News
The 200 Club - October Winners
20 November 2023
A sub-committee of the Waterski Committee, Friends of Tournament celebrates six years of Fundraising to support elite skiers attending European and World Championships and various Development initiatives at the grassroots competitive level. FoT has now raised over £327,000 before lottery prizes giving £239,000 raised net of lottery prizes so far.. . . .
GB Wakeboarders Off to European Championships
27 October 2023
Five British riders, including a pair of teenage siblings, are heading to Italy for the IWWF Europe & Africa Boat Wakeboard Championships which begin next week.
Gold for Freddie Winter & Silver for Joel Poland at World Championships
16 October 2023
Freddie Winter is savouring the best moment of his life. He won the men’s slalom title at the 2023 World Waterski Championships. Joel Poland won Overall silver after staging an incredible comeback.
The General Lascelles Memorial Awards - Applications Now Open
6 October 2023
The General Lascelles Memorial Awards - Applications Now Open
GB Waterskiers Ready to Take on the World
3 October 2023
A squad of 14 will represent Great Britain at the 2023 IWWF World Waterski Championships which get underway at Sunset Lakes in Florida, USA, next week.
Waterski & Wakeboard October/November - Bumper Issue
2 October 2023
The October/November issue of Water ski & Wakeboard magazine is available online - a bumper issue with pages of content...
Freddie Winter Wins Final WPT Slalom of Season
27 September 2023
The GB slalom specialist finished his season on the professional circuit with a victory - and the timing could not be better. He is showing strong form ahead of the World Championships, as is his GB Teammate Will Asher, who was 3rd.
Another Pending Overall World Record for Joel
18 September 2023
Just two weeks after breaking his own Overall World Waterski record, Joel Poland, has done it again.
Gold Rush at European +35 Waterski Championships
18 September 2023
The GB squad of 25 British skiers is returning home with an impressive total of 28 medals from the Europe & Africa Over-35s Waterski Championships in France. They include 12 golds and team silver.
Friends of Tournament September Newsletter
11 September 2023
FoT have launched a monthly newsletter which you can read here . . .
Joel Poland Sets Pending Overall World Record
3 September 2023
The 24-year-old Overall World Champion set the new record in impressive style at a competition in Florida on Saturday 2nd September. The record is subject to official ratification.
GB Cable Wakeboarders Ready to Defend European Title
29 August 2023
Ten Team GB riders have travelled to Hungary where they will attempt to match their performance in 2022 in Denmark when they won Team Gold. They are competing at the 2023 IWWF Cable Wakeboard European & African Youth and Senior Championships.
UK’s Biggest Annual Waterski Competition This Week
21 August 2023
More than 100 children, women and men from all over the UK have signed up to compete at the 2023 British National Waterski Championships which take place at Oxford Wakeboard & Ski Club from Thursday 24th to Sunday 27th August.
Bronze Medals for Young GB Waterskiers at Euros
14 August 2023
A talented squad of Britain’s youngest waterski talent is returning home from the European Youth Championships in Spain with two medals and some great results against strong international competition.
European Medals Galore for GB Barefooters
7 August 2023
The GB Barefoot Squad collected no fewer than nine individual medals and Team silver at the 2023 Europe & Africa Championships last weekend. They included three golds for one of the country’s rising stars.
It's European Championships Season!
24 July 2023
A GB Squad of 8 is travelling to Italy this week for the European Open Waterski Championships. Soon after there's the Barefoot Europeans, then both the Youth and Under 21 Waterski Europeans.
Nautique 200 Stolen from CJM Ski & Wake Recovered
20 July 2023
The club, based at Longside Lake in Egham, Surrey, appealed for help in tracking down its boat which was stolen from the site in the early hours of Monday 17th July. It was recovered several days later.
