Emirates ACWS Portsmouth relaunch official Wavemaker Volunteers Programme
by Giordana Pipornetti, Emirates ACWS Portsmouth 3 Mar 2020 08:00 PST
4-7 June 2020
Emirates ACWS Portsmouth - Wavemaker Volunteers Programme © America's Cup Media
The Emirates America's Cup World Series Portsmouth event is excited to relaunch their official Wavemakers Volunteers Programme. The event team are looking for 150 volunteers to support across a range of roles and registration is now OPEN.
The Emirates ACWS event takes place across 4th - 7th June and is set to be the UK's most exciting sailing event this Summer. Three international teams will join home team, INEOS TEAM UK, for four days of action packed racing and entertainment off Southsea seafront.
It's the third time Portsmouth will host the America's Cup racing, over 250,000 spectators lined the shores during the 2015 and 2016 events and over 500 volunteers were on the ground supporting. The Wavemakers programme has become integral to helping to deliver a world class sporting event.
As well as being the 'face' of the Emirates ACWS Portsmouth, Wavemakers are also recruited as ambassadors to share their local knowledge and educate spectators on the America's Cup racing.
Emirates ACWS Portsmouth Event Director, Leslie Ryan, on continuing the programme; "The Wavemaker Volunteers programme was a real highlight of our two previous ACWS events. The support and energy the volunteers gave helped to give our events real character and we are looking forward to working with the local community to deliver another great event. The boats are bigger, faster and we've got a new racing format for 2020 - the Wavemaker programme offers a really unique opportunity to be at the heart of it all and to be a part of something really exciting."
Successful volunteers will be offered the opportunity to work across multiple facets of the event from general help, support and guidance to opportunities within TV production, stage management, event control, media and hospitality. To prepare them for their role, the event will give all volunteers a full training programme.
Following a review of all the online applications, selected candidates will be contacted via email or phone by a member of the event team.
Sign up to become an official Wavemaker volunteer HERE
Tickets for the Emirates America's Cup World Series Portsmouth are now live on Ticketmaster HERE