The Tournament Forum took place last weekend before the Tournament Ball. A number of issues were discussed including the 2019 Calendar and the plan after the successful event at Gosfield to hold a second Combined National Championships next year at Hazelwoods Ski World.
The main announcement however was that for 2019 and the foreseeable future the British Ski League is to be suspended.
The future of the League has been a discussion point for the last couple of years and the reality is that in recent years there have been virtually no League events held and it has become a virtual league with results being drawn primarily from Rankings List events. This reflects a much reduced competitor base compared to the years when there where upwards of 50 League events on the Calendar and the fact that few non Commercial clubs hold Calendar competitions any more.
We are seeing a growth in Interclub and Backyard events that are attracting skiers of all abilities but are not homologated to a standard where the results can be used for The League or British Standings List. For next season we plan to publish a ladder for all these events as long as they meet the basic standard as set out in the British Additional Rules.
The Handicap League will also continue and we will give this more exposure and publicity. And of course the British Standings List will continue.
The suspension of the League has not been an easy decision and has only been reached after a great deal of discussion at the Tournament Committee and TouTech.

The provisional Tournament Calendar for 2019 is now available via the Calendar 2019 link at the top of the page. There may still be further changes as we move towards the new season. In particular the World U21 Championships do not yet have confirmed dates or venue.

Calendar 2019

The October draw for the FoT 200 Club took place at the Tournament Ball last weekend. The 200 Club has raised over £48,000 over the last two years and now has 108 monthly ticket holders. £36,000 has been paid out in lottery prizes, skiers travel grants, development days, squad training days and Handicap League prizes. This leaves in excess of £12,000 going into next year when we have two long haul World Championships to support. The October draw double up winners are: no 180 Peter Collins £787.50, no 36 Robert Rowlands £525.00, and no 26 Nick McGarry £262.50. Congratulations to the winners and a great big thank you to all who support this initiative. You are making a difference. ??

FoT October 200 Club Draw

The four E&A Championships have come to an end with the E&A Open Championships which were held in Greece last week. These in addition to the World Youth Championships in Sesena Spain a while ago. Our Skiers in all age categories have once again done us proud with some great results. Most notable were the U21 Championships in Roquebrune, France where the Team took Gold ahead of France and Italy. Joel Poland took Gold in Jump with Robert Hazelwood picking up the Silver and Joel also took Gold Overall with Robert the Silver. Robert came home with a haul of five medals having the Bronze in both Tricks and Slalom. Amazing results from all our Skiers.

The Slalom and Jump Timing Charts have been updated with additional information.
On the Slalom Chart shortening speeds for each Age Category has been added along with additional timing for speeds down to 25 kph.
The Jump Chart has been reorganised and additional information about Age Category Ramp Heights and Maximum Speeds has been added.
So all ready for 2019. As well as the links below the revised charts can be found on the Resources page.

Jump Times 2019

Slalom Timing Chart 2019

The August Draw of the Friends of Tournament 200 Club took place during a Development Day at Church Wilne recently. For August there were 104 Ticket Holders and we already have at least one more for September.
The results were:

1st prize of £390 went to Lee Jackson, number 82.
2nd prize of £260 went to Karine Emmett, number 51
3rd prize of £130 went to Neal Critchley, number 120

Congratulations to our prize winners.

The August draw for the 200 Club Lottery will take place in the next week or so and we are pleased to announce that we have broken through our 100 Ticket holders target with 104 in the next draw.This means that for every month through the rest of this year we will add £1,820 to our funds after lottery prizes. A big welcome to our new participants and thanks to all of you that make this possible……and good luck in future draws. The monthly prizes are now £780 and for the Double Up month will be £1,560.
This year the Tournament Ball is a week or so earlier than usual to allow some people to attend who will then be zapping off to Chile for the 35+ World Championships at the end of November.
So we have decided that the October draw will be done at the Ball on 17th November for this years Double Up prizes. So if you have been in the 200 Club since the June draw any winnings will be doubled. So please think about coming along. Last year we had a Ball if you will excuse the pun.

Ali White has written a very useful document to introduce newcomers to Tournament Waterskiing and the challenge of participating in competitions for the first time. You can find it in Resources or click the link below. So if you are a newbie check it out and avoid the pitfalls.

Welcome to Tournament Waterskiing

The 2018 World Rulebook was recently updated to Version 3. The link to it is below.There are a number of changes from v1 that to make life a little easier and to avoid excessive use of printing ink are summarised on the first four pages before the index.

Tournament World Rulebook 2018 v3