Patrick Donovan (Executive Officer of British Waterski) has provided the PDFs containing the report I submitted to British Waterskier magazine just after the Worlds and kindly allowed me to publish them here.

Karen, Martin, Kurt & Scott Brooks would like to thank everyone for attending the Golf Day on Saturday.

The 2007 US Open in San Diego will take place between 12 and 14 Oct and this year, the organisers have added a new fun class which they hope will entice some of the old, retired racers to dust off their skis and come have some fun.  Speed will be limited to 60mph based on GPS.

The results of this year’s Lake Mead Marathons in the US are now available on the “Marathon Results” page at www.nwsra.net

Dozens of great shots from the Hawkesbury 120 are now available online at Ultimate ImageCapture

Thanks to Sue Flemming, the results from Stone – the 8th round of the British national championships are now available here:

Thanks to Sue Flemming, the results from the Cardiff 7th round of the British national championships are now available here:

The 2007 Stone national Water Ski racing is dedicated to Karl Brooks.

Courtesy of Martine Ciroux, the results of the European Cup in Harderwijk, Holland along with the final results of the 2007 European Cup are published below.

Today, Kuno Ritschard, President of the IWSF announced that the IWSF Congress has approved Belgium’s bid to host the 2009 World Water Ski Racing Championships unanymously, subject to the IWSF World Racing Council’s approval of the technical requirements.

The 2009 World Water Ski Racing Championships moved one step closer to finalisation yesterday when IWSF President Kuno Ritschard confirmed that the IWSF Executive Board has made the decision to submit the Belgian bid to the IWSF World Congress.

Courtesy of Shane Wilson, the entry form and information sheet for the 2007 Grafton Bridge to Bridge is below.

Thanks to Sue Flemming, the results from the 6th round of the British national championships are now available here:

 Keith Slater is one of the finest water ski racing photographers that Britain has ever had.  I haven’t seen the old fella for some time but he ventured down to Littlehampton on the weekend where I hear the water was “rather rough”. Check out these amazing shots of Keith’s. You can see his weekend’s work at: http://www.keith-slater.org.uk/ssskilittlehampton/index.html

Dick Minchin from RMI Images has just uploaded hundreds of pictures onto his website www.rmiimages.com.au.from the South Australia Ski Race titles held in June at Murray Bridge. Visit the site to see if you boat and skiers have been captured.

The 2007 Mike Berry San Francisco Bay Ski Race will take place on 27th October.

On 19 July, Belgium submitted its bid to the IWSF to host the 2009 World Water Ski Racing Championships and the world of top class competitors and supporters is getting excited. This event would be 14 years after the only time Belgium has hosted the Worlds, when the superb Stefano Gregorio won Mens, the superstar Leanne Brown won Womens and a young Alex Ross and Tami Khan won the Juniors. It was a sensational week of racing.

The golf day in aid of the Karl Brooks Memorial Fund, has been moved to September 22nd. The venue is still the South Essex Golf Course situated 5 miles from Junction 29 M25.

EAME Racing Chairman Mike Waterman recently invited Kim Lumley to be the EAME Athletes’ Representative and to front up an EAME Coaching initiative.

Thanks to Sue Flemming, the results (inc. Seniors) from the 5th round of the British national championships are now available here:

Due to low water at Lake Mulwala – the calender for Ski Racing Victoria has been modified. The first point score is now on the 8th & 9th September, at Lake Mulwala. Please check out the web site www.waterskiracing.com for the new SRV calender.

The new IWSF Athlete’s Representatitive for Racing is Ann Procter. As most people are aware, Ann is a three time Women’s World Champion and a one time Junior Girls World Champion.

Shane Earl – Publicity Officer SRNSW writes; “Entries for the 2007 Hawkesbury 120 close this Friday August 4, 2007. To all competitors regardless of whether your memberships are complete, you can put your entry in whilst finalising your membership requirements.”

Courtesy of Martine Ciroux – President KBWSF/TC-1, below are the results of the European Cup in Geel along with the overall European Cup points after two rounds.

The Moama Water Sports has released the entry form for the Barrie Beehag Ski Race to take place from Deep Creek Marina to Torrumbarry Weir (on the Murray River at Echuca / Moama) on Saturday 13th October.
The entry form is now available on the Moama Water Sports Club web site www.southern80.com.au .

Entries close on the 7th September.
Please remember that the entries are capped at 105 entries.

On 19 July, Belgium submitted its bid to the IWSF to host the 2009 World Water Ski Racing Championships. This meets the deadline date that was set by the IWSF Racing Council in May in New Zealand.

See the latest Force F19x Race Sterndrive to leave Headquarters.   Featuring a fresh pacific blue stripe, using pewter Rex Marine anodised fittings throughout and powered by a small block, stock 6 litre chev with a Bravo 1 XR Mercury drive. 

Dan Van Ryte captured the Catalina action in a compendium of superb shots. You can review them at www.ocphotographics.com – When you are there, click on “Gallery” then scroll to the bottom of that page.

Thea Klarenbeek has just published the info pack for the European Cup Race at Dronten (near Harderwijk) in the Netherlands this September.

Thanks to Sue Flemming, the results from the 4th round of the British national championships are now available here:

Please note this important notice from SRV Administration.

Thanks to Sue Flemming, the results from the 3rd round of the British national championships (including guests) are now available here:

To watch the Catalina live on the Internet, go to the following web site:

Rick Lemmon, Co-Race Director of the Catalina has just published the latest list of catalina-ski-race-entries7-19-07.pdf for the 59th Catalina Ski Race – Saturday, July 21 @ 8:53 & 9:00am

Safety Equipment Note:  The Entire team(ie. skiers, drivers, observers, navigators/ throttles) MUST

On 27,28,29 July, the City of Geel, in the Province of Antwerp, Belgium will host the 2nd Round of the 2007 European Cup.

Karen, Martin, Kurt & Scott Brooks write ..

The 59th Annual Catalina Water Ski Race will be broadcast LIVE on the Internet for the first time in history!

NOTE: As soon as the URL for the live feed is available, it will be published on www.skirace.net

Shane Earl writes …”we have amalgamated with Country Challenge to secure the Future of Ski Racing in NSW”.

Brad Dutton writes; The Rollo’s Marine New Zealand Bridge to Bridge for 2007  will be held in Hamilton, NZ. This will be on the last weekend of October – 27th & 28th.

To pre-order your copy of this month’s Catalina Movie, click on the image below and download the order form.

Karen Brooks has provided full details for Karl’s funeral in the UK:

The Diamond Race is without a doubt the most gruelling race in the world.  I have just received the following unofficial results from Kim and Kelly Lumley:

Shane Wilson has just provided the amended Ski Racing Australia calendar of racing.

Canada’s Louis Simard was horribly mugged whilst walking one evening in Hawaii, en-route home from the Worlds in New Zealand.

Jon Cole has just told of his horrific accident whilst working on his boat.

Ski Racing Australia has issued new forms for the 2007-2008 season.

Ren Hanami is busy writing articles about Catalina competitors for inclusion in the forthcoming blockbuster jumboscreen movie.

Thanks to Sue Flemming, the results from the 2nd round of the British national championships are now available here:

Thanks to Sue Flemming, the results from the 1st round of the British national championships are now available here:

With the 59th Catalina Water Ski Race approaching fast, this is your prime time to become part of the best Catalina movie ever.

‘Hass’ of Australia writes …I have organised an informal lunch service for Karl’s mates from Australia to pay tribute and celebrate the life of a true legend of a man both as a mate and as one of the Worlds Best Water Ski Racers.

Marc Avella is looking for a boat to tow him in the Juniors at the Diamond Race. Perhaps the same boat would go on to tow him in the other European Cup races.

Contact Manel Avella at: mavella@netactive.co.za

Former British water ski team members (and nephews of former World Champion Steve Moore) Jamie and Dan Cramphorn are taking part in a boat rally called the Blade Run. See www.bladerun.com.

Download the official results here

 

Emma Duckworth, Co-Chair of the 2007 Worlds writes …

You need to order the official 2007 Worlds DVD through your country’s Team Captain or Manager.

Brad Dutton writes …The 4th and Final Round of the New Zealand Community Trust 15th IWSF World Water Ski Racing Championships took place on Saturday with 6 new World Champions crowned at the Final Presentation Banquet on Saturday night. 

The 15th World Water Ski Racing Championships have come to an end and the new World Champions are:

Download full final official results here

This is podcast 8 covering the 4th round of racing at the World Water Ski Racing Championships in New Zealand.

In today’s podcast you can hear the summary of the 4th and final round of the worlds along with interviews with various skiers and drivers. Another podcast will follow with more interviews.

You can download full official results here at the EAME Racing site.

This is podcast 7 covering the 3rd round of racing at the World Water Ski Racing Championships in New Zealand.

In today’s podcast you can hear the summary of the 3rd round of the worlds along with interviews with Trudi Stout, Sabine Ortlieb, Gunter Schmutz, Randy Davis, Todd Haig, Karl Brooks and others.

Download full official results here

The 2^nd Round of the New Zealand Community Trust 15^th IWSF World Water Ski Racing Championships have now been completed and again we saw some of the best world championships racing ever on the beautiful Lake Taupo.

This is podcast 6 covering the 2nd round of racing at the World Water Ski Racing Championships in New Zealand.

In today’s podcast you can hear the summary of the 2nd round of the worlds along with interviews with Jason Walmsley, Ann Procter, Lori Dunsmore, Tania Teelow and others.

Download full official results here

On 11 May, New Zealand put on a unique opening ceremony at Lake Rotorua in which two local Maori tribes performed their “Powhiri” where current World Champions Todd Haig and Kim Lumley were wrapped in Maori cloaks and challenged by a spearing weilding warrior. Thankfully Todd did the right thing, accepted the challenge by picking up a leaf from the ground and the ceremony completed peacefully.

Download full official results here

This is podcast 5 covering the 1st round of racing at the World Water Ski Racing Championships in New Zealand.

World Championships – Podcast Issue 5″In today’s podcast you can hear the summary of the 1st round of the worlds along with interviews with Mallory, Lacie and Debbie Nordblad, Todd Haig, Kim, Lumley, Kevin Boylan and others.”

This is the 4th in a series of podcasts to be broadcast prior to, and during the World Water Ski Racing Championships in New Zealand in May 2007.

This is the 3rd in a series of podcasts to be broadcast prior to, and during the World Water Ski Racing Championships in New Zealand in May 2007.

To the left is a shot of just one of the teams that have arrived at Rotorua just days before the first race of the worlds. The British Team gathered for a briefing by captain Tony Williams this evening at the Novotel (team hotel) just 100m from the water’s edge.

For those not in NZ, the weather is not at all wintery as most people went about their preparations in shorts and t-shirts today. With very little wind in the air, the water is almost miror-like and unless things change in the next few days, we’re in for some exceptionally fast racing, at least here in the first round on Rotorua. There has been an extended period of very little wind in the area lately.

The Mildura 100 ski race was held on the easter weekend on the Murray River at Mildura. The website has been updated with some photos from the event. There are many more photos available from the RMI Images website.

This is the second in a series of podcasts to be broadcast prior to, and during the World Water Ski Racing Championships in New Zealand in May 2007.

On the weekend of the 21st and 22nd of April the Trans Tasman Challenge was run in the beautiful town of Metung on the Gippsland lakes in Victoria. This was a new venue which had never seen ski racing before. Well all we can say is it was the best venue Australia has ever seen for a Tasman Challenge bar none!

This is the first in a series of podcasts to be broadcast prior to, and during the World Water Ski Racing Championships in New Zealand in May 2007.

New Zealand’s Brad Dutton pays tribute to Mike Williams …

Brad Dutton writes …The Tasman Challenge was held in Metung Victoria, Australia over the weekend. This is an annual Junior Challenge between Victoria (Australia) and New Zealand Under 19 Teams. There are 8 classes contested each day (4 Boys, 4 Girls divisions) over 2 days of racing. 16 races in all where you can drop your worst 2 results.

Gilbert Cook, Commodore of Wagga Wagga Boat Club writes;

British media reports:  Howard Smith of Cardiff, UK has been selected as Chief Judge for the bi-annual 15th World Water Ski Racing Championships which are being held at Rotorua, New Zealand between May 10th and 20th 2007. Howard will be the first Welshman and only the 3rd British Official to have been selected in 30 years of World Championship racing.

The Rock is the official radio station of the 2007 World Championships.

The last of the Victorian Ski Race Classics was held over Easter. The team of Hellbent – Mark Cranny, Damien Matthews, Grant Patterson and Daniel Campbell have added the Mildura 100 to their impressive list of wins this season.

Download a 2 page schedule of events for the 2007 Worlds …

Download a 3 page summary of the teams participating in the 2007 Worlds …

In less than 4 weeks, the 15th World Water Ski Racing Championships kick off in New Zealand for the first time. Emma Duckworth and her team have working tirelessly amongst the challenges that face any organiser of such an occasion, to ensure that ski racing enjoys a superb event on a world stage.

The 4th official bulletin has just been published and you can download it here.

It has been one year now that Filip had his crash during the Marathon race at Lake Elsinore. Some weeks ago, he had surgery, but we are still waiting for the real impact.

We are now under six weeks to the kick off of the 2007 New Zealand Community Trust World Water Ski Racing Championships.  All the entries have been finalised,  55 skiers from 8 countries will be competing for 6 world titles. 

Britain’s Karl Brooks snapped up two wins in the US Marathons on the weekend behind Randy Davis and Dennis Hall.

Kalender  Waterski  Koersen 2007
Versie  :22/03/07
(All events are in Belgium, unless otherwise stated)
Download PDF calendar to print

The following EAME Racing Calendar has been updated from the previous version and provided by the EAME Racing Council 24 March 2007.

Download PDF calendar to print

British Team Captain Tony Williams has announced that the British team for the 2007 World Championships is:

Kyle Cummings has withdrawn from the US World Team.  Andy Anderson moves from the alternate into a skiing position. Sam Frey has been named the alternate. Get more USA news at www.nwsra.net

Howard Smith writes; Due to circumstances beyond my control I have had to change the date of the Cardiff European Invitation race from August 25 & 26 to September  8 & 9.

Re-published from skiracingnsw.com.au
It is with sad regret that Ski Racing has lost one of it brightest young stars Adam Williams. Adam was tragically killed as a passenger in a car accident On Friday afternoon March 16, 2007. Adam is survived by Mum Carol, Dad Darryl and sister Tara.

Congratulations to the following skiers who have been selected for the American team to compete in the 2007 World Championships (updated 19 March):

Advertising space in the Worlds event programme is available from NZ$100 +GST for 1/4 page upwards. Marketing, Media & Promotions Director for the Worlds, Brad Dutton said; “it is real cheap advertising for a very good magazine style programme. It’s a must for all ski racing, marine boat & equipment suppliers”.

The following team will represent Spain in New Zealand:

Todd Haig, Erin Saunders, Greg Anderson and Katelin Wendt tied up overall wins at Parker on 10/11 March. You can get the full results on the Marathons page of www.nwsra.net