2026 Waterski Conference

The 2026 British Waterski season will soon be upon us; we’re all looking forward to longer days & hopefully better & warmer weather! We hope you have all wintered well.

If you are skier, a parent, an organiser, an official, a want to be official – You are invited to attend the 2026 British Waterski Conference. If you are an official looking to upgrade, learn a new skill, refresh old skills, or you want to become an official. This event is one for you.

The conference is being held on Saturday 2nd May at the Bentley Hotel, Lincoln, and is followed by a competition to be held at Hazelwood Ski World on 3rd & 4th May, for all officials to gain valuable experience.

There will be sessions on judging, scoring, homologation, driving and all sorts in between. Also to include discussions on Sure-Path, eyeTrick, and the latest tech you need to know about. You will be given all the latest information from the 2026 European Seminar and there will be time for you to ask questions and find out what you need. Any officials wishing to officiate at the 2026 National events (Youth & Open National to be held at Gosfield on 17th, 18th 19th July & the Senior Nationals to be held at Pentney Lates on 15th & 16th August, preceded by a rankings slalom on Friday 14th August) need to register their interest on EMS. Officials panels for these events will be published at the conference.

Please follow the link here or scan the QR code to register your interest/attendance of the 2026 British Waterski Conference.

WORLD WATERSKI RULES 2026

The updated rulebook has now been published and can be downloaded here. Copies together with the E&A Additional and British Additional Rules will be available for all Officials attending the Officials Seminar taking place in Lincoln on 2nd May.

http://www.tournamentwaterskiing.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/World-Waterski-Rules-2026-2.pdf

British National Championships 2024 – Schedule

Dear Skier,

We are only two weeks away now from the 2024 National Waterski Championships and with entries now completed the final schedule for the week has been developed. The high number of skiers entered has meant that we need to start at 7.30am for the first four days but even with this early start we will have long skiing days.

The schedule has been structured so that the 35+ events are completed on the Friday allowing many skiers to leave for the 35+ World Championships in Spain which takes place the next week. The schedule can be downloaded here:

http://www.tournamentwaterskiing.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Final-Schedule-2024.xlsx

Another consequence of the high numbers of participants is that the Youth Festival competition will now all be done on Wednesday 28th starting at 12.30 and taking place during the afternoon and evening. A briefing and T Shirts presentation ceremony for the YF will take place at 11.00am by the FoT gazebo with Dush Lukic.

On the Thursday morning the YF participants will be offered free training activities on the back lake and a special reduced entry fee for the Aquapark.

So, it is going to be a very busy 5 days but we have ordered perfect British summer weather with a gentle headwind.

Food Options

The Boathouse Café will be open every day from 10.00am until 4.00pm. The Aquapark now has a Food Truck which will be available.

The famous Hazelwoods Fish and Chips trailer will be on site for the Friday evening and a Pizza truck for the Saturday evening.

Watch out for an email from EMS giving more details

David Stephenson

Chief Judge

13th August 2024