Fistral Finale To Rival Excitement Of The Ryder Cup
Tuesday, 28th September, 2010 08:42:56 PM
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Whilst the majority of the global sporting audience at the end of this week will be focused on a bunch of American and European golf stars playing a tournament in South Wales that is one of the biggest sporting events in the world…
One hundred and twenty five miles south west of Celtic Manor the top teams from the Zapcat Racing series will be facing what is predicted to be huge surf at Fistral Beach, Newquay for the final two rounds of the King of the Surf title.
Along with quite a few other Championship titles at stake, whose outcome will remain undecided until the last race of the season around 4pm on Saturday 2nd October.
For the first time it could be the youngsters dominating proceedings, with some sibling rivalry thrown into the mix…
Current champions Bluesheets I (Craig Davis & Rob Martin) will be battling it out for the King of the Surf title with the new Rookie Champions SeaVacation II (Jack Weller & Nick Martin), Nick, younger brother of Rob is the youngest competitor in the series and won’t be legally allowed to toast any wins for another couple of seasons!
Somerset based Delta Jets (Ashley Chappell & Chris Rex) may also have something to say about that result too as well as the outcome of the Team Championship, which they are just leading with BladeRun (Justin Whithorn & Chris Baldwin).
Big surf is a great leveller as even the most skilful pilots and co-pilots can come unstuck, it requires the utmost concentration, timing, nerve and a little bit of luck to avoid a stopper wave that can hand the advantage back to their opponents.
The Zapcat guys and girls will certainly deliver excitement and thrills to rival the Ryder Cup with many tales to tell at the Annual Zapcat Awards night on Saturday evening.
The season kicked off in April at Fistral and it is fitting we return here having visited Belfast, Edinburgh, Prestatyn, Barry Island and Aberdeen along the way.
Practice starts at 11:00 on both Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd October with racing from noon.
Twenty Zapcat teams will be up to the challenge and ably assisted by the Zapcat and RNLI Safety & Rescue teams.
The event is free to view and for Zapcat spotters out there look out for the new shape hull of the EVO model being tested for the first time in the surf at a UK championship venue.
Next year will see two Zapcat surf events in Newquay at both Watergate Bay and Fistral Beaches.
For more information go to www.zapcat-racing.com
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