As we have now reached the magic number of 100+ tickets at least for the August draw we thought it was an appropriate time to update you all on the Friends of Tournament achievements so far.
The 200 Club Lottery stated in January 2017 with 35 ticket holders and has grown month on month to at least 102 for the August 2018 draw.
As a reminder the results of the draw are published each month on the BWSW Website, (www.bwsw.org.uk), the Tournament Waterskiing website (www.tournamentwaterskiing.org.uk) and our Friends of Tournament Facebook page. The monthly draw is videoed and normally takes place in the first 10 days of the month for the previous month.
The 200 Club has raised a total of £31,325 since the start and paid out £9,667.50 in prizes. So this together with some donations, sale of badges and money raised at last years Tournament Ball has left us with available funds of £25,841.77.
There have been 57 prizes so far and two people have won four prizes each, two have won three times, and seven have won twice. Some people are born lucky. Several winners have used their winnings to buy a second ticket.

We paid out £5,550.00 in 2017 supporting 22 skiers who represented GBR at World and European events. In 2018 the money has gone towards running six Development Days, three Squad Training Days and each GBR Skier attending this years World and European Championships will receive £300 towards their travel and other costs. This will be a cost of around £14,225.
Our aim is that 50% of the monies raised will be used for Development activities and 50% to support Team Travel and Training through individual grants.
The grants are paid directly to the skiers concerned with a covering letter explaining where the money has come from.
I hope you all agree that you are making a positive difference by your participation in the 200 Club..
Our thanks go to the clubs that have run the Development Days and to Dams Watersports at South Lake for hosting the Squad Training Days.

Please help us to sign up more members and as one suggestion why not see if your Club would buy a ticket. Sign Up forms are available on the Resources page so please help us find new participants and move us towards the 200 number.