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April 2010 NEWSLETTER 2nd edition
WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR SECOND EDITION OF THE TOURNAMENT WATER SKI AUSTRALIA NEWSLETTER.
SINCE OUR FIRST EDITION WE HAVE WITNESSED TWO OF THE MOST PRESTIGEOUS WATER SKI TOURNAMENTS
TO BE HELD ON THE AUSTRALIAN CALENDAR.
50TH MOOMBA MASTERS:
THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INTERNATIONAL MOOMBA MASTERS WAS HELD ON THE YARRA RIVER OVER 6
DAYS OF FIERCE COMPETITION, WITH ONE OF THE LARGEST CONTINGENT OF INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR AND
SENIOR SKIERS TO HIT THE WATERS OF THE YARRA. THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF COMPETITION SAW OUR
AUSTRALIAN JUNIORS BATTLE IT OUT AGAINST THE STRONG FIELD OF INTERNATIONAL SKIERS WITH NEAR
PERFECT WEATHER.
BOYS OVERALL RESULTS: GIRLS OVERALL RESULTS:
1 TIMOTHY BRADSTREET (AUST) 1 MORGAN LAUREN (USA)
2 JOSHUA BRIANT (AUST) 2 JACINTA CARROLL (AUST)
3 ROBLEDO ALEJANDRO (COL) 3 HAW MAKAYLA (USA)
AAAHHHHHHHH!!!
This is gunna hurt...........
Steven Moss, Moomba crash 2010
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ON FRIDAY THE BIG GUNS BEGAN THE BATTLE FOR SEEDING POSITIONS AND BY SATURDAY DISASTER STRUCK
WITH MELBOURNE RECEIVING AN ABSOLUTE HAMMERING FROM THE HEAVENS, WITH GOLF AND TENNIS
BALL SIZE HAIL STONES POUNDING EVERYONE BELOW. THERE WAS COMPLETE CHAOS IN AND AROUND THE
YARRA AS MELBOURNE WITNESSED A, 1 IN 50 YEAR STORM WITH EVERYTHING FROM BOTTLES TO LOUNGE
CHAIRS FLOATING DOWN THE RIVER. THE YARRA IS DIFFICULT ENOUGH TO SKI ON AT THE BEST OF TIMES AND
THE INSUING DAYS OF COMPETITION PROVED TO BE THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE FOR MANY OF THE WORLDS
BEST SKIERS.
Hailstorm In Melbourne.pps
TO THE CREDIT OF THE CHIEF JUDGE AND OFFICIALS THEY MANAGED TO COMPLETE THE EVENT UNDER
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT CONDITIONS WITH THE FINAL OF THE WOMENS AND MENS SLALOM EVENT PROVING
TO BE THE MOST CHALLENGING. FIRST OFF THE DOCK IN WOMENS SLALOM WAS OUR CATHRYN HUMPHREY
WHO BATTLED THE ELEMENTS RECEIVING A CREDIBLE SCORE OF 2 BUOYS ON THE 12 METER LINE, MOST OF
THE REMAINING SLALOM SPECIALISTS GOT TAKEN BY THE TRECHEROUS YARRA SURCUMMING AROUND BUOY
TWO ON THE 13 METER LINE.
WOMENS RESULTS:
SLALOM TRICK JUMP
1 CATHRYN HUMPHREY (AUST) 1 NATALLIA BERDNIKOVA (BLR) 1 NATALLIA BERNIKOVA (BLR)
2 KARINA NOWLAN (AUST) 2 MICHALE BRIANT (AUST) 2 JUNE FLADBORG (DEN)
3 KAREN TRUELOVE (USA) 3 CATHRYN HUMPHREY (AUST) 3 ANAIS AMADE (FRA)
MENS RESULTS:
SLALOM TRICK JUMP
1 AARON LARKIN (NZL) 1 ADAM SEDIMAJER (CZE) 1 DAMIEN SHARMAN (GBR)
2 CHRIS PARISH (USA) 2 JAVIER JULIO (ARG) 2 THOMAS ASHER (GBR)
3 NICK PARSONS (USA) 3 RUSSELL GAY (USA) 3 FREDDY KRUGER (USA)
Click the link to see hail storm in Melbourne
Cathryn Humphrey, Moomba Slalom Champion 2010
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NATIONALS UPDATE: NEXT ON THE CALENDAR WAS THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TITLES HELD OVER THE EASTER PERIOD AT
BONNEY'S WATER SKI PARK IN SUNNY PERTH. THE EVENT HELD OVER FIVE DAYS SAW MANY OUTSTANDING
RESULTS WITH 160 COMPETITORS MAKING THE JOURNEY TO COMPETE AGAINST THE NATIONS BEST SKIERS.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA MUST BE CONGRATULATED FOR ONCE AGAIN HOSTING A WONDERFUL TOURNAMENT
AND A SINCERE THANKS MUST GO TO ALL THE HARD WORKING OFFICIALS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO ALL
CONTRIBUTED IN THE SUCCESS OF THE EVENT. THE PRESENTATION DINNER WAS HELD ON MONDAY EVENING
WITH THE VENUE OVERLOOKING THE PICTURESQUE SWAN RIVER AND CITY SKYLINE, AND THE 300 GUESTS
ENJOYED A WONDERFUL EVENING WHICH WAS EVIDENT BY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE DANCING TO THE TUNES
OF THE LOCAL BAND. DURING THE FORMALITIES OF THE EVENING 17 OF THE COUNTRIES JUNIOR SKIERS WERE
SELECTED TO THE AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT SQUAD AND A FURTHER 8 WERE SELECTED FOR THE
` 2012 AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR WORLD SQUAD.
JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT SQUAD:
JOSH WALLENT
ARCHIE DAVIS JASMINE BURNS
JEFFREY FITZSIMMONS KATELYN MILLER SARAH LOCHNER
TRAVIS DUNKLEY JAMIE GRAY JAKE DOWDING
LEWIS DOWDING MAGGIE DI SALVO TRENT NELSON CRANFIELD
RYAN BURNS PATRICK CRISP TYCE ZENDLER
SARAH O'TOOLE ANTHEA COLLICOAT
JUNIOR WORLD SQUAD:
JOSH BRIANT CARLY O'TOOLE
ARCHIE DAVIS BIANCA MULACH
DAMON WOODERSON STEPHANIE GRIFFITHS
KAYLA HARWARD CRAIG JEUDE
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THESE YOUNG ATHLETES FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE ACHIEVMENTS IN BEING
SELECTED TO THE AUSTRALIAN SQUADS.
NEXT TO BE CALLED TO THE PODIUM WAS THE JUNIOR WORLD TEAM WHO WILL BE REPRESENTING
AUSTRALIA IN ITALY AT THE 2010 JUNIOR WORLD TITLES.
JUNIOR WORLD TEAM:
TIMOTHY BRADSTREET MITCHELL CAVANAGH
JAMES SHELDON SAMANTHA MEAD
JOSHUA BRIANT JACINTA CLEGG
WELCOME BACK
VANESSA
THIS IS GOING TO
BE BIIIIGGGG!!
Record here I
come!
JOSH WALLENT—NEW
PERSONAL BEST!
Tim Bradstreet, Nationals 2010
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JOSHUA BRIANT AND TIMOTHY BRADSTREET BOTH NEED A SPECIAL MENTION FOR SETTING NEW AUSTRALIAN
RECORDS AT THE RECENT NATIONAL TITLES. JOSH MANAGED TWO TRICK RECORDS IN THE U14 & U17 BOYS
AND TIM SET A JUMP RECORD IN U17 BOYS !!!
MANY OF THE TEAM MEMBERS WILL BE HEADING OVERSEAS WITH TEAM MANAGER WAYNE BRIANT FOR A
TRAINING PROGRAM PRIOR TO THE WORLDS. GOOD LUCK TO THE U17 TEAM WE WISH THEM ALL THE
SUCCESS.
FINALLY THE TEAM WAS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2010 ASIA AUSTRALIASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS TO BE HELD IN
JAKARTA.
ASIA AUSTRALIASIAN TEAM:
RYAN GREEN NICK ADAMS TIMOTHY BRADSTREET
CATHRYN HUMPHREY JOSHUA BRIANT VANESSA LEOPOLD
CHELSEA SCOTT GAVIN MCMILLAN
TOURNAMENT WATER SKI AUSTRALIA ON BEHALF OF ALL OUR MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO WISH THESE
ATHLETES ALL THE SUCCESS AS THEY PROUDLY REPRESENT OUR COUNTRY IN ITALY AND JAKARTA.
TWSA STRUCTURE:
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT AWARE THE AUSTRALIAN WATER SKI & WAKEBOARD FEDERATION
(AWWF) IS THE GOVERNING BODY OF ALL DISCIPLINES OF WATER SKIING, (TOURNAMENT, WAKEBOARD,
BAREFOOT, SHOW SKIING, & DISABLED).
THE AUSTRALIAN WATER SKI & WAKEBOARD FEDERATION TOURNAMENT DIVISION (AWWF TD) WHICH YOU
ARE A MEMBER, WILL NOW BE KNOWN AS TOURNAMENT WATER SKI AUSTRALIA (TWSA) AND THE TWSA
IS THE GOVERNING BODY OF TOURNAMENT WATER SKING IN AUSTRALIA.
TOURNAMENT WATER SKIING IN AUSTRALIA IS ABOUT TO BE PROPELLED IN A NEW DIRECTION WITH THE
RECENT ELECTION AT THE PERTH NATIONALS OF THE NEW TWSA BOARD. WE HAVE ADOPTED A 5 YEAR PLAN
AND WILL ENDEVOUR TO BRING ABOUT POSITIVE CHANGE FOR OUR MEMBERS AND OUR SPORT.
THE ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS:
CHAIRMAN STAFFORD SCOTT
VICE CHAIRMAN NOEL DIX
TREASURER BELINDA DERRICK
SECRETARY SHARYN SHAW
MARKETING & MEDIA DIRECTOR DENISE MEAD
TECHNICHAL / RULES DIRECTOR BRUCE COCKBURN
POLICIES & PROCEDURES DIRECTOR SHAUN CRANFIELD
JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR RYAN GREEN
COACHING DIRECTOR GRANT BARNETT
JUDGING DIRECTOR MIKE WRENN
VICE JUDGING DIRECTOR NAOMI POTTS
Tim Martin, Nationals 2010
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FUNDING & GOVT GRANTS BOARD POSITION AVAILABLE!!!
IF YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN BEING APART OF A PROGRESSIVE TEAM AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A
POSITION ON THE TWSA BOARD THEN PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME [email protected]
I WISH TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK BRUCE COCKBURN AND THE OUTGOING BOARD MEMBERS FOR
THEIR COUNTLESS HOURS OF VOLUNTARY WORK OVER THE YEARS AND IT MUST BE MENTIONED THAT THESE
PEOPLE HAVE CONTRIBUTED ENORMOUSLY TO OUR SPORT. AS THE INCOMING CHAIRMAN I WILL RELY ON
THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND VALUABLE KNOWLEDGE.
SKI SCHOOL NEWS:
AS MENTIONED IN OUR FIRST EDITION NEWSLETTER THE TWSA IS CONDUCTING AN AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR SKI
SCHOOL IN DARWIN OVER TWO WEEKS IN JULY, AND AFTER BEING ADVERTISED FOR LESS THAN 8 WEEKS THE
ALLOCATION OF ALL PLACES HAVE BEEN FILLED. IT IS EVIDENT THAT THESE SKI SCHOOLS ARE BECOMING
EXTREMELY POPULAR THROUGHOUT AUSTRALIA ENABLING OUR JUNIOR SKIERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
EXPERIENCE QUALITY COACHING IN A FUN ENVIROMENT AND INTERACTING WITH OTHER STUDENTS OF
SIMILAR AGES AND ABILITIES.
THE TWSA WILL BE CONDUCTING ANOTHER SKI SCHOOL IN DECEMBER KNOWN AS THE GREEN SKI SCHOOL.
ANTOINETTE AND MYSELF WILL BE HOSTING THIS SKI SCHOOL IN MILDURA AT COWRA STATION WITH RYAN
GREEN AND CATHRYN HUMPHREY AS OUR COACHES. THIS IS A SITE SET ON A LAGOON OFF THE RIVER
MURRAY AND IS THE PERFECT SKIING SITE DEVELOPED BY GAVIN MCMILLAN AND OTHERS FOR THE PURPOSE
OF HOSTING L CLASS TOURNAMENTS. THE ACCOMMODATION IS SET AMONGST SHADED TREES AND
BEAUTIFULLY MANICURED LAWNS ON THE BANK OF THE RIVER AND EVEN HAS ITS OWN SWIMMING POOL.
THE SKI SCHOOL WILL OPERATE FOR TWO WEEKS FROM MONDAY 6TH DEC (ARRIVING SUN 5TH) TO FRIDAY
17TH. THE RATE PER WEEK IS $950 AND INCLUDES ALL MEALS INCLUDING SNACKS, AIRCONDITIONED
ACCOMMODATION, AND THREE QUALITY SKI SETS PER DAY OF APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 25 MINUTES. MILDURA
IS SERVICED BY QANTAS WITH REGULAR FLIGHTS FROM MELBOURNE. ANYONE REQUIRING MORE
INFORMATION FEEL FREE TO CONTACT,
Stafford Scott [email protected]
AS IN THE PAST THE AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR SKI SCHOOL HELD IN JANUARAY AT STONEY PARK WILL CONTINUE
WITH JODIE SKIPPER AS THE COORDINATOR, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE APART OF THIS SKI
SCHOOL, PLEASE INDICATE TO YOUR STATE PRESIDENT OR SECRETARY YOUR INTENT TO BE APART OF THIS
PRESTIGEOUS SKI SCHOOL. FOR MORE INFORMATION FEEL FREE TO CONTACT,
Jodie Skipper ; Jodieski@bigpond. com.au
IN AN ENDEVOUR TO LOOK AFTER OUR SENIOR SKIERS THE TWSA HAS ORGANISED AN OVER 21 SKI CLINIC TO
BE HELD AT STONEY PARK IN PT MACQUARIE. THIS CLINIC WILL BE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR OUR OVER 21
SKIERS WISHING TO ENHANCE THEIR SKILLS IN ALL THREE DISCIPLINES. THE COACHES WILL BE THE USUAL
STONEY PARK CREW AND THREE QUALITY SETS WILL BE OFFERED DAILY. THE CLINIC IS BASED ON 6 NIGHTS
ACCOMMODATION ARRIVING SUNDAY 30TH JANUARY AND DEPARTING SATURDAY 5TH FEBRUARY AND
INCLUDES ALL MEALS. THE RATE PER WEEK IS $850 AND THERE ARE ONLY 14 PLACES AVAILABLE. IF YOU
WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION FEEL FREE TO CONTACT, Stafford Scott
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NATIONAL LOTTERY UPDATE:
WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEKING THE HELP OF ALL MEMBERS, THEIR ACQUAINTANCES AND OR BUSINESS
ASSOCIATES WHO WOULD LIKE TO DONATE MERCHANDISE FOR OUR NATIONAL LOTTERY. THIS COULD
INCLUDE SPORTING EQUIPMENT, TRAVEL PRIZES, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, COMPUTERS,WOMENS PRODUCTS,
TOOLS, TRAILERS AND OF COURSE SKI GEAR etc etc. WE ARE AIMING AT 20 QUALITY PRIZES TO BE DRAWN AT
THE NATIONALS. FOR THOSE DONATING ON BEHALF OF A COMPANY, OR INDIVIDUALS WHO REQUIRE
EXPOSURE WE HAVE PACKAGES AVAILABLE OUTLINING THE ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONAL BENIFITS
WHICH WILL CONTINUE DURING THE 12 MONTHS. For more detailed information contact Stafford Scott.
WE CAN OFFER NAMING RIGHTS TO OUR WORLD TEAMS & NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS:
EG; TOYOTA AUSTRALIAN U17 WORLD TEAM etc or HOLDEN AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR MASTERS
AT PRESENT WE HAVE:
1 $2,000.00 CASH PRIZE
2 7 LUXURY NIGHTS AT THE PENTHOUSE SUITE AT SAILS APARTMENTS
3 MOUNTAIN BIKE OR ROAD BIKE TO THE VALUE OF $1,500.00
4 3,000 LITRE SLIM LINE RAINWATER TANK
WE HAVE 16 MORE ITEMS TO REACH OUR TARGET BEFORE THE ADVERTISING OF OUR NATIONAL LOTTERY, SO
PLEASE IF YOU CAN HELP OUT IT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED AND WILL GO A LONG WAY TO ENABLE THE
TWSA TO IMPLEMENT OUR NATIONAL PROGRAMS.
CONGRATULATIONS
DANIEL RIDLEY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA WINS $2,000 WORTH
OF SKI GEAR IN THE TWSA SURVEY!
TOURNAMENT WATER SKI AUSTRALIA TRICK & JUDGING CLINIC DVD
DO YOU WANT TO IMPROVE YOUR TRICK SKIING OR LEARN HOW TO TRICK JUDGE !
THEN APPLY FOR YOUR FREE COPY OF THE DOUBLE CORY PICKOS DVD AND BE GUIDED BY 24 TIMES WORLD
RECORD HOLDER CORY PICKOS, AN ABSOLUTE MUST FOR ANYONE INVOLVED IN TRICK SKIING!
To receive your free copy send a stamped self addressed dvd post box to:
Stafford Scott, c/o PO Box 3445, Norwood, SA 5067
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For Sale Nationals Photo's
A copy of all the photo's taken by photographer Alan Wheatley at the Nationals is available on CD (549
photo's plus team photo's of WA, NSW,& QLD from the welcome night) This collection of photo's is a must
and includes all the action at the Nationals. The cost is $15 and includes P&H with part of the proceeds being
donated to the Kyle Eade Fund.
all orders payable by money order or cheque to Alan Wheatley 146 Harpenden St, Huntingdale, WA 6110
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ OUR SECOND EDITION OF THE TWSA NEWSLETTER
UNTIL NEXT TIME!
Yours Sincerely
Stafford Scott
Chairman TWSA
Email: [email protected]
Mob: 0418 841 511
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