Talented brothers David Grant aged 12 and James Grant, 14 both Great Britain junior Optimist sailors from Mylor have been awarded grants by the Rotary Club of Falmouth in association with SportsAid South West to help them achieve their sporting dreams.

The Rotary Club of Falmouth has agreed to match the charity's awards to give them a total of £500 each to help them with coaching, travel, training and equipment costs in their chosen sport.

SportsAid is a charity working to help talented young and disabled sportspersons compete at the highest levels in their chosen sports. Awards are given to competitors who are currently ranked in the top 10 nationally of their sport or are regular members of national age group squads. Rotary, nationally, seeks to support the celebration of achievements by young people and considers this to be an excellent way to assist talented sportspersons from their locality to fulfil their dreams James is a member of the Great Britain Optimist National U16 squad. He is ranked No.1 in GB at U14 level on the Optimist Sailing list and 3rd in GB at U16 level. He won the GB Inland Championships at U14 level in 2006 and represented GB at the World Championships in Uruguay in 2006. He hopes to compete at the Olympic Games in the longer term.

David, his younger brother is also a member of the GB Optimist National U16 squad and is ranked No.1 in GB at U13 level on the Optimist Sailing list and 2nd in GB at U16 level.

He won the GB Nationals for Optimist at Junior level in August 2006 and was the first GB boat at the French Nationals in the Optimist class in July last year. Like his brother he hopes to compete at senior level at the Olympic games one day.

The awards were presented to David and James by John Kerridge the president of the Rotary Club at the Restronguet Sailing Club, Mylor. Also present was Roger Luke the regional director for SportsAid South West.