The Europe & Africa Officials Seminar for 2020 has been awarded to us. It will be 20 years since we last hosted this annual event that brings over 120 Judges, Drivers, Scorers and Homologators from all over Europe together for a long weekend. As well as being a very sociable occasion it is also hard working with many taking exams and session designed to improve everyones skills.
We will host the Seminar at the University of London campus at the Royal Holloway College located in Egham, Surrey from 3rd to 5th April 2020. It is a magnificent location with state of the art conference facilities and comfortable accommodation all with en-suite bathrooms. Located within walking distance of Egham with its restaurants and pubs there is also a Pub called the Packhorse owned and run by the Students Union. It is still a year away and so watch this space for detailed information towards the end of 2019. We hope that all British Officials will think about attending. You don’t have to be an International Official to come and benefit from this annual Seminar.

This poster will be in the next edition of the BWSW Magazine but you have a preview of it here. Please display it in your clubhouse. These coaching days are jointly funded by BWSW Talent Programme and Friends of Tournament.

The 2019 World Rulebook is now available and it incorporates several rule changes that are applicable in 2019.
One significant change affects Trick 5, where reverse turns were limited to 360 degrees but may follow a 540 or 720. Now all the individual surface tricks and their reverses can be scored….and it’s no longer compulsory to have red and green flags in the boat. (This change is a little late arriving). There will be hard A5 size copies of the World, E&A and British Additional Rules available to all those that attend the Officials Seminar on 4th May.
The World Rulebook can be downloaded here:

World rules 2019

The first Bulletins for the E&A Open Championships in Sesena, Spain, the Youth Championships in Roquebrune, France and the 35+ Championships in Ioannina, Greece, have been published and are available on the links below.

E&A Youth Championships 2019 Bulletin 1

E&A 35+ Championships 2019 Bulletin 1

E&A Open Championships 2019 Bulletin 1

ARE YOU…
• Under 18
• Currently a novice club skier
• Keen to progress and improve
• Hoping to participate in competitions
• Taking part in the Cutting Edge Programme

WE WANT YOU!

Trick ~ Slalom ~ Jump *NEW for 2019

11th May: The Water Ski Academy CIC Whitworth – Coach Nick McGarry
18th May: Church Wilne Watersports Club – Ben Turp Supported by Mark Beard
26th May: 4 Lakes Water Ski School – Coach Jamie Bloemsma supported by Mike Hazelwood
27th May: Cotswold Water Ski Club – Ben Turp supported by Mike Hazelwood
2nd June: CJM Ski & Wake – Coach Chris Mullins supported by Richie Fazackerley/ John Battleday

Spend the day with a BWSW coach for on water and off water tuition! Development Days are aimed at U18 novice skiers who are keen to improve and progress to advance to competitive tournament water skiing. It is hoped that each skier will have 4 ‘coaching sets’ lasting approximately 15 to 20 minutes each. The coach is available for advice on equipment and Tournament skiing generally. A Tournament Licence will be provided after the event. Numbers for the day will be limited to 10 participants – book your place now!

The cost of the day will be £30.
Are you ready to fly for the first time?
NEW!!! LEARN TO JUMP CAMP 2019
Charlotte Wharton of Performance Waterski & Training Centre
Hazelwood Ski World home of the headwind and the Stokes Pro Am
Tuesday 30th July

Participants will need to have attended one of the development days listed above to receive coaching in advance. You will then be required to practice these skills in your own time. You will be required to demonstrate that you have reached the approved standard prior to be taken over the jump.

The cost of the day will be £30.

Novice Development Days Booking

Performance Waterski and Training Centre are super excited to announce their new sponsors RadarSkis and Aquaglide for the British National Waterski Championships which will be held at Hazelwood Ski World 23rd-26th August 2019 , supported by British Water Ski & Wakeboard and IWWF. More to follow !!!!!!

The Friends of Tournament 200 Club February draw took place today at the British Water Ski and Wakeboard head office in Chertsey during a Tournament Committee meeting. With 104 balls in the bag the prizes were £390, £260 and £130. If you want to find out who the lucky winners were watch the video. FoT has raised around £55,000 so far and this year will give significant travel grants to our skiers going to European and World events as well as funding a number of Development and Squad Training Days.

200 Club February Draw

Robert Hazelwood achieved a British U21 Record equalling score of 3 buoys @ 10.25 metres at a competition at Lago Valle Maipo in Chile at the weekend.
Robert is keeping it in the family as this record was set in August 2003 by his cousin Will Asher. So its taken 15 years to equal it and the obvious challenge for Rob now is to beat it and make it his own. Well Done Rob Keep up the good work.

The British Officials Seminar will take place on Saturday 4th May at the Bentley Hotel near Hazelwoods Ski World in Lincolnshire. As usual 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. These will be provided free of charge to all Tournament Officials. The seminar is free of charge and is open to all Officals, 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.

We are planning a get together with an evening meal at the Hazelwoods Ski World Restaurant on the Friday evening. Details and invitations will be provided soon but please put it in your diary.

Officials Seminar 2019

2019 Rulebooks Front Page

The 2019 Combined National Championships will take place at Performance Waterski and Training Centre at Hazelwoods Ski World over four days, 23rd – 26th August. A full bulletin will be issued shortly and an entry form sent out to all licence holders but in the meanwhile you can download an entry form on the link below.

Entry Form Nationals 2019