The September draw of the Friends of Tournament 200 Club took place at the 37th Seaton Classic this weekend. John Battleday drew the balls out of the bag. There were 136 balls in the bag.. a new high. The video is incomplete and missed part of the draw but the winners were: 1st No. 92 Rob Spavin £510. 2nd No 190 Stuart Hills £340. 3rd No 126 Steve Glanfield £170. Congratulations to the winners. FoT has raised a total income so far of £85,200 and after prizes this has generated over £58,000. Of this £32,850 has been paid to support skiers travel to World and European Championships and £8,000 for various development activities with another £5,000 committed spend this year. Thank you to all our supporters.
FoT End of Season Ball 2019
The Friends of Tournament End of Season Ball will take place at the Hilton, Northampton on 16th November. This is an opportunity to spend a fun social evening with fellow waterskiers and to celebrate the end of another successful season. There will be some awards to make and prizes to be one as well as an auction to raise money for FoT. Live music will be provided by the Ian Campbell Band, Junction 24. The Ball is for all Waterskiers and their families whether recreational or competitive so why not get a Club group together and book a table.
FoT 200 Club July Draw
Here is the July draw video of the Friends of Tournament 200 Club Lottery that took place today in Putrajaya, Malaysia at the World Open Championships. Mark Beard was assisted by the IWWF President Jose Antonio Perez Priego and our own Gill Hill, Secretary General of the IWWF. The prize fund this month with 129 balls in the bag was £967.50. Please watch the video to find out who this month’s lucky winners are. ??
Friends of Tournament 200 Club Draw – June 2019
The June draw took place at the Andy Mapple ProAm at Thorpe Lakes on Sunday. Unfortunately we did not catch the draw on video this time around so if anyone took any pics please can you send them to gvnkelly@aol.com. With a new high of 123 Balls in the Bag the prize money for the month was £922.50. Andy’s father Roy kindly drew the balls for us and the winners were:
1st Rob Poland £461.25 no 64
2nd Simon Poole £307.50 no 38
3rd Patric Foley-Brickley £153.75 no 17
Congratulations to the winners and many thanks to everyone who supports this initiative. We have now raised over £71,000 and after prizes this leaves £51,260 to support Tournament Waterskiing in the UK. Half the money raised goes to providing grants to our skiers for travel and training for World and European Championships and the other half is used for Development initiatives such as our successful series of Development Days.
With new participants that signed up over the weekend the July Draw will have at least 128 Balls in the Bag. We will get to the magic 200 with your support. Why not get your Club to buy a ticket?
World U21 Championships
The World U21 Championships get underway timorous at Shalom Park in Edmonton Canada. Good luck to Rob, Arron, Joel, Ben and Sanchia….. Team GB
E&A 35+ Championships Bulletin 3
The third Bulletin for the 35+ Championships in Ioaninna, Greece has been published and now includes the Provisional Schedule for the Competition. Download it here:
Slightly Tweaked 2019 v2 Timing Charts
The 2019 Timing Charts have been tweaked a little bit and are available to download in Resources or below.
The 2019 V1 charts are perfectly OK to use so you don’t need to change them.
Swimming The Bosphorus
On July 21st Peter Davies will be taking on the challenge of swimming 6.5 km (4 miles) unassisted (no wetsuits) across the Bosphorus in Istanbul with a 2 hour time limit. He will be raising money for both Motor Neurone Disease Association and British Tournament Water Skiing – funds split equally. Please show your support by visiting his crowdfunding page, any amount is gratefully received!! Good Luck Pete!!! ?♂️
Bosphorus Swim – Just Giving Page
World U21 Championships Bulletin 3 Published
Bulletin 3 for the upcoming World U21 Championships has been published and can be found on the following link.
FoT 200 Club Prize Draw May 2019
The May draw of the Friends of Tournament 200 Club took place at the Bluebird Deaf Waterski Club last weekend during their Rankings List Competition. With 115 balls in the bag the total prize money was £862. 50. First prize of £431.25 went to Robert Rowlands no 36. Second prize of £287.50 went to David Frost no 24 and the third prize of £143. 75 was won by Viv Brown no £143.75. Congratulations to our winners and thank you for your continued support. The draw can be viewed on the link below. 200 Club May 2019 Prize Draw