Tushingham/Starboard riders John Hibbard and Alan Jackson are confirmed as 2007 Wave and Slalom Champions, respectively.
It was a close run thing in both disciplines - both titles decided on a tie break.!
UKWA News
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Hibbard & Jackson confirmed as Champions
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8 days to "blast" off....
Only 8 more planning days to the final blast of the 2007 season ! Are you ready yet !
Masterblaster style racing will take place on Saturday 17th november , "off the beach" near Bournemouth Pier. For the evening session its down to Poole and the Sandbanks Hotel for the final party and prize-giving. -
Windsurfing at Weymouth 2012
The ten sailing events for the 2012 Olympic Games have been decided by the ISAF Council during the 2007 ISAF Annual Conference. Today in Estoril, Portugal, ISAF President Göran Petersson led the ISAF Council in over two hours of debate and discussion before the ten events were decided.........
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Midland Region grand final
Whitwell hosts the Midland Region Grand Finale Weekend on Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th November 2007. The Saturday is Slalom Racing, the Sunday is Round 10 of the UKWA Midland Series (Course racing), and includes The Famous Autumn Marathon where you can Race for the Xavier Ferlet Trophies. Download details.
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Poole Slalom ...CANCELLED
Urgent announcement ! It has been necessary to cancel the final event in the 2007 championship series. Apologies for any inconvenience caused to the membership ......
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Rutland Water Delivers Again
"All through the night the wind built keeping many people awake but fortunately it settled to a steady 12-16 knots by the 9.15 briefing. The race team had worked hard to get the course ready early and the orange flag was raised for the formula fleet at the end of the race briefing." Bob Ingram reports back from the last Inland event.
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UKWA Wave Series Final West Wittering 26th - 28th October
The final event of the UKWA Series was hosted by West Wittering Windsurf Club over the weekend. With one day of high wind sandwiched between high pressures we were lucky to get some wind. Sunday morning saw force six and good waves hit West Wittering beach with one of the highest tides of the year.
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Prize giving party
There has been a change of venue for the forthcoming end of season party and prize giving. This "must attend" extravaganza will now take place at the Sandbanks Hotel , Poole.
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Hayling delivers...title decider at Poole!
Yet again Hayling delivered the conditions for a "challenging" round 4 of this years Slalom Championship! .....
Alan Jackson rose to the occasion - two wins in the last 2 races ensured he finished the event one point ahead of main rival K 9-Guy Cribb . -
Hayling Slalom update; K9 comeback....
Round 4 of the 2007 Slalom Championships takes place this weekend off West Beach, Hayling Island.Competition for top place is close in all divisions.
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Mark Kays Winter training ..
Mark Kays Winter training got off to an excellent start this year. If anyone wishes to come along, you are more than welcome; he will also travel to your local club and organise some training. Up and coming dates.................
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Ex-demo RSX kit available
A number of ex demo/lightly used RSX packages (complete) are now available for customers to purchase in the UK. The Kit is in very good condition, the packages are available in 8.5m sizes and 9.5m sizes and are from an event run last year
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Formula training day
Our resident Formula rep & enthusiast Xavier Ferlet is organising an unofficial training / practice day for anyone interested. It was going to be tomorrow (Sat 20th), but has been postponed until 10-11th Nov due to a light forecast, but it will give more people an opportunity to attend.
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Proposals for UKWA Formula racing
Calling all Formula racers! Please have a look through the Formula proposals for the committee meeting this weekend, and email any comments to Xavier, the Formula rep.
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Top Ten for Ross......
After a slow start to the season Ross Williams (GBR 83) - Gaastra, Tabou, O'Neill- finished the year strongly . Once again Ross made the PWA Top Ten in two disciplines: Wave 9th and Slalom 10th.