UKWA News

Keith Atkinson Wins Rutland Windsurfing Marathon 2007

The annual Rutland Windsurfing Marathon in aid of the NCH took place on Saturday 19th May, the venue Rutland Water, at 3100 acres one of Western Europe's largest man made lakes, a win at this the event is much prized amongst British windsurfers, it has also attracted many overseas competitors over the years.

Whitwell results

Great days racing on Saturday - 3 course races for all fleets and the Marathon completed! Full report to follow + photos. In the meantime scorer, John Eskdale has posted the Fleet results and T15 results, also some initial Pictures.

UKWA Four Nations Cup Rhosneigr - Final Report

A great weekend was had by all as the Rhosneigr wind machine delivered head high waves and wind enough for 5.2m sails for the second round of the UKWA Four Nations Cup. The wind was more than forecast, which meant that those sailors that stayed away due to the poor forecast missed out on some close competition in all fleets.

UKWA Four Nations Round 2, Day 1

Andy King takes victory ahead of Ben Proffitt in the Expression Session at the Rhosneigr leg of the UKWA Four Nations Cup. Small and infrequent waves meant that no official wave competition could be run today so instead the judges chose to run an expression session for the pros.

Inlands 2 , Whitwell

An action packed weekend coming up at Whitwell on Rutland Water over the 19th /20th May. Organised by Bob Ingram and the Midlands Windsurfing crew, there is something for everyone.
NOTE - a correction to Team 15 notice. Whitwell is a Midland Zone event and not North Zone as first published

Quick ammendments

Two quick things to correct:
Dakine: Hythe Crossing/Masterblast date has changed to 30 June-1st July. Further details will be announced on the website soon.

Louise Emery's contact mobile no. was listed wrongly in the last e-news for Rhosneigr, Round 2 of the 4 Nations Cup.
Her correct contact no. is 07768 793874.

Techno an International Class

At the recent mid year meeting of ISAF held in Paris the Techno 293 Class was formally approved as an International Class.

X380 and Raceboard Europeans

"How did the Exocet Warp X380 perform during the recent Raceboard Europeans in Bandol, France?" A question many have been asking. Full details in an article published in the Exocet Newspaper.

Christchurch Results

Christchurch gave us a huge range of conditions over the bank holiday weekend, from sunshine and light winds on Saturday, through medium wind on Sunday to near gales force winds on Sunday.

Congratulations to Alan Jackson, who's phenomenal speed in the windy conditions enabled him to pip Keith Atkinson to the Formula win, and congratulations to everyone else who made it round in the course. (Final results, Pictures.)

Weymouth Speed Week announces new title sponsor: DAKINE

The Weymouth Speed Week team are very pleased to announce a new overall title sponsor, DAKINE.

Keith Atkinson joins Point-7 International Team

Reigning triple UK Formula Windsurfing Champion Keith Atkinson has departed from NeilPryde after six very successful years on both the UK and international circuits to join the International Team of the new Windsurfing equipment brand ‘Point-7'.

Naish TV

Naish International is excited to announce iNaish, a new feature on Naish.tv! iNaish links you up with Apple iTunes to subscribe to video podcasts of Naish Windsurfing & Naish Kiteboarding. Get the latest Naish movies straight to your iPod or view them in iTunes.

Physio at Christchurch

Chris Blythin is a Chartered Physiotherapist who will be joining the UKWA at Christchurch, providing racers the opportunity of a 15 minute sports massage or 30 minute injury assessment and treatment.

UKWA Four Nations Cup Round 2 is TWO weeks away!

Ireland was a windy success, lets pray for more of the same in less than two weeks when the 4 Nations wave tour moves on to Rhosneigr, Anglesey, N Wales.

UKWA Four Nations Cup Round 1 comes to a succesful end

The 4 day competition saw a real mix of conditions on the shores of Brandon Bay on the west coast of Ireland. Jamie Knox Watersports were the hosts and once again put on a great organised event. Never missing a chance of wind, which on one day meant dragging the sailors out of bed at 7am to go and search for good conditions. A massive thank you goes to Jamie Knox, Jeremy, Sam as well as Dan and Brian for all their help and support during the week.