NOTE: These were all unofficial race reports submitted soon after races were run. Their purpose was to keep people who were not at the worlds briefly and unofficially informed on what was going on at the event. Inaccuracies and limited information were due to lack of time, available information and changes in results due to objections.
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11 June 2005
Dear World Water Ski Racing
Reader,
It's Saturday 10am and the sea is crashing onto the Hunstanton beach, telling
teams that it's ready to give them a hard time. The first race is Sunday
morning.
From mid day today we'll attend the opening ceremony where all teams and a boat
from each nation will parade to the green at Hunstanton.
There, all team captains will introduce their teams and the event will be
officially opened by the Lord Mayor.
It's now 26 years after the first ever World Water Ski Racing Championships
which took place at Whitstable, Allhallows and Welsh Harp in Great Britain and
it was Australia's Wayne Ritchie and Bronwyn Wing who won those inaugural world
titles. Predicting who will snap up those titles this year is a tough call.
It's tremendous to see this prestigious event come back to Great Britain and we
will be seeing the likes of Steve Moore, Andy Clarkin, Andrew Coe and many other
prominent names from years gone by making guest appearances to check out the top
level of ski racing as it is today.
You can receive regular reports published on every race day (remember the time
difference between Britain and Australia) by joining the World Water Ski Racing
mailing list on www.worlds.skirace.net . There will also be a link to the points
there.
Yours in ski racing,
Robbie Llewellyn
www.worlds.skirace.net
12 June 2005
Dear World Water Ski Racing
Reader,
At 8.45am today (Sunday) the best women ski racers in the world launched into
action at the first round of the 14th World Water Ski Racing Championships in
Hunstanton, Great Britain.
We saw a fantastic piece of action between the current world champion Ann
Procter and Britain's Kim Lumley. Side by side they raced until Ann took a fall
and let Kim cruise through to a win.
In F2 women, Australia's Lauryn Eagle dominated the field and stole a nice 1000
points ahead of Belgium's Lena Feringa in 2nd and America's Janine Doherty in
3rd.
In the Junior race Australia's Ben Gulley and Brendan Stout put on an
exceptional performance - side by side, one edging out on the other. As
the race went on, the water roughed up. Ben took a fall and Brendan fell in
front of the crowd, just after taking the blue flag.
With the water taking prisoner aafter prisoner, we ended up seeing America's Sam
Frey win ahead of Brendan Stout in 2nd and Elliott King in 3rd.
In the Junior girls it was Malory Nordblad who put in a tremendous performance.
She pipped Australia's Sarah Eagle on the finish line and Kristy Taylor took
3rd.
The UNOFFICIAL results are shown below. Official results will be posted as soon
as possible.
With worsening water conditions, a decision has been made to postpone the Men's
event to 7pm this evening or 9am on Monday. We are awaiting the final decision
at the time of publishing this.
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Race 1
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Woman F1
1- Kim Lumley (GB) 1000
2- Ann Procter (AUS) 950.29
3- Lee Hicks (AUS) 876.38
4- Natalie Scott (GB) 872.00
5- Erin Saunders (USA) 863.99
6- Lacey Nordblad (USA) 814.95
7- Emma Carson (AUS) 809.10
8- Cally Harvey (GB) 719.83
9- Davina Sipido (BEL) 667.92
DNF - Christel Magdeleyns (BEL) 0.00
Women F2
1- Lauren Eagle (AUS) 1000
2- Lena Feringa (BEL) 893.87
3- Janine Doherty (USA) 891.87
4- Shan Boyer (AUS) 829.71
5- Lori Dunsmore (USA) 826.19
6- Claire Kirk (GB) 700.87
7- Kati Hebenstreit (AUT) 429.98
Junior Boys
1- Sam Frey (USA) 1000
2- Brendan Stout (AUS) 967.62
3- Elliott King (USA) 916.70
4- Ben Gulley (AUS) 824.43
5- Herman Uys (SAF) 718.06
6- James Smith (GB) 654.55
7- Sean McCann (GB) 452.98
DNF- Mario Exposito (ESP) 0.00
DNF- Alex Kittl (AUT) 0.00
DNF- Yannick Jonckers (BEL) 0.00
Junior Girls
1- Malory Nordblad (USA) 1000
2- Sarah Eagle (AUS) 999.14
3- Kristy Taylor (AUS) 796.48
4- Sabine Ortileb (AUT) 779.16
5- Bianca Schauerhofer (AUT) 0.00
6- Natasha Vansteelant (BEL) 0.00
7- Vicky Leysen (BEL) 0.00
Yours in ski racing,
Robbie Llewellyn
www.worlds.skirace.net
12 June 2005
Dear World Water Ski Racing
Reader,
It has just been confirmed that the 1st round of the men's event will be held at
8.45am on Monday.
Yours in ski racing,
Robbie Llewellyn
www.worlds.skirace.net
13 June 2005
Dear World Water Ski Racing
Reader,
The official results for the 2005 World Water Ski Racing Championships can be
found here:
http://www.wskreame.org/Results
If you publish a web site, I recommend you place a link to this URL on your
site.
Continuing high winds have caused Round 1 of the men's event to be postponed
again. A review of the conditions will take place at noon GB time today.
Yours in ski racing,
Robbie Llewellyn
www.worlds.skirace.net
14 June 2005
Dear World Water Ski Racing
Reader,
A tremendous day's racing has just come to an end with official pesentations
taking place in 2hrs time.
We saw the 1st round of the mens get off to a great start with Todd Haig
dominating the field from start to finish.
The real excitement was in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th positions where Darren Kirkland
and Karl Brooks battled it out. Brooks went for a fall after nipping into 2nd
and Kirkland then broke. Italy's Carlo Cassa missed his start and although he
began to work hs way up through the field clocking the fastest lap times, he
took another fall which set him back again. Karl Brooks recovered quickly and
went onto take 2nd whilst Britain's Jamie Cramphorn played a careful race from
start to finish and took a 3rd.
In mens' F2 we saw a tremendous amount of excitement with skiers changing
positions but it was America's Justin Soller who went on to win the day with
Britan's Chris Cole in 2nd and Australia's George Fitos in 3rd.
In the Women's we saw Kim Lumley and Ann Procter battle it out from the start
but Ann fell very early on allowing Kim to cruise to a win after the race was
stopped after 35 minutes. Lee Hicks then moved up to take a good 3rd place.
In F2 Women's it was Lauren Eagle who put on a great show to claen up the day
ahead of America's Janne Doherty in 2nd and America's Lori Dunsmore in 3rd.
The Junior race was a spectacle as Ben Gulley, Sam Frey and Brendan Stout raced
side by side for a number of laps.
Ben took a fall and Sam pulled out on Brendan. Ben recovered and started
notching up the fastest laps but it wasn't enough to stop Eliott King get a good
3rd.
In the Junior girls we watched Mallory Nordblad take the lead but then a fal.
Sarah Eagle jumped into the no.1 position but Mallory clawed back into 1st and
won the race with Sarah in 2nd and Vicky Leysens in 3rd.
Round 2 of the men's race take place tomorrow at 10.30am.
Below are UNOFFICIAL results. Women's are not yet available.
ROUND 1 - Mens (ROUND 1 is yet to be held)
Formula 1
1 Haig, Todd USA 1000.00
2 Brooks, Karl GBR 917.60
3 Cramphorn, Jamie GBR 888.67
4 Cassa, Carlo ITA 869.51
5 Cole, Marshall USA 852.25
6 Van Gaeveren, Christoph BEL 842.11
7 Vervecken, Filip BEL 811.12
8 Patterson, Grant AUS 797.53
9 Weckx, Kenny BEL 697.11
10 Procter, Peter AUS 680.12
Selmi, David AUT 0.00
Scwarenthorer, Thomas AUT 0.00
Lindenhofer, Oliver AUT 0.00
Cummings, Kyle USA 0.00
Kirkland, Darren GBR 0.00
ROUND 2 - Mens (ROUND 1 is yet to be held)
Formula 2
1 Soller, Justin USA 1000.00
2 Cole, Chris GBR 986.61
3 Fitos, George AUS 951.69
4 Klarenbeck, Tommy NED 905.48
5 Cooper, Ashley GBR 879.46
6 Wayne, Jonathan SAF 782.25
7 Nulens, Kelly BEL 720.64
8 Schoen, Kurt USA 680.86
9 Aiglinger, Johannes AUT 586.02
Lisens, Tim BEL 0.00
Friedl, Andi AUT 0.00
Tarrida, Sergio ESP 0.00
ROUND 2 - Junior Boys
1 Frey, Sam USA 1000.00
2 Stout, Brendan AUS 989.48
3 King, Elliott USA 972.28
4 Gulley, Ben AUS 954.93
5 Smith, James GBR 778.45
6 Exposito, Mario ESP 739.25
7 Uys, Herman SAF 700.92
8 Jonckers, Yannick BEL 660.79
9 McCann, Sean GBR 660.11
Kittl, Alex AUT 0.00
ROUND 2 - Junior Grls
1 Nordblad, Mallory USA 1000.00
2 Eagle, Sarah AUS 992.40
3 Leysen, Vicky BEL 945.12
4 Vansteelant, Natasha BEL 933.80
5 Schauerhofer, Bianca AUT 701.55
Ortlieb, Sabine AUT 0.00
Taylor, Kristy AUS 0.00
ROUND 2 - WOMEN
Formaula 1
1 Lumley, Kim GBR 1000.00
2 Procter, Ann AUS 961.63
3 Hicks, Lee AUS 852.87
4 Saunders, Erin USA 812.13
5 Nordblad, Lacey USA 846.22
6 Carson, Emma AUS 699.95
7 Harvey, Cally GBR 502.53
8 Scott, Natalie GBR 0.00
9 Sipido, Davina BEL 0.00
10 Magdeleyns, Christel BEL 0.00
Formula 2
1 Eagle, Lauren AUS 1000.00
2 Doherty, Janine USA 894.91
3 Dunsmore, Lori USA 881.70
4 Boyer, Shan AUS 734.32
5 Kirk, Claire GBR 653.18
6 Feringa, Lena BEL 0.00
7 Hebenstreit, Kati AUT 0.00
8 Dittl, Barbara AUT 0.00
Official results will be available via
www.worlds.skirace.net as soon as they are published by
the chief calculator.
Yours in ski racing,
Robbie Llewellyn
www.worlds.skirace.net
15 June 2005
Dear World Water Ski Racing
Reader,
The teams have just come off the water after seeing men's
F1 & F2 race for the 2nd day of racing. Today's race was classifid as Round 1,
after the postponment of Sunday's race.
Once again Todd Haig took a commanding lead from the word go and he went on to
put in a spectacular performance lapping every other skier in the race.
Britain's Karl Brooks had 2nd for a while with Jamie Cramphorn in 3rd. But once
again we saw a constant change of places as Karl fell, as did Darren Kirkland
and carlo Cassa suffered a bad start again.
America's Marshall pulled his way up into 3rd position and challenged Jamie
Cramphorn who by then had 2nd spot. And after some great racing side by side
Marshall took 2nd position at the chequered flag with Jamie in 3rd.
In F2 we saw another fantastic battle and interesting changing of places. Tommy
Klarenbeck had the lead at half way but America's Justin Soller was climbing up
hrough the field after a slow start.
At the end of the race it was Justin who won F2 fr the 2nd day in a row with
Tommy in 2nd and Britain's Chris Cole in 3rd.
UNOFFICIAL 1st 3 places
F1 Men
1 Todd Haig (USA)
2 Marshall Cole (USA)
3 Jamie Cramphorn (GB)
F2 Men
1 Justin Soller (USA)
2 Tommy Klarenbeck (NED)
3 Chris Cole (GB)
Official points will be published later today. Eith click on the RESULTS link at
www.worlds.skirace.net or go direct to www.wskreame.org
I have to run straight to a meeting now so unfortunately I am unable to publish
unofficial points today.
The next day of racing is tomorrow (Thursday) with the first race at 12.15.
Yours in ski racing,
Robbie Llewellyn
www.worlds.skirace.net
16 June 2005
Dear World Water Ski Racing
Reader,
Today's racing was delayed due to high winds that whipped up very rough water.
The men's race was set to start at 12.15 when we saw the men's round 3 being
postponed until tomorrow and only the women's F1 & F2 being run this afternoon
after the water conditions improved.
On the first leg it was Ann Procter, Kim Lumley, Erin Saunders and Natalie Scott
almost side by side. Natalie fell on the back leg and Ann, Kim and Erin fought
neck and neck for several laps until Ann began to pull out and take a commanding
lead. In the remaining laps we saw Erin steal 2nd from Kim but Kim came back and
at the end of the race. Ann took 1st with Kim 2nd and Erin 3rd.
The most impressive performance, in my opinion, came from 17 year old Formula 2
skier Lauren Eagle from Australia.
Lauren not only dominated the F2 field but she went on to catch and pass Kim
Lumley and Ann Procter and win the race overall with a single engine outboard.
Lori Dunsmore put in her best race of the week so far to take 2nd and
Australia's Shan Boyer took 3rd.
At the time of publication, the jury is dealing with objections in F1 Women's
which means that the results below are unofficial and .yet to be confirmed. 'IF'
the points below become official, Kim Lumley becomes the new Women's formula 1
world champion.
But we do know that Lauren Eagle is now the 2005 Women's Formula 2 World
Champion.
Round 3 Women
Formula 1
1 54 Procter, Ann AUS 1000.00
2 3 Lumley, Kim GBR 987.88
3 191 Saunders, Erin USA 924.90
4 110 Hicks, Lee AUS 811.22
5 14 Nordblad, Lacey USA 777.79
6 9 Carson, Emma AUS 749.49
7 224 Scott, Natalie GBR 681.29
8 20 Magdeleyns, Christel BEL 530.61
34 Harvey, Cally GBR 0.00
Formula 2
1 24 Eagle, Lauren AUS 1000.00
2 19 Dunsmore, Lori USA 787.52
3 111 Boyer, Shan AUS 778.63
4 923 Feringa, Lena BEL 758.40
5 38 Kirk, Claire GBR 587.39
6 173 Hebenstreit, Kati AUT 445.56
7 373 Doherty, Janine USA 434.60
The next batch of racing takes place after noon on Friday
with Men's and Juniors.
Official results are now available via
www.worlds.skirace.net
or: www.wskreame.org/Results
Yours in ski racing,
Robbie Llewellyn
www.worlds.skirace.net
17 June 2005
Dear World Water Ski Racing
Reader,
Great weather at Hunstanton today saw higher temperatures and pretty calm waters
for the 3rd rounds of the junior's and men's races.
In the Juniors we watched Sam Frey put on an awesome display of speed and
although Brendan Stout was challenging, Sam ran away with a win with Brendan
2nd. Sam is now the new Junior boys World Champion.
In Juniors we saw Mallory Nordblad become the new world champion as she notched
up yet another convincing win.
Later on the men took to the water with carlo Cassa storming through first on
lap 1 with Todd Haig right behind. Karl Brooks was in 3rd but soon Belgium's
Filip Vervecken moved up to pass Karl and then Carlo. The end of the race saw
Todd Haig win and become the new World Champion while Filip took 2nd place on
the day and Carlo 3rd.
In F2, Holland's Tommy Klarenbeck dominated the race from start to finish and
although Tim Lisens had a slow start, he pulled his way back through the field
to take 2nd ahead of Justn Soller. But Justin's performance was enough to secure
him sufficient points to become the new Men's formula world champion.
A fantastic day of very fast racing in contrast to the rough seas we have seen
so far during these worlds.
I have no points from time control at this stage but they will e posted later
today. You can get them via
www.worlds.skirace.net or: www.wskreame.org/Results
The final rounds of all races go off tomorrow and they start with Women's at
1.15pm, Junior's at 3.00pm and Men's a 4.30pm.
I will add that we have seen some very worthy World Champions here today and
overall, an excellent day's racing.
Yours in ski racing,
Robbie Llewellyn
www.worlds.skirace.net
18 June 2005
Dear World Water Ski Racing
Reader,
The fourth and final round of the 14th World Water Ski Racing Championships have
just come to an end with a spectacular day of racing in fast conditions for the
Women, Juniors and Men's races.
In great weather we joined thousands of spectators on the beach wall to enjoy
some very exciting racing. The Women started the day and it was Austria's Sabine
Ortileb take the lead ahead of World Champion Mallory Nordblad. Malory crept
back up the field and then moved into the number 1 spot to go on and win with
Sabine in a good 2nd.
In Junior Boys we sa some great racing with the Sam Frey, Elliott King Brendan
Stout and Ben Gulley. Sam moved ahead of Brendan and Elliott took a fall. That
left World Champion Sam Frey go on to win with Brendan 2nd and Ben 3rd.
In the Women's it was Ann Procter from start to finish and although Kim Lumley
hung on in 2nd, she lost a fair bit of ground as Ann went on to a convincing win
with Erin Saunders 3rd.
In F2 Women, Lauryn Eagle put on another awesome perfomance winning the race in
fine style ahead of Lena Feringa from Belgium with America's Lori Dunsmore
taking 3rd.
The Men's was the final rac of the day with Carlo Cassa powering into the lead
with Todd Haig close by. Karl Brooks had 3rd and a number of othrs hung in there
on the first leg. Todd stole the lead of Carlo and a one stage we saw Karl
challenge Carlo but with no joy. The race finally settled and ended with Todd
making it 4 out of 4, Carlo took 2nd and Karl a good 3rd.
Official results will be posted here later, after a few protests have been dealt
with:
www.worlds.skirace.net or: www.wskreame.org/Results
A tremendous day of racing has ended the 14th World Championships, which has
provided both rough and quick water conditions, providn us with some very worthy
new Wold Champions.
Congratulations to all teams, to the organisers of this fine event and to
everyone who has contributed to the hospitality and sportsmanship and friendship
of world championship water ski racing.
From me, a personal thank you to Mike Walters Chairman of the oganising
committee, Mandy Rix, Paul Searle, Richard Connock and Simon Gale. many other
people made the event happen, but these people have helped me considerably
through his event.
Yours in ski racing,
Robbie Llewellyn
www.worlds.skirace.net
20 June 2005
Last week the fastest waterski racers in the world flew into Britain and gathered at Hunstanton, Norfolk to pit their wits against one another for the coveted World Championship medals. In this the fastest form of waterskiing, highly tuned athletes towed by highly tuned powerboats hurtled around a course for up to 60 minutes in an out and out race to the chequered flag. This was only the 2nd time that Britain had hosted the event, 26 years after the inaugural World Championships in 1979.
Britain’s Kim Lumley was up against former two-time World Champion Ann Procter from Australia in the Women’s and skiing behind her Bernico boat she screamed into an early lead in rounds one and two, taking wins in both races. In round three, Kim finished behind the Australian but had secured enough points to steal the world title away from Ann and become Britain’s new World Water Ski Racing Champion. America’s Erin Saunders took third.
23 yr old Kim from Cambridgeshire has spent months training in Britain and Australia in preparation for the World Championships and the hard work has finally paid off. No other Brit has managed to win a world championship in water ski racing since the days of Steve Moore (MBE) and Liz Hobbs (MBE) back in the 1980s. When I asked Kim how she felt after the event she said, “I feel on top of the world to be the World Champion”.
In the Men’s race America’s Todd Haig dominated the event winning four out of four rounds, proving that without a doubt, he is the best water ski racer in the world. Britain’s Karl Brooks put on a fine display of speed and stamina to take the silver and Italy’s Carlo Cassa added another bronze to his previous two silvers and one bronze in World Championship ski racing
In the Men’s Formula 2 America’s Justin Soller stole the show to become the new world champion ahead of Holland’s Tommy Klarenbeck in 2nd and Chris Cole of Great Britain in 3rd.
17 yr old Australian Lauryn Eagle won the Women’s Formula 2 World Championship to add to her recent accomplishment of being crowned Miss Teen International. America’s Janine Doherty took 2nd and the 47 yr old highly accomplished Lori Dunsmore wrapped up 3rd.
The Juniors proved that the world has some incredible talent coming up through the ranks and Sam Frey from the USA put on a tremendous show to win the world title ahead of the two 15 yr olds Brendan Stout and Ben Gulley from Australia who took 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Junior girl Mallory Nordblad did her former world champion mother proud by winning the Junior girl’s World Title for the USA with Australia’s Sarah Eagle 2nd and Belgium’s Vicky Leysen 3rd.
Great Britain put on a tremendous event with rough and calm water conditions. New Zealand is interested in hosting the 2007 World Championships.
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