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Youngster leads the way in British Powerboat Racing Championship

Fri, 11 May 2012 00:57:00 GMT

The 2012 British RYA Circuit Powerboat Championships got underway in Oulton Broad over the Bank Holiday weekend (6/7 May) with GT15 reigning World Champion Ben Jelf (11, Maidstone) off to a flying start.

Recent testing sessions had not been going to plan for the youngster but Ben and the rest of the Jelf Racing team were determined to put the pre-season gremlins behind them. With the announcement of a new major sponsor for Ben in the form of leading World Logistic Company Peters & May Racing the young racer was ready to get back on track.

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Tohatsu Marine UK & British MarineSport to power young racer to success in 2012

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:12:00 GMT

The Jelf Powerboat Racing Team today announced that Tohatsu Marine UK(Lymington) have joined them as new partners and 2011 partners BS Marinesport (Buckinghamshire) have also confirmed their continuing support to the team in their 2012 World Championship & British RYA GT15 campaign bid.

2011 saw the team’s youngest competitor Ben Jelf (11, Maidstone)at the top of his game as the 11 year old won both the World & European GT15 Championships as well as breaking the World & British GT15 Speed Record at a staggering 43.11mph.

Ben’s 2011 World Championship and World Record campaigns were supported by BS Marinesport bringing with them their knowledge of the 15hp Tohatsu Engine’s that powered him to glory.

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UIM F2 Powerboat World Championship to return to UK

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:25:00 GMT

The RYA Powerboat Racing Department is proud to announce that, in conjunction with Castlemaine Sports Management, they will be hosting the 4th round of the 2012 UIM World F2 Powerboat Championship, at the National Water Sports Centre, Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham, 16 – 17 September.

Entertaining, thrilling and exciting are just some of the words you could use to describe the UIM World class sport of F2 Powerboat Racing. With speeds potentially reaching in excess of 200km/h this action packed form of racing is fast becoming one of the most high profile, professional forms of motorsport racing.

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British World Champion still hungry for more

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:15:00 GMT

Whilst most Powerboat Racers are in training for the summer season or enjoying the off season with their boats and ski’s put firmly away for the winter, six times World Jet Ski Champion and the World’s ranked number one James Bushell is still hungry for more titles, in what some would describe as an already the perfect year for him.

Britain’s James Bushell (27) from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, has been racing Jet Ski’s for just over nine years now and has already racked up 33 titles including six World Championships and over 20 RYA British titles and is currently competing in Dubai at the UAE Jet ski Championship for his 34th.

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Marathon Powerboat Racing receives a cash injection

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:02:00 GMT

With less than 200 days until the start of the most gruelling RYA Powerboat Race, the 2012 Round Britain race (RB12), preparations are well under way.

Taking place on the 21 June 2012, for the first time ever, this unique marathon event will see 50 boats, 50 cars, and 50 aircraft compete simultaneously against each other in their disciplines in the 2012 Round Britain Race.

The race itself is 10 gruelling legs over 10 days which will start and finish at the Olympic Sailing Venue, the Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy.

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Powerboat racing youngsters recognised at regional sports awards

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:22:00 GMT

Two of Britain’s talented young RYA Powerboat Racers, Anya Colley (19), from Nottingham and Matthew Palfreyman (19) from Lancashire have both received special recognition awards for their participation in the sport adding to their ever increasing list of accolades.

Anya, the 2011 British RYA Jetsport IJSBA Ski Champion, British RYA Jetsport Ski Limited Champion and 2011 IJSBA European Ski Ladies Limited Champion, attended the Derbyshire Sports Awards after being crowned Sportsperson of the Year at the annual Erewash Sports Awards in October.

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Coniston Records Week - Round-up

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:47:00 GMT

In what was an action packed week 191 record attempts were made at Coniston Powerboat Records Week in Cumbria, last week (31 October – 04 November). At the end of the week six World and 16 National records have been submitted for approval, with records being set and broken some 46 times during the week.

To finish off the week eleven year old powerboating ace Ben Jelf was once more back out on the water and managed to improve on his world record time set the day before in the GT15 class and improve his time to 43.11mph, while Scott Collings clinched a new national record in the class 3C 2 litre EPA at 91.42mph.

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Coniston records Week - Day Four Round-Up

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:07:00 GMT

Day four (Thursday 03 November) of records week and another 11 records, 2 World and 9 National, are set by the fearless speed demons at Coniston.

With entries now up to 41, the highest every for records week, over 151 attempts have been made on the water this week, with even more attempts planned for the final day.

The two big highlights of day four were new World records set by eleven year old wonderkid Ben Jelf in the GT15, on the first run of the day and Ian Wright in the S2000 class.

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Coniston Powerboat Records Week - Day Three Round Up

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:14:00 GMT

Day three (Wednesday 02 November) and it was yet another busy day on the water at Coniston as competitors made the most the mornings much improved weather conditions.

Now half way through the week, and over 100 record attempts have been made with a host of national and world records already established.

In the fastest run of the week, so far, at a staggering 124.59mph, Ian Wright blasted his way to a new NS2000 2.5litre EPA record. Ian plans on hitting even higher speeds in the coming days in a bid to improve on his national record and claim a new world record.

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British Jet Skier takes double at World Finals

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:20:00 GMT

Britain’s James Bushell (27) from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, clinched both the World JJSBA 2011 Pro-Am GP Runabout and Pro Runabout Championship titles at last weeks World Jet Ski Finals hosted by the IJSBA in Lake Havasu, Arizona.

Bushell was one of 804 entries from 40 different nations and 39 U.S. States attending the IJSBA World Championship, all battling it out for titles in a total of 48 closed-course racing classes as well as Pro Freestyle and Amateur Freestyle.

In brilliant sunshine and light winds, with air temperatures hovering in the low 80s and nearly smooth-as-glass water conditions, the final eight 2011 IJSBA World Championships were decided in front of a standing room only crowd of over 7,000 enthusiastic fans.

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