The April draw of the 200 Club Lottery took place yesterday at the Annual British Officials Seminar. Mark Beard invited Irene Newbold to pick the winning balls from the blue bag. With three new tickets there were 110 balls in the bag this month…. a new high. Unfortunately technology, or the camera operator, let us down and only 21 seconds of the action were captured. The results were : 1st Roy Collins no 44 winning £412.50. 2nd Stuart Lillis no 45 winning £275.00. 3rd Jeremy Stephenson no 78 winning £137.50. Congratulations to the winners and many thanks to all of you that take part. So far FoT has raised more than £60,000 and this year will spend £35,000 on supporting team travel to World and European Championships as well as Squad Training and Development Days. FoT will also be supporting the Handicap League again this year with end of season prizes.
Our Officials and Volunteers
Continuing our series of profiles of our Officials and Volunteers we have Catherine Wharton. Catherine devotes a great deal of her spare time to our sport both as an International Senior Judge (J2) and International Scorer (S1). She has also contributed hugely to the work of the Tournament Technical Working Group (TouTech) for a number of years.
Tournament Waterski 2019 GB Squad
GB Tournament Water Skiing is delighted to announce the 2019 GB Squad. The Tournament Committee, based on performances from the 2018 Tournament Season, has selected top water ski athletes from across the United Kingdom.
2019 GB SQUAD
U14: Thomas PARKIN, Noah POLLARD, Harrison CROSSLAND, Lilli DESTE, Danielle HALFORD and Stella GAMSKI.
U17: Marcus ROBINSON, Saba YORKE-DAVIES, Danny JAYS, Matilda TURP, Emma SCUTT, Lucy ROBERTS, Amy WHALING and Molly LEE.
U21: Sanchia OUTRAM, Joel POLAND, Robert HAZELWOOD, Arron DAVIES, Benjamin TURP, Charlie EMMETT, Katie NUTT and Oliver SCUTT.
OPEN: William ASHER, Frederick WINTER, Eleanor BENJAMIN, Charlotte WHARTON, Luke OUTRAM, Jack CRITCHLEY, Calum HEATH, Thomas POOLE and Harry SPAVIN.
Squad Development Days
?? U14 & U17 SQUAD DEVELOPMENT DAYS ??
23rd & 24th July at Southlake Ski School
Coaching by Damien Ackerer of DAMS Watersports Ltd. 100% of funding provided by Friends of Tournament – Thank you 200 Club members ??
Combined British National Championships 2019 – Bulletin 1
The first Bulletin for this years National Championships is now available on our Resources page and can be accessed on the link below.
British Nationals Schedule Announcement
The first Bulletin containing all you need to know about the Combined National Championships will be published in the next few days but in the meanwhile please note an important schedule announcement that affects the U17 and U14 Competitors. The E&A Youth Championships are now scheduled to run from the Tuesday to Saturday in the following week with Official Familiarisation taking place on the Sunday and Monday. Consequently our squad will need to travel on the Saturday. So the U17 and U14 Preliminary Rounds will now take place on the afternoon of Thursday 22nd August.
British Officials Seminar 4th May – Reminder
A reminder that the British Officials Seminar will take place on Saturday 4th May at the Bentley Hotel near Hazelwoods Ski World in Lincolnshire. We will have hard copies of the IWWF World Rules, the E&A Additional Rules and the British Additional Rules combined into an A5 sized Rulebook free of charge to all who attend. The seminar is free of charge and is open to all Officials, all those wishing to become an Official, site competition organisers and anybody else who has an interest in getting involved. Details in the link below.
Our Officials and Volunteers
We rely on a small army of volunteers who organise and manage Tournament Waterskiing in the UK. These range from those who serve on our Committees, the Tournament Committee, Toutech, and Selection, our Officials, Judges, Drivers, Scorers, Homologators, and Technical Officers, and other volunteers who help out at competitions and other activities. So we are going to present a profile of some of these people over the coming months starting with one of our most experienced Judges, Jill Howard. There is a new page called our Officials & Volunteers which will hold a collection of these profiles as they are published.
FoT 200 Club March Draw
The March draw took place in windy Florida with Mark Beard assisted by Mimi Newsome and Lucy Roberts in windy Florida. There were 107 balls in the blue bag this month….. three more than February. First prize of £401.25 went to Steve Sopp with ball number 1. Second prize of £267.50 went to James Timothy with ball number 67 and third prize of £133.75 was won by Andy Phillips with ball number 79. Congratulations to the winners and many many thanks to all who take part. The April draw will take our total raised so far to over £60,000 and after prizes you will have generated over £40,000 to support our sport. ??
2019 Waterski Rulebooks are Published
The 2019 World, E&A Additional, and British Additional Rulebooks are now available. All officials attending the British Officials Seminar on Saturday 4th May will get an A5 hard copy version of the rules. If you would like to download them now click the link below.
