UK PWC News

27th February : JSRA 2003 British Championship News
All but one of the rounds of the 2003 British Championships locations have been finalized. There is a change to the date of round 4, moving from July 12th/13th to August 16th/17th at Liverpool Docks.
2003 British Championship Dates and Venues
Round 1	May 10th/11th	Cardiff Bay T.B.C
Round 2	June 7th/8th	Nitrojet Action Sports Cirencester
Round 3	June 21st/22nd	Rother Valley Country Park
Round 4	August 16th/17th	Liverpool Docks
Round 5	August 23rd/24th	Stockton On Tees
Round 6	September 6th/7th	Tattershall Country Park

19th February : Wamilton Weekend Limited places available
There are still a limited amount of places available for the Wamilton Freestyle Weekend on the 29/30th March.
Wamilton and his chief technical assistant "Kevin" will be holding a freestyle clinic at Six Hills Jetski centre in Leicestershire.
Also coming over from the US is World Freestyle Champion Eric Malone who will assist you in putting those modifications to use.

18th February : Kone Jet Indoor, Paris-Bercy (March 1st)
The Kone Jet Indoor is approaching fast. There is still time to plan your trip and reserve your tickets!
Reservations before the event (Recommended): Ticketnet : +33 146915757 or www.ticketnet.fr
Bercy will be open to the public on Friday and Saturday during the day giving everybody the opportunity to see the qualification and pole-position races in the “Dealers Challenge” as well as the “Pro Classes”
The admission for Friday is 15 Euro (From 2.00 pm)
The admission for Saturday (during the day, from 11.30 am) is included in the price for the evening show, but you must go out and come back between the day program and the evening show.
Latest Information
Evening Schedule	Ski Class Qualifying	Runabout Class Qualifying	Race Numbers

15th February : Queenford Freestyle Weekend Amateur Results
A Great turnout today at Queenford Jetski for the start of the annual Freestyle Weekend saw the quality of the amateur class take another leap forward. Plenty of new faces mixed with some familiar ones provided an entertaining show with a high level of tricks. Tomorrow sees the Pros perform with many of the amateurs staying on for the weekend of freestyle fun.	1st	Matt Hards
	2nd	Andy Brawne
	3rd	Matt Booker
	4th	John Church
	5th	Lee Herkes
	6th	Gary Oakley
	6th	Billy France
	7th	Lee Stone
	8th	Chris Middleton
	9th	Steve Hinchcliffe
	10th	John Donnelly
	11th	Graham Hayward
www.queenford.8m.com

12th February : JSRA Beginner Winter Freestyle Championships
The Beginner Winter Freestyle Championships start on the 9th of March at Nitro Jet Action Sports, Cirencester. If you want to compete please contact the JSRA on 01442 396570 or download the forms from their website www.jsra.co.uk
Applications need to be in by the 26th Feb at the latest!
3 Round beginner Freestyle championships
9th March, NitroJet 23rd March, Rothervalley 27th April, Tattershall.	£5 licence £20 JSRA membership £Free entry
Age 10 and upward Trophies for the overall - top 3 beginners!

12th February : New Blowsion Hood @ Queenford
Features…
Wider Pole channel Even Lower Design Knee recesses Carbon Baffle visible through handholds Fits any pole
Hoods can be made to order at no extra cost giving you the freedom of specifying Handhold position, weight and strength.
This new Blowsion hood kit has been designed in conjunction with Queenford Jetski, The Freestyle Specialists.
On display now	www.queenford.8m.com	01865 343737

12th February : Club Bombardier visits Mudeford
Club Bombardier's first trip was this weekend, where they joined up with Mudeford PWC Club for a cruise out of their home ground Mudeford Quay. After being lead out of the Quay area they had a bit of a play around in the surf before heading off for the Isle of Wight and Needles. There were about 15 Ski's out in total and everyone had a great time. For more details on the next Club Bombardier trip visit
www.clubbombardier.co.uk

11th February : 2002 World Finals Video available now
	For the 21st time, riders from around the globe gathered on the shores of the desert city of Lake Havasu, for a full week of world championship racing. The biggest stories in racing for 2002 unfold as these athletes pull out all the stops for the most important race of the season. Watch Kawasaki factory racer Dustin Motzouris take his first pro world title in pro ski. Then there is Polaris' Eric Malone, who pulled enough tricks out of his hat in pro freestyle to beat Japanese sensation Masao Fujisawa. And as always, it's awesome to watch the horsepower kings in the pro 1200 runabout class burn round the course. This year Kawasaki's Chris MacClugage beat out the high flyin' talent of some of the biggest names in the game, including Yamaha's Nicolas Rius, Seadoo's Gimmi Bosio and Yamaha's Dustin Farthing.
Running Time 49min	The 2002 Jet X 20 World Finals
£20	Available now from N&C Jetski
	0151-691 0006 www.ncjetski.co.uk

10th February : Queenford Slalom Results
Congratulations to everyone who took part in the competition Sunday.
The top three positions in each class were :

PRO RUNABOUT			PRO SKI
1st	Dave Godlington	26.91	1st	James Cornell	30.07
2nd	James Cornell	28.01	2nd	Lee Bertrum	31.63
3rd	Ivor Heeman	33.24	3rd	Richard Plyer	33.30

9th February : Polaris @ Russell's PWC

Russell's Personal Watercraft have added Polaris Watercraft and Quads to the list of Products available from their Northamptonshire base. Their website is currently undergoing an upgrade to include full information of the services they provide.

SALES . SERVICE . REPAIRS . PARTS . JET SKIS . QUADS . MOTO-X . SCOOTERS

www.russells-pwc.com

8th February : Queenford Slalom Funday
This Sunday sees Queenford Jetski kick off the first of the many Events happening this year with it's Slalom Funday.
With prizes and trophies for the top three in AM and PRO classes for both Runabout and Standup craft it promises to be a challenging and fun event.
Pre booking is not required, signing in is at 9.30am followed by the mandatory riders briefing.
The £20 entrance fee includes day launch but please note Proof of Insurance is Essential
more information can be found at www.queenford.8m.com

Also Mike McDowell and the Polaris MSX will be on hand for those who missed it at the boatshow.

7th February : Get Supercharged at Nitrojet
	Tomorrow from 10.30am Nitrojet will be Demoing a GTX 4Tec Supercharged at Mudeford when they join the Mudeford Personal Watercraft Club in a run to the Isle of Wight.
	Nitrojet currently have the GTX 4Tec Supercharged in all available colours on display in their showroom and arrangements can be made to try this craft at their lake nearby.
www.mudeford.org.uk www.nitrojet.co.uk

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AM RUNABOUT			AM SKI
1st	Ryan Clarkson	29.41	1st	James Goodchild	36.52
2nd	Garry Davis	30.02	2nd	Mike Eatwell	39.45
3rd	Ryan Clarkson	30.04	3rd	Craig Williams	40.55

21st February : Jetskier & Personal Watercraft Magazine
The March Edition of JS&PW is now on sale from all the usual stockists priced £2.95. Included in this edition are all the usual sections plus Russell Marmons riders eye view of the Corona Extra African JetRaid, Winter racing from Nitrojet, Caring for your drysuit, Danny Banning under the spotlight, Rebuilding an engine for the project freestyle ski and much more. And don't forget to check out Jetmans Web News
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