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The Youth Sponsoring Initiative

TOBAM initiated the Youth Sponsoring Project in 2014, as a sponsorship effort to support the endeavours of young individuals to excel, to challenge their own limits and develop skills unusual for athletes or students their age.

“La valeur n’attend point le nombre des années”, wrote Pierre Corneille in Le Cid – something which mirrors TOBAM’s mindset since its beginnings: Think out of the Box.

The project began with the sponsorship of Adjmal Allymun, a young pilot who won the Hop! Tour of Young Pilots in 2014 and a who was part of the youngest crew to participate in the Toulouse/Saint Louis (Senegal) rally in 2015.

TOBAM is proud to sponsor Justin Bécret, one of the most promising surfers in the world. We started supporting Justin when he was only 16 and now 4 years later, he is surfing in the senior championship.

TOBAM is also the proud sponsor of Aurélia Boulanger, a triathlete.

Aurélia Boulanger, Promising Triathlete

We are really proud to introduce a new beneficiary of the Initiative, Aurélia Boulanger, a very talented young triathlete.

Aurelia just graduated as an engineer, specialized in urban planning and sustainable buildings.

She started her triathlete career in 2018, and became the winner of the 2019 French long distance triathlon.

TOBAM is proud to support a female athlete, in a sport that is less prone to media attention but requires an absolute dedication and commitment to trainings and competition.

Her objective this year is to qualify for the Triathlon 70.3 World Championship, due to be held on December 2022 in New Zealand. This “half-Ironman” is a long-distance triathlon race consisting of 1.9km swim (1.2 mile), 90km bike (56 miles), and 21.1km run (13.1 miles) !

Aurelia’s dedication to her sport, trainings and objectives sets a high example for all of us. We are happy to support Aurélia for her future endeavours especially after a difficult year where all official competitions were cancelled.

Good Luck Aurélia!

Justin Bécret, Rising Surf Star

Born in Bayonne (South West of France) in 2001, Justin grew up with his feet in the sands. Supported by his parents who 15 years ago, established the Natural Surf Lodge, between lake, forest and ocean. This environmentally responsible living environment, provides Justin with a beneficial and suitable structure for his training. A native from the European capital of board sports, Justin has a great desire to travel the world (Australia, Tahiti, Hawaï, Denmark..) which he will be able to do upon being successful in joining the professional circuit, the CT. TOBAM is proud to support this young athlete, who remains grounded and humble, while also continuing a rigorous education.

If you want to learn more about Justin, please read “Life of a Surfer“

Trophy Haul

2014

UNSS Champion (French intra-school championship)

2015

UNSS Champion (French intra-school championship)
Winner of the European QS (-15)
Champion of France (-14)
45th at the Junior Pro Europe (-21)

2016

UNSS Champion (French intra-school championship)
5th at the Junior Pro Europe Caparica (-18) (Portugal)
5th at the Junior Pro Europe Biscarosse (-18) (France)

2017

Champion of France (-16)

2018

Winner of the Junior Pro Europe La Torche (-18) (France)
Winner of the Junior Pro Europe Biscarosse (-18) (France)

Adjmal Allymun, Promising young pilot

From his childhood, Adjmal was constantly looking up at the sky, but was prevented from entering the National School of Civil Aviation due to a sight issue. TOBAM decided to sponsor and support Adjmal in 2014 and together they embarked on this adventure with Adjmal realizing his dream.
The Hop! Tour of Young Pilots is an event organized since 1953 by the French Aeronautical federation. 42 under-25 young pilots were given the chance to compete during two weeks on private airplanes with test matches on steering precision, questionnaires, drafting flight plans and aerial reconnaissance.

Adjmal approached this Tour as with everything he does, focus dedication and fully motivated which resulted in him winning the competition.

This success opened more doors, and the right to participate to an even more challenging adventure: the rally Toulouse (France) – Saint Louis (Senegal).

In October 2015, Adjmal, in command of his TOBAM-sponsored Diamond DA40, was among the 16 crews on the starting line for this 33-year old competition: a unique rally from Toulouse (France) to Saint Louis (Senegal) in the footsteps of the pioneers of the Airmail.

As the “Young Wings” crew, Adjmal and his co-pilot Alexandre Vantours participated for the first time in this rally and were by far the youngest crew in the competition.

Adjmal is now a qualified private pilot and is in the process of qualifying as an airline pilot.