Author Archives: Gavin Kelly

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

THE 83rd FoT 200 CLUB DRAW – NOVEMBER 2023

The draw has taken place in Vancouver using a random number generator instead of the usual “200 Balls in the Bag” as they were left behind in the UK. Watch the video to find out who this months lucky winners are. We had 194 numbers in the draw so need to sell a few more tickets going forward to get back to the 200.So the winners for November are:1st Phillipa Shedd No. 31 – £525.422nd The Elliot Family No.135 – £420.333rd Marlon Withers No.149 – £315.254th George Hazelwood No.11 – £210.175th David Stevenson No. 61 – £105.08Congratulations to them and if you would like to join the 200 Club for future draws please email Gavin at gvnkelly@aol.com for details. The next and final draw for 2023 will take place at the BWSW AGM on 14th January.

The link to the November Draw video:

https://www.facebook.com/100063587380602/videos/375990191495854

FoT 200 Club Publicity Poster

The FoT 200 Club Lottery has been very successful with over £300,000 raised since its beginning in 2017.

We have a few tickets available from this month going forward. They cost £25 per month and with 200 tickets sold there are 5 prizes each month totalling £1,625.

Please see if your club or friends would consider joining FoT by buying a ticket for one month or as many months as you like. Scan the QR code in the poster to get a sign up form.

FoT 200 club PosterDownload

FoT Revised Terms of Reference

The FoT Terms of Reference have been updated to take account of the Jill Howard Legacy of over £200,000. This money will be used as a long term fund with a small amount (Around £15,000) spent each year on projects that Jill would have approved of.

The revised TofR have been accepted by the BWSW Board.

Here is a link to the document for anyone who would like to read it:

FOT-Terms-of-Reference-21-July-2023Download