2009 Structure and Calendar Notes:

1 x Surf X & 1 x Longhaul

RD decreation 12 hour notice
 

·        Five rounds starting August 29th.

·        This series is for A Grade racers ONLY.

·        The worst round will be dropped to determine final national placing.

·        Le Mans style starts and beach finishes apply to all race days at RD desecration.

·        Event notes will be posted 4 weeks prior on national home page and e-mailed via your club captain.

  

NOTE: Events, Dates and Venues are subject to change on short notice.

For updates and more info see:

http://www.thundercatracing.com.au/calendar.htm

Race boats roar through the Inland Waterway each summer, providing excitement and race-course thrills along the water’s edge for boaters and spectators alike.

The Saturday course is approximately 45 miles with a LeMans start at the pits in Burt Lake, at DeVoe Beach. The course runs into Burt Lake approximately 1/2 mile to a turn buoy, and then returns to the mouth of the Indian River. The race then runs through the entire length of the Indian River into Mullett Lake, to a check point in front of Breaker’s, then along the west shore of Mullett Lake and up the  full length of the Cheboygan River to a turnaround in the city of Cheboygan. Racers return over the same course to a finish line at the pit area.

Sunday’s course is approximately 42 miles, also with a LeMans start at the pits in Burt Lake off DeVoe Beach. It then runs across Burt Lake to a checkpoint on the west shore, up to the west shoreline of Burt Lake, through the Crooked River and around Crooked Lake, back through the Crooked River, across Burt Lake, through the Indian River to a turnaround in Mullett Lake. Racers then return through the Indian River to a finish line at the pit area.

More info and updates can be found at:

http://www.marathonnationals.com/Welcome.html

3 Aug 2009

European 'ThunderCat P750' UIM Championship;

4th - 6th August Oregrund

The European's in Sweden are only for P750 class, not standard. Oregrund is a beautiful town and a wonderful place to have a holiday, the racing will take place on 4th - 6th August 2009.  Later in the week 8th August, Sweden sees their famous long distance race from Stockholm to Oregrund called the  'Roslagsloppet', for experience racers with navigational skills if you speak to Roland you could enter this historic race - dont enter if you cant navigate! with all the islands around the coast we might not see you for weeks!

 
Öregrund


More Detailed Map:
http://kartor.eniro.se/query?&what=map_adr&mop=aq&searchInMap=1&mapstate=6;18.441687;60.338863;s;18.421295131279205;60.34911498987581;18.46200397253879;60.328649783342335;604;573&mapcomp=;;;%C3%96regrund;;;74071;%C3%96REGRUND;;;;;18.441686630249023;60.338863372802734;0;0;;%C3%96STHAMMAR;maps_place.2824775.21;0&geo_area=%C3%B6regrund&stq=0&pis=0


Öregrund was granted a town charter in 1491 and became an important
competitor to Stockholm when shipping flourished. The town
has a stormy past and suffered accidental fires as well as intentional
ones by both the Russians and the Danes. At the end of the 1800s,
a bath house company was established and the town became a spa
resort. A hotel, baths and a clubhouse were built. Visitors swarmed to
Öregrund and ornate summer houses with glass-enclosed verandas
were built, many of which are still standing today!

Öregrund is a picturesque summer town with a thriving entertainment
scene. Many restaurants, cafés, exhibitions, and small antique and
craft shops surround the harbor. Don’t miss the guided walking
tours and the community sing-along on Mondays, near the lightship,
Västra Banken. In summer, there are many activities and big events
like Östhammars Musikvecka (music festival), Öregrundsmåndag
(entertainment put on by prominent locals), the Roslagsloppet (offshore
boat race) and a resort festival.

In Öregrund you can watch the sun go down over the water from
one of the rocky cliffs that surround the city or while enjoying dinner
at the Seglarbaren restaurant.

Enjoy romantic accomodation at the Ankargården guest-house or
Floras Trädgård Hotel, a charming turn-of-the-century inn. You can
also rent bicycles, canoes and small boats in Öregrund. Take a boat
tour with the M/F Jenny or the Sunnan Express.

ROSLAGSLOPPET 2009-Swedish PWC Endurance Race

The race date 8th of August.

The race will take place between Vaxholm (north Stockholm) and Öregrund.

The race is going to have 2 stages. One between Vaxholm and Väddö kanal, where you stop for about 2 hours to refuel etc. The second stage is between Väddö kanal and Öregrund.

2008 footage with the ThunderCat's competing racetv.se/roslagsloppet:
http://www.racetv.se/roslagsloppet.html


Further information to follow - all classes can compete including large raceboats as well!!


More info and updates can be found at:

http://www.thundercatracing.co.uk/node/268

8 Aug 2009

P750 Standard class: Welcomes everyone who wishes to have fun on and off the water. This is not a National championship race, thus will be run under a basic event licence. Prize money will be given on both days:

1st - £300, 2nd - £200, 3rd - £100 for Saturday and Sunday.

Please call or email the HQ ASAP if you wish to participate at this event.


More info and updates at:

http://www.thundercatracing.co.uk/node/328

27 Sep 2009

Hosted by UKOBA, this International Marathon event will include ThunderCat Racing from Bournemouth beach / Pier; International entries are welcome to join us for this approx 115 mile longhaul, along the shores from Poole, Bournemouth to the Isle of Wight. If any teams are wishing to test their skills in endurance this is one date not to miss! Surf racing on the Saturday!


More info and event updates at:

http://www.thundercatracing.co.uk/node/307

19 Sep 2009

BRIGHTON 2009! You may have heard the relocation rumours………. Well, now it’s official. White Air is on the move. After 12 fantastic years on the Isle of Wight, next year will see an even bigger and better White Air on the mainland in Brighton.

September18-20 are our dates for 2009. Brighton Beach is the place.

If you think you know White Air, think again because we plan to give you even more pumping adrenaline rushes, even more great extreme sports, more competitions, more displays, more music and, in Brighton, all of it will be a whole lot more accessible.

A short walk east along the seafront from the famous pier will take you to our new home on the beach at Brighton. The White Air crew will be there in force, doing their stuff to ensure that White Air Brighton is Europe’s Premier Extreme Sports Festival with an amazing live stage and fringe music scenes to entertain.

Next year’s festival will have something for everyone. The ultimate extreme sports village will have the biggest ever ThunderCat Racing adrenaline coast area, Free Sports Ramps, for Skaters, Boarders and Bikers and all the urban sports. We are planning Europes top Skate Vert comp, and we already have the Red Arrows and Falcons Parachute display teams booked. There’ll be more than 20 “Have a Go” sports for everyone to try and World, European and British competitions on the water, on land and in the air. We also hope to include new sports to White Air such as Triathlon, Beach Volleyball and World High Diving. Anyone for a Bungee Jump on the beach?

If you’re looking for excitement, adventure, entertainment, challenge and fun, from Sept 18-20 next year the place to be is the south coast. On water or land, there’ll be something at White Air 2009 for everyone. Watch some of the world’s best extreme athletes or test your skills and try a new sport.

Start planning your visit to Brighton now. We are!

Thundercat Powerboats, Windsurfing, Mountain Boards, Kitesurfing, Skate Jams, Frisbee/Winddisc, Triathlon, BMX & Mountain Bikes, FMX, Paddleboards, Bocking, High Diving, Parkour/Freerunning, Wakeboarding, Skydiving, Red Arrows, Bungee, Climbing Walls, Trials Bikes, Parachutes, Beach Volleyball, Jetskis, “Have a Go”, Music and much, much more.

White Air will host the biggest names in extreme sports at one of Europe’s biggest extreme sports festivals - 'The Independent'

http://www.whiteair.co.uk

2008 European ThunderCat Racing highlights at Whiteair:

http://blip.tv/play/gfJ2AQA

More info and updates at:

http://www.thundercatracing.co.uk/node/262

4 Jul 2009

 

The Event will be staged on the beach at Penny way, off Seaway Avenue, facilities will be available to camp onsite over looking the beach next to the Pit area for all competitors and officials. On the same weekend Christchurch are staging a Music Festival so we are set to have an excellent time in this most beautiful Dorset town; further info will be posted over the coming months.

Christchurch's predominantly sandy beaches extend for four miles across Christchurch Bay; from Highcliffe Beach in the east, to Highcliffe Castle, Steamer Point and Friar's Cliff beaches through to Avon Beach in the west. Mudeford Sandbank is a unique sandspit which adjoins Hengistbury and forms a natural barrier between the harbour and the open sea.

Few places in the country can boast two rivers, two castles, an 11th century Priory Church, a mill of Saxon origin, a Medieval bridge and the site of a civil war siege in 1645. The first Neolithic farmers came to Christchurch and the people of the Bronze Age left their burial mounds. The pagan Saxons also left their burial grounds just west of the High Street in what is now Waitrose's car park.

More info and updates at:

http://www.thundercatracing.co.uk/node/306

12 Sep 2009

Once again we are going back to 'Windfest' in Poole - Fun for all the family, being able to enjoy a vast experience the taste of wind and powered events on and off the water; this welknown and high acclaimed extreme sports festival hosted by Poole Tourist board and organised by Gary Willingham is back on the ThunderCat calendar!

Piers Morgan quoted on Sandbanks, the location for the event: "Here's a question for you: where is the fourth most expensive place to live on the planet? Barbados perhaps? Or Beverly Hills? Nope, they don't even come close.

It's actually a tiny little sand dune on the Dorset coast called Sandbanks.

But this is no ordinary dune. On it, and around it, lie stunning golden sands, clear turquoise ocean water, luxury yachts, vintage champagne spilling out of every well-heeled resident's mouth, and houses that are currently going for an absurd £10million apiece.

I immersed myself on this strange, spectacular mile-square expanse of sand for this summer while making a three-part ITV1 series, which airs next week.

Nestled between Poole Harbour and Bournemouth, some say it is Britain's Monte Carlo, and certainly that old property chestnut "location, location, location" has never seemed more starkly pertinent.

Because there can't be many more wonderfully exclusive and exotic "locations" than this anywhere in Britain."

More info and updates at:

http://www.thundercatracing.co.uk/node/305