Situated
some 60 minutes from Bristol City centre, Barry Island was one
the new venues for Zapcat Racing in 2009. Arranged late into
the season the event was heralded as a great success by competitors,
sponsors, spectators and local trade alike. All agreed it must
come back to South Wales in 2010.
Despite
budget restraints the Council has again worked tirelessly to
ensure Barry plays a major role in this the 10th Anniversary
year of Championship Zapcat Racing ... and dates have now been
set for its return.
Centred
around the popular Whitmore Bay Beach, the weekend of August
07-08 will see the 'free to view' powerboat spectacle feature
up to 16 heats and divisional finals per day.
The
UK's Zapcat National Championship is the world's largest 'one
design' powerboat series.
For
further details of the Barry Island race weekend click here
Up
and Away - Bluesheets II Zapcat Pilot Dan Smith, together
with rookie Co-Pilot Naomi Sareth Wood, take to the air during
the opening round of the Zapcat Racing Championship at Fistral,
Cornwall.April 2010
Around
11.000 runners pounded the streets of Bath in glorious shinshine
last weekend during the City's annual half marathon.
Olympic
star Amy Williams sounded the horn to start the race as crowds
of spectators lined Great Pulteney Street and beyond.
The
mens race was won by Ezekiel Cheruop from Kenya in 63.03,
with Ethiopian born Salford Thomas taking second place. Third
place belonged to 2009 winner Simon Tonui, also from Kenya.
Great
Britain Olympian Dan Robinson came in fourth place in a time
of 64.43.
AMY
WILLIAMS got the hero's welcome she deserved in hometown Bath
today and was given the Freedom of the City by Mayor Colin Barrett.
[03MAR2010]
Great
Britain's Olympic gold champion returned from Vancouver as our
only medallist after sliding to victory in the skelton.
Williams
was also GB's first individual gold winner at a Winter Olympics
since Bristol skater Robin Cousins beat all comers at Lake Placid,
USA, in 1980.
The
Zapcat Racing National Championship is the worlds largest
one-design powerboat class.
Zapcats,
designed originally as high performance rescue craft, are
fast, adreniline pumping, featherweight inflatable catamarans
capable of pulling in excess of 2 'G' on the turn.
Zapcat
Racing is a unique, extreme action sport in which men and
women compete on equal terms.
Zapcat
Racing is every bit as exciting to watch on flat water as
it is in the surf.
Free
to view, the 2010 Championship includes race weekends at venues
such as Belfast, Barry, Edinburgh and Newquay.
Fast
and furious action with up to sixteen heats and two divisonal
finals per day.
The
past has seen crowds of 250,000+ watch powerboat racing at
Bristol Docks ...
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