Jaguar Announces New Academy Of Sport Stars

The Jaguar Academy of Sport has announced its ‘Rising Stars’ for 2012, with 50 young sportsmen and women presented with their bursaries by Jessica Ennis at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.

Ennis also attended the youngsters’ first Mentoring and Education workshop, focused on media training and anti-doping education.

She said: ‘It was fantastic to meet the 2012 Rising Stars and provide them with their bursaries. During such a high profile sporting year it’s great to see a brand like Jaguar supporting future talent and I look forward to following their progress and helping to inspire them on their sporting journey.’

Geoff Cousins, Jaguar’s Global Director of Sponsorships, added: ‘It is fantastic to be able to support British sporting talent for the third year in a row and these young athletes really are on the road to success. Jaguar is dedicated to supporting the next generation of British sporting greats and the Academy is a long term commitment to this goal.’

The Academy, now in its third year, has awarded 135 bursaries and by the end of this year will have invested £500,000 in the programme.