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TROPHIES GALORE PRESENTED AT RYA POWERBOAT RACING GALA AWARDS CEREMONY
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On Saturday 04 February, over 350 racers, supporters, friends and family, turned up to celebrate the success of British Powerboat racers from across the sports many disciplines at the RYA Powerboat Racing awards ceremony 2011.
A staggering 52 awards were presented to the crème-de-la-crème of powerboat racers who last year clinched a whole host of British, European, World and Speed records across the sports many racing classes.
Hosted by world renowed powerboat racer Shelley Jory-Leigh and RYA Powerboat Racing Manager John Puddifoot, the evening proved to be truly inspiring for everyone attending including Geoff Holt from the Disability Powerboating Trust who came along to present the awards.
“I am really honoured to be here and to present the prizes to all these worthy winners. There are so many that it took nearly an hour and half to present them all!” commented Geoff.
The awards ceremony is a highlight in the powerboat racing calendar when racers from across the disciplines get together and celebrate their successes. “It’s great to see the sport so healthy and alive” concluded Geoff.
The evenings winners:
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British RYA Circuit Sprint GT30 Champion |
Nick Walsh |
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British RYA Circuit Sprint O350 Champion |
Nigel Edwards |
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British RYA Circuit Outboard Hydroplane Champion |
Julian Codling |
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British RYA Circuit Sprint T850 Champion |
Bill Owen |
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British RYA Circuit T850 Champion & British RYA Circuit Sprint S850 Champion |
Mark Williams |
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British RYA Circuit Thundercat P750s Champions |
Etienne Burnett & Will Driscoll |
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British RYA Circuit Thundercat P750BP Champion Driver & National Circuit P750 BluePrint Record holder at 61.51mph |
Sean Fisher & Grant Pittard |
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British RYA Circuit Sprint SL250 Champion |
Keith Whittle |
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British RYA Circuit Sprint NS2000 Champion |
Paul Balfour |
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British RYA Circuit NS2000 Champion |
Malcolm Goodman |
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UIM World GT15 Champion, UIM European GT15 Champion, British RYA Circuit Sprint JT250 Champion British RYA Circuit JT250 Champion, National Offshore UKFFORC S250 Record holder at 31.94mph World & National Circuit GT15 Record holder at 43.11mph |
Ben Jelf |
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British RYA Jetsport Beginner Ski Champion |
Gary Austin |
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British RYA Jetsport Open Runabout Novice Champion & British RYA Jetsport Open Runabout Champion |
Paul Cobb |
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British RYA Jetsport Runabout Veterans Champion |
Richard Cable |
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British RYA Jetsport Expert Freestyle Champion & British RYA Jetsport Pro Freestyle Champion |
Jason Bleasdale |
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British RYA Jetsport Ski GP Champion |
Jim Goodchild |
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British RYA Jetsport Superjet Challenge Novice Champion |
Karen Cable |
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IJSBA European Ski Ladies Limited Champion, British RYA Jetsport IJSBA Ski Champion & British RYA Jetsport Ski Limited Champion |
Anya Colley |
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World IJSBA Novice Runabout Stock Champion |
Brad Rickaby |
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IJSBA World Pro-Am GP Runabout Champion, IJSBA World Pro Runabout Champion, IJSBA European Runabout Stock Pro AM Champion, IJSBA European Runabout Pro GP Champion British RYA Jetsport Runabout GP Champion & British RYA Jetsport Runabout Stock Champion |
James Bushell |
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British RYA Offshore P1 AquaX Amateur 200 Champion |
Duncan Johnstone |
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British RYA Offshore P1 AquaX Elite Champion |
Russell Marmon |
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British RYA Offshore UKFFORC S250 Champion |
Tobias Adlam |
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British RYA Offshore UKFFORC F400 Champion Driver |
Jax Heffer & Tom Newman |
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British RYA Offshore UKFFORC E900 Champion Driver |
Sam Whittle & Andy Streeting |
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British RYA Offshore UKFFORC E1500 Champions |
Jake Swann & Ben Kendall |
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British RYA Offshore OCR Champions |
Daniel Priestley, Ashley Jennings & Sam Brewster |
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British RYA Offshore Zapcat King Of Surf Champions |
Andy Foster & Jason Peacock |
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British RYA Offshore Zapcat ZCR50X Champions |
Rob Wickham & James Roberts |
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British RYA Offshore Zapcat ZCR50 Champions |
Craig Davis & Rob Martin |
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British RYA Offshore Class 3B Champions |
Ashleigh Foulser |
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British RYA Offshore Class 3C Champions & National Offshore 3B 1.3Litre National Mono Record holder at 62.81mph |
Brian Peedell & Stewart Dick |
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British RYA Offshore P1 SuperStock 150 Champions |
Stuart Cureton & Sara Cureton |
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British RYA Offshore P1 SuperStock 250 Champion |
John Wilson & Neil Scarborough |
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British RYA Offshore Marathon Class E Champions |
Gordon Compton & Hazel Smith |
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British RYA Offshore Marathon Class D Champions |
Mel Hatton & Peter Bonham-Christie |
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British RYA Offshore Marathon Class C Champions |
Phil Payter & Neil Payter |
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British RYA Offshore Marathon Class B Champions |
Simon Wood Power, Eric Smillie & Markus Hendricks |
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British RYA Offshore Marathon Class A Champions |
Martin Lai, Chun Kit Siu & Tom Williams-Hawkes |
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UIM World Offshore 3B Champions |
John Richardson & Tom Sauvarin |
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National Offshore RIB R1 Record holder at 59.74mph |
Chris Strickland |
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National Offshore RIB SuperSport Twin Recreation Record holder at 59.84mph |
Jon Adlard |
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National Offshore Inboard Immersed Propeller Mono Record holder at 107.94mph |
Gareth Williams |
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World & National Circuit GT30 Record holder at 56.73mph |
Ben Morse |
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World & National JetSport GP Ski Record holder at 62.62moh |
Graham Leech |
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World & National Offshore Poole - Cherbourg up to 30ft Record Holder at 64.25mph |
Mike Deacon, Dave Deacon & Wendy Deacon |
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World & National Offshore Marathon B Record holder at 108.07mph |
Vahid Ganjavian |
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World & National Offshore Marathon A Record holder at 110.06mph |
Dean Gibbs |
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World & National Circuit S2000 Record holder at 125.36mph |
Ian Wright |
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Offshore Sponsors Trophy |
Peters & May |
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Tony Needell |
Susan Keay |
Commenting on the success of the evening, RYA Powerboat Racing Manager John Puddifoot said: “We had a fantastic turn out for the evening and it was great to see the youngsters in the sport receiving so many accolades for their achievements. We have some phenomenal young people in the sport who are going from strength to strength”
He continued “We’d like to thank everyone in attendance for such an enjoyable night including the evening’s sponsors RB12.com who the evening was in association with and who were delighted on the night to announce Saxo Capital Markets as a Global Corporate Partner for Round Britain 2012 Race.”
View the video from the evening at http://youtu.be/l-ITNpsjiSE
