UKWA News

The Ocean Carnival

The Ocean Carnival is held over the May bank holiday weekend at Lagoon Watersports. The Ocean Carnival is not just another ‘extreme' sports event. At this event the general public can not only watch some of the most extreme sports in the United Kingdom, but they can also actually get involved and try the sports for themselves.

ISAF mid-year meeting

On Sunday 15 May, ISAF and Neil Pryde signed the Memorandum of Understanding on the production of the Neil Pryde RS:X. Final details on the price control, production, distribution and availability were approved by the ISAF Council. Read more on the ISAF site.

Wojtek dominates 1st Euro-Cup

Wojtek Brzozowski from Poland dominated the kick-off event of the Windsurfing Euro-Cup 2005 in Portugal. The second place went to Gonzalo Costa Hoevel from Argentina in front of Ross Williams. The three have been fighting against a fleet of 36 of the best competitors of the World.

Welsh Hi-ho

The whole idea is to come and relax, there are no prizes, only fun racing, no clocks, no timetables and no plans-just alot of options and things for you to do-if you choose!

Insurance discount for members

Noble Marine offer a 10% UKWA discount to be used to renew a policy or take out a new policy. UKWA members can also pay renewals and new policies by post and phone, just quote your membership number for the discount to be given.

RPM massages at Whitwell

Gavin will on hand at the Whitwell inland series event this weekend from friday evening to sunday afternoon to provide pre and post sports massage. Please book in advance with Gavin, and in keeping with the nature of the event, some of the proceeds go to charity.

Wave Championships Part One

Unfortunately there was no real swell coming in for us at Rhosneigr, however there was some small chop and a pretty solid North West wind for Saturday and Sunday, so the 43 sailors were able to put on an excellent display of fast and furious freestyle competition.

Welsh Open Racing- Freerace report

"The early May Bank Holiday weekend has become the favoured date for one of the more popular events on the UKWA race calendar, located in the picturesque landscape of Snowdonia, a mere 330 miles from the South Coast where many of us reside." Ian Kraft reports.

Royal Navy Formula Training

The recent Royal Navy training session at Weymouth turned out to be a fantastic weekend. Mark Kay made the 275-mile journey down to Weymouth. Once they got into the swing of things the Navy started to show just how good they are. After a couple of hours of hard work all the sailors understood just how important sailing in light winds is.

Youth Formula Qualification System - Amended

Please note that the Youth Formula Windsurfing Qualification System has been amended as of 6th May 2005 and this is now the current qualification system.

Nordic Championships

The Nordic Championships in Formula Windsurfing and Freestyle is just 3 weeke away. More than 100 competitors from Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and the Baltic countries are expected to battle for the title of Nordic Champion 2005.

RYA Open training - Hove

The RYA/UKWA will be running Open Training prior to The British Championships, Hove, on 27th May. The training will be run by National Coaches with the assistance of top National Sailors.

The training is open for both adults and youths and the content will differ in each training session.

Minutes from the AGM

The UKWA's Annual General Meeting was held at the Cutty Sark in Marazion on the 25th of March 2005. A short and good natured meeting, this is the ideal type of AGM!

Techno Cup 2005

For 2005 the Techno Cup has undergone a bit of a facelift and the prizes on offer for competitors should make this a well subscribed series of events. Ian Kraft gives an insight . . . .

Rutland Marathon 2005

Rutland Marathon in aid of NCH National children's homes will run on the afternoon of Sunday 15th May, as the final race of the weekend. You can download the sponsor form, get your friends to sponsor you and bring your form and importantly the sponsor money along to the event. Last year we raised just over £2400.00 for the charity.

Ross Williams holds the record for the course at approx 38 minutes. Keith Atkinson got close last year approx 41 minutes and is determined to beat it this year.