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Nominations for Sail Canada Annual Awards now open

by Sail Canada 28 Jan 2025 19:34 GMT
Sail Canada Annual Awards © Sail Canada

Sail Canada is pleased to announce that nominations for its 2025 Annual Awards are now open.

Starting now, Sail Canada is looking to receive nominations from the Canadian Sailing community to recognize outstanding sailors, athletes, coaches, instructors, officials, volunteers and events through one of Sail Canada's different Annual Award categories, based on activities and performances that occurred from January 1 to December 31, 2024.

Nomination forms for each of the awards are available online at www.sailing.ca/annual-national-awards. Once they have been filled out, they can be sent no later than February 28, 2025, to Sail Canada's National Office at .

The recipients of these awards will be honoured through the year.

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