RYA Powerboat Racing Awards overall + Video

by Emma Slater on 12 Feb 2015

RYA Powerboat Racing Awards 2014 RYA http://www.rya.org.uk

RYA Powerboat Racing Awards on Saturday 07 February marked the annual Ceremony where the crème de la crème of the powerboat racing world come together to celebrate their 2014 season success and get their hands on the coveted trophies.

Over 200 racers, friends, family and supporters made their way to the Novotel in Southampton for the glittering event where a staggering 50 plus awards were presented to some of the most successful racers of the preceding year.

'The Powerboat Racing Awards for extremely important as they recognise the achievements and hard work that all the teams and crews put in to their race season', commented Jeni Jelf, RYA Powerboat Racing Manager.

The evening’s ceremony was hosted by Grant Harrison, who has been involved in the world of powerboat racing for many years as both competitor and team owner, alongside Ruth Morse, well respected official and former Lancashire Powerboat Club Commodore. Ruth and Grant were joined by special guest, TV personality Tiff Needell, well known for presenting shows such as Top Gear and now Fifth Gear.

Throughout the evening a number of awards were presented to some of the younger racers on the circuit, including the likes of Ben Jelf, Jessica Stoneman and Thomas Mantripp, who have demonstrated skill, passion and determination to clinch their winner’s titles. 'Youth racing in becoming even more popular and the standard is phenomenal. It gives a really strong sense of a great future for the sport', commented Jeni Jelf.

There were also a number of surprise presentations during the evening including Kayleigh Priestly who was awarded the RYA Anne Robinson Best Newcomer Award, leaving her extremely shocked, surprised but absolutely delighted. While an emotional Ben Morse claimed the BJ Noone award, alongside his RYA PGP F4s British Championship, RYA PGP F4s Spring Championship and RYA British 0850 speed record of 100.05mph, that made him the 77th member of the exclusive K7 club and the club’s youngest member.

2014 Champions

Trophy	Recipient
RYA British 200 P1 AquaX Champion	Damien Evans
RYA PGP F4s British Champion & RYA PGP F4s Sprint Champion	Ben Morse
RYA British Zapcat ZCR50X Speed Record at 44.13mph	David Finlayson
RYA PGP GT15 British Champion	Thomas Mantripp
RYA Anne Robinson Best New Comer	Kayleigh Priestley
RYA PGP GT30 Sprint Champion	Jessica Stoneman
RYA GPA British Club Champions	Jacques Vermeulen & Pierre Vermeulen
UKOBA Sword of Honour	Asif Rangoonwala & Powerboat P1
RYA British Zapcat ZCR50X Champions	David Finlayson & Ashleigh Finlayson
RYA PGP O/Hydro British Champion	Wayne Turner
RYA British Thundercat P750 Pro-Stock Team Championship	Team 33
UIM World & RYA British Portland-Rockhall-Portland Record - 1,422nm in 53 hrs, 29 mins & 52 secs	Richard Reddyhoff, Ed Gilliver, Jan Falkowski, Mike Townshend, Sebastian Coulthard
RYA PGP T850 British Champion & RYA PGP T850 Sprint Champion	Bill Owen
RYA Ian Stirling Memorial Award	Paul Mahy
2014 RYA British 0850 Speed Record at 100.05mph & K7 Gold Star Recipient	Ben Morse
RYA V24 British Champion	Dan Priestley
2014 RYA British 3A Speed Record at 70.95mph	John Guille
RYA British Thundercat P750 Pro-Stock Driver & Co-Driver Champions	Bligh Julius & Charlie Hatfield
RYA PGP GT30 British Champion & RYA PGP GT15 Sprint Champion	Ben Jelf
RYA British Zapcat ZCR50 Speed Record at 43.53 mph	Simon Matthews
BJ Noone Award	Ben Morse
RYA British 250 P1 AquaX Champion 2014	Duncan Johnstone
2014 UIM World & RYA British S1000 Speed Record at 70.45mph	Sam Whittle
RYA Class 3A British Champions	Kevin Edmondson & Annika Hawthorne
RYA Offshore Sponsorship Award	Vahid Ganjavian
RYA P1 250 British Champions	James Norvil & Christian Parsons-Young
RYA Marathon B British Champions 2014	Peter Dredge, Simon Powell, Mal Crease
RYA PGP F2 British Champion & RYA PGP F2 Sprint Champion	Paul Balfour
UIM F250 European Champion	Wayne Turner
UIM GT30 European Champion	Ben Jelf
UIM 3A World Champions	John Guille & Tom William-Hawkes
RYA Tony Needell Award	Sally Windsor