GB Tournament Water Skiing is delighted to announce the 2019 GB Squad. The Tournament Committee, based on performances from the 2018 Tournament Season, has selected top water ski athletes from across the United Kingdom.

2019 GB SQUAD

U14: Thomas PARKIN, Noah POLLARD, Harrison CROSSLAND, Lilli DESTE, Danielle HALFORD and Stella GAMSKI.

U17: Marcus ROBINSON, Saba YORKE-DAVIES, Danny JAYS, Matilda TURP, Emma SCUTT, Lucy ROBERTS, Amy WHALING and Molly LEE.

U21: Sanchia OUTRAM, Joel POLAND, Robert HAZELWOOD, Arron DAVIES, Benjamin TURP, Charlie EMMETT, Katie NUTT and Oliver SCUTT.

OPEN: William ASHER, Frederick WINTER, Eleanor BENJAMIN, Charlotte WHARTON, Luke OUTRAM, Jack CRITCHLEY, Calum HEATH, Thomas POOLE and Harry SPAVIN.

?? U14 & U17 SQUAD DEVELOPMENT DAYS ??
23rd & 24th July at Southlake Ski School
Coaching by Damien Ackerer of DAMS Watersports Ltd. 100% of funding provided by Friends of Tournament – Thank you 200 Club members ??

The first Bulletin for this years National Championships is now available on our Resources page and can be accessed on the link below.

Nationals 2019 Bulletin 1

The first Bulletin containing all you need to know about the Combined National Championships will be published in the next few days but in the meanwhile please note an important schedule announcement that affects the U17 and U14 Competitors. The E&A Youth Championships are now scheduled to run from the Tuesday to Saturday in the following week with Official Familiarisation taking place on the Sunday and Monday. Consequently our squad will need to travel on the Saturday. So the U17 and U14 Preliminary Rounds will now take place on the afternoon of Thursday 22nd August.

A reminder that the British Officials Seminar will take place on Saturday 4th May at the Bentley Hotel near Hazelwoods Ski World in Lincolnshire. We will have hard copies of the IWWF World Rules, the E&A Additional Rules and the British Additional Rules combined into an A5 sized Rulebook free of charge to all who attend. The seminar is free of charge and is open to all Officials, all those wishing to become an Official, site competition organisers and anybody else who has an interest in getting involved. Details in the link below.

Officials Seminar 2019

2019 Rulebooks Front Page

We rely on a small army of volunteers who organise and manage Tournament Waterskiing in the UK. These range from those who serve on our Committees, the Tournament Committee, Toutech, and Selection, our Officials, Judges, Drivers, Scorers, Homologators, and Technical Officers, and other volunteers who help out at competitions and other activities. So we are going to present a profile of some of these people over the coming months starting with one of our most experienced Judges, Jill Howard. There is a new page called our Officials & Volunteers which will hold a collection of these profiles as they are published.

The March draw took place in windy Florida with Mark Beard assisted by Mimi Newsome and Lucy Roberts in windy Florida. There were 107 balls in the blue bag this month….. three more than February. First prize of £401.25 went to Steve Sopp with ball number 1. Second prize of £267.50 went to James Timothy with ball number 67 and third prize of £133.75 was won by Andy Phillips with ball number 79. Congratulations to the winners and many many thanks to all who take part. The April draw will take our total raised so far to over £60,000 and after prizes you will have generated over £40,000 to support our sport. ??

200 Club March Draw

The 2019 World, E&A Additional, and British Additional Rulebooks are now available. All officials attending the British Officials Seminar on Saturday 4th May will get an A5 hard copy version of the rules. If you would like to download them now click the link below.

E&A Additional Rules 2019

British Additional Rules-2019

World rules 2019

The Europe & Africa Officials Seminar for 2020 has been awarded to us. It will be 20 years since we last hosted this annual event that brings over 120 Judges, Drivers, Scorers and Homologators from all over Europe together for a long weekend. As well as being a very sociable occasion it is also hard working with many taking exams and session designed to improve everyones skills.
We will host the Seminar at the University of London campus at the Royal Holloway College located in Egham, Surrey from 3rd to 5th April 2020. It is a magnificent location with state of the art conference facilities and comfortable accommodation all with en-suite bathrooms. Located within walking distance of Egham with its restaurants and pubs there is also a Pub called the Packhorse owned and run by the Students Union. It is still a year away and so watch this space for detailed information towards the end of 2019. We hope that all British Officials will think about attending. You don’t have to be an International Official to come and benefit from this annual Seminar.

This poster will be in the next edition of the BWSW Magazine but you have a preview of it here. Please display it in your clubhouse. These coaching days are jointly funded by BWSW Talent Programme and Friends of Tournament.