Great Britain has won two gold medals and two silvers at the 2026 IWWF World Over 35 Waterski Championships, held at Predator Bay in Calgary, Canada.

Jeremy Newby-Ricci and Philippa Shedd are the 2026 World Champions in slalom in their age categories.  Philippa also won silver in tricks and silver overall.

Jeremy won the Over 55 Men’s Slalom in a run-off for the gold with the USA’s Tim Henderson.  Jeremy scored 4.5 buoys at 10.75 metres to Tim’s 3 buoys. Todd Johnson of Canada won bronze.

“It was more exciting than I planned,” Jeremy said. “I didn’t ski all that well in the preliminary round so didn’t end up where I thought I would be in the starting order. In the final, I put out a score out that I didn’t really think would be enough.

“It was very close, a great final, I’m very glad to have been a part of it and certainly glad to be on the top step.”

 Earlier in the day, Philippa went into her final in the Over 65 Women’s Slalom as the top seed after posting the highest score in the preliminary run. 

It meant she was last off the dock, knowing what she needed to do to win – exceed the 2 buoys on the 11.25m rope length of the USA’s Joy Kelley.  Philippa’s 4.5 buoys gave her victory and the latest of many world titles she’s achieved over the years in different age categories. Carol Brooks of the USA was third.

 In the tricks event, the same three women made the podium but the top two spots were reversed with Philippa having to settle for silver behind Joy Kelley. Her scores in the two events also gave her the overall silver medal.

Philippa and Jeremy were members of a small squad of seven GB skiers to compete at the Championships across the age categories.

GB Squad:

• Over 35 – Will Oliver
• Over 55 – Jeremy Newby-Ricci, Brad North, Simon Wooldridge (Team Captain)
• Over 65 – Philippa Shedd, Rodney Rowlands
• Over 70 – David Hawley

There were some great individual performances and the GB Team finished 8th overall.

You can find all the results here.

Photos: Johnny Hayward