luke Fisher (Commodore) on 01 525 860220. About Emberton Park and Sports Achiever of the Year Established in 1 956, EPSC is one of the oldest sailing clubs in the area. Situated within Emberton Park, near Olney in Buckinghamshire, it offers a family-friendly environment in which to sail all year round. The club also holds Royal Yachting Association (RYA) Champion Club status, enabling it to provide guidance and coaching for young up and coming sailors. More details at www.espc.org.uk Sports Achiever of the Year is an initiative of Sport Milton Keynes. Originally established as Milton Keynes and District Sports Council in 1977, Sport MK is a committee of representatives who are volunteers from the various sporting activities within the area of Milton Keynes. Sport MK encourages Clubs to submit nominees to its Achiever Schemes, both monthly and annually. Each December Sport MK holds a Presentation Evening for the End of Year Awards Ceremony for local award winners and monthly achievers. More details at http://spo mk.wordpress.com/home •Fuel Merchants •Ironmongers •Hardware •Pet Supplies Phonebox Magazine 67