powerboating

Taking on the role of throttleman with Windcraft marks his return to offshore powerboating.

Dubai: Victory Team are all primed for the new powerboating season when action gets under way at the brand-new venue of Dammam in Saudi Arabia this weekend.

AN 11-year-old from Blyth is heading to the Southampton Boat Show this month to compete in a national powerboating championship after winning the North East Area final representing Derwent Reservoir Sailing Club.

The event, under the auspices of the Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM), the international governing body of powerboating, will make Labuan a popular destination through international media coverage.

NNA - The President of the Council of Ministers Saad Hariri received today at the Grand Serail the Italian Ambassador to Lebanon Massimo Marotti, the President of the International Union of Powerboating Raffaele Chiulli and the President of the Lebanese Union of Powerboating Edmond Chagoury.

..Ashleigh said: "With powerboating you think of adrenaline junkies and men.

"A powerboating qualification can benefit any young person seeking to work in the marine industries, Royal Navy, emergency services and off-shore in windfarms, oil, gas and renewable energy sectors.

REASONABLY-PRICED access to the sport of powerboating at the club is available to all youngsters via two packages.

While there is prize money on the international circuits, P1 Superstock teams are just racing for the prestige, and at around pounds 15,000 per season to compete at the five events and for the running of the boat, Musgrave says the expenditure is "modest" in the context of powerboating.

GALWAY is on the verge of being confirmed as host city for the world's most prestigious powerboating race next summer, which could generate around EUR30million for the local economy.