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Tue 9th July 2024
Getting Ready for Cowes Weekend
This year at Cowes Isle of Wight, OMRA will once again be racing alongside the BPRC who are hosting the annual Cowes-Torquay-...
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Wed 27th March 2024
Official Test Session of 2024 - Eastbourne
The first test of the upcoming 2024 season is this Saturday 30th March at Princes Park in Eastbourne. Please contact Michael ...
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Tue 24th October 2023
First Preview of Surface: Drive to Survive revealed
The first preview of the upcoming Surface: Drive to Survive has been released. With some of the drivers wondering what surfac...
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Wed 18th October 2023
2023 OMRA AGM
After intense racing in Penzance we crown our 2023 OMRA Champions. It was an extremely close fought season with the extra poi...
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Mon 2nd October 2023
Final Race of 2023 in Penzance Coming Up!
The final OMRA Race of 2023 is coming up this weekend. Weather is looking good, after the Red Flag of Swanage with the Storm ...
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Thu 7th September 2023
Getting Ready for Swanage...
So... NEW race time. Swanage is fast approaching and we thought we should outline some important...
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Mon 4th September 2023
Calshot World Cup - What went down
Due to the cancellation of the Cowes Weekend, it was agreed there would be a 2nd Calshot race. However due to a couple of mem...
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Wed 19th July 2023
Calshot Countdown
IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO RACE BUT HAVENT ENTERED YET, PLEASE DO SO ASAP.  SCHEDULE We wil...
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Thu 8th June 2023
West Bay Countdown
To all Drivers racing Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th June @ West Bay Dorset SCHEDULE To decide the course...
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Thu 18th May 2023
Bristol 2023 Race Report
Round 1 - Bristol Docks Race Report First race of 2023, OMRA was lucky to have good weather most of the d...
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Sat 1st April 2023
OMRA : Surface Drive to Survive
OMRA : Surface Drive To Survive Since 2021 OMRA has been making promo videos from our race events. Simila...
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Fri 31st March 2023
Unofficial Pre-Season Testing - 15th April, Princes Park Eastbourne
Due to the volume of competitors now attending a testing session organised by Michael Ranger (OMRA Secretary) on Saturday 15t...
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Tue 14th March 2023
New Championship Points Scoring System for 2023
At the 2022 AGM, it was proposed and voted in that there would be a new championship points scoring system for OMRA races fro...
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Wed 22nd February 2023
2023 Race Entries & Season Pass now available on the OMRA Shop
All 2023 Race Entires are now available on the OMRA Shop. There is also now a 2023 Season Pass available ...
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Wed 8th February 2023
West Bay Chase Boat POKER RUN and Cowes 2 Stage Slalom Sprint
In OMRA we are always looking for ways to keep the racing interesting, trialling different formats and ideas. Two races in 20...
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Sun 20th November 2022
OMRA 2023 Provisional Race Calendar Announced
So after the successful AGM meeting for 2022. We can now announce the race calendar for 2023: Bristol Docks
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Fri 30th September 2022
Penzance - Royal Rumble
Saturday at Penzance this year will feature a new event called the Royal Rumble. Exact details and rules will be announced on...
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Wed 31st August 2022
Cowes Weekend Photos and looking ahead to Bristol
It was a great weekend this year at Cowes. The sun was shining all weekend and some good racing for the members that made it ...
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Sat 23rd July 2022
New 2022 Design Phantom Hulls from MCop Racing
MCop Racing are now taking orders for their new 2022 Phantom Hulls. A new sleeker and updated design with a range a custom co...
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Fri 24th June 2022
OMRA Gets Lapped for Upcoming Calshot Race
The upcoming Clashot race will be a little different in that it will be a lapped race, instead of a standard 20 minute endura...
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Mon 13th June 2022
10K CHASE BOAT X CLASS RECORD SET
It was far too rough at West Bay this weekend to do the full 10k for most competitors. So we ran 5k on each day as was highly...
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Tue 24th May 2022
Looking ahead to West Bay 10k Challenge
The now annual West Bay 10k Challenge is fast approaching and it is looking to be a very busy race weekend for OMRA with many...
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Mon 18th April 2022
Bristol Docks R1 2022 - Highlight Reel
Watch the Bristol Docks R1 2022 highlight reel HERE...
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Tue 12th April 2022
Bristol Docks - First race of 2022 and what to expect
So the OMRA season finally starts next weekend after a long winter break. Entries are strong and we hope everyone is ready to...
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Thu 3rd March 2022
New NRCA Racing Team for 2022
OMRA has a new team for 2022 called NRCA Racing. The team consists of Adrian Carter (20) who is now going into his second OMR...
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Sun 30th January 2022
OMRA Facebook Group Reaches 500 Members
Just a thank you to everyone who has joined OMRA on Facebook. The group has grown to over 500 members now in just a few month...
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Thu 9th December 2021
OMRA 2022 Race Calendar now available on the Online Shop
The shop has been updated with race the entry prices for 2022 as they have now been confirmed for each race. Most are the sta...
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Thu 25th November 2021
Get the 2021 OMRA Playlist on Apple Music
Get the OMRA Playlist that has been played through the sound system at the 2021 Races. AKD & PKD have added and added trac...
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Tue 23rd November 2021
Watch the 2021 Season Review Video
The 2021 Season Review is now available on the website in the video section. It is collection of footage from the 2021 Season...
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Sun 21st November 2021
2022 Season - Southampton is Back, Cowes and West Bay 10k Challenge
After todays successful AGM, OMRA can announce the proposed calendar for the upcoming 2022 season. Southampton is back, Cowes...
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Thu 18th November 2021
OMRA AGM - Sunday 21st November
So the AGM is this Sunday 21st November at Cottesmore Golf & Country Club in West Sussex. Due to most members opting to jo...
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Mon 1st November 2021
Penzance - End of Season & Upcoming AGM
So Penzance 2021 is over, and racing has now come to a close for this season. This past weekend saw some great racing, good f...
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Mon 18th October 2021
Bristol - Red Flagged
This past weekend at Bristol saw the days racing red flagged due to unannounced childrens activities with paddle boarding and...
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Thu 30th September 2021
Bristol Race - Rescheduled 17th October
Due to the recent panic buying at the petrol pumps and roadworks going on around the Bristol Docks area, OMRA members have co...
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Wed 8th September 2021
Getting Ready for The Southampton Boat Show
We can finally confirm the details for the Southampton Boat Show Race on Sun 19th Sept, this is a FREE entry race to all OMRA...
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Wed 1st September 2021
See the Cowes 2021 Highlight Reel
The highlight reels from the Cowes 2021 Race Weekend is now available. A few words from MCop Racing: "Well what a week...
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Wed 25th August 2021
Getting Ready For Cowes Weekend
This weekend, OMRA will racing off Trinity Landing in Cowes, Isle of Wight, alongside the main Cowes-Torquay-Cowes full size ...
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Tue 27th July 2021
See the West Bay Highlight Reel
Despite the drone crashing in dramatic fashion after a motor failure, we still managed to get enough footage from West Bay to...
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Mon 26th July 2021
First 10K Records Set at West Bay 2021
Congrats to the West Bay 10k winners and new record holders of the distance.
  • C - Class - Mark Copley - 11min 19sec...
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Fri 23rd July 2021
Getting Ready to Set the Record at West Bay
The West Bay 10k challenge race is this weekend 24th - 25th July. Entries are strong and here is an update of what to expect ...
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Mon 5th July 2021
Calshot Results
All the results for Calshot are live now. There was some seriously close racing in the E Class with only a couple of laps bet...
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Mon 21st June 2021
Southampton Boat Show - Confirmed
British Marine approached OMRA to appear at the Southampton Boat Show 2021 to do a full Championship race. The race is now co...
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Wed 2nd June 2021
OMRA at West Bay 29th May with OCRDA
Some of the OMRA Race kit was on display at West Bay last weekend along with some of the KD Racing boats alongside the the OC...
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Mon 24th May 2021
Upcoming Drone Filming
A few of months ago, we were keen to start learning how to capture more video footage at races and creating race showreels. D...
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Sun 2nd May 2021
Folding Rescue Boat
So we have picked up the folding rescue boat now. AKD has bought it from a client who had one and has only been used a few ti...
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Sun 25th April 2021
OMRA Baseball Caps
We have some OMRA Baseball Caps coming. They are embroidered and have 3 different colours available (black, navy, grey). T...
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Sun 18th April 2021
Z-Class Dates Announced
A couple of dates have been announced for the Z-Class Series for 2021. The 25th July and the 15th August. Both these races wi...
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Tue 13th April 2021
Morten Jorgensen RIP
It is with sad news we announce that long standing honorary OMRA member Morten Jorgensen has passed away from a long illness....
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Sun 11th April 2021
Update from EGM/AGM & Calshot First Race
So OMRA held an EGM/AGM today with numerous members in attendance online. A full minutes will be made available to members so...
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Sun 7th March 2021
OMRA AGM/EGM - 11th April 2021
Michael Ranger (OMRA Secretary) will be hosting an online Zoom call on 11th April 2021 for 2020 and 2021 members. Invites to ...
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Mon 22nd February 2021
OMRA Insurance 2021
As the annual insurance for OMRA has been renewed for 2021, a new area of the account system has been created to let register...
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Wed 16th December 2020
Nick Adams - 24
It is with deep regret, that we have sadly lost a great OMRA member. Nick Adams (24) sadly past away last week from an illnes...
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Fri 11th December 2020
OMRA Account Now Live
The OMRA Account system is now live. You can register, add boats, manage race entries and payments, and keep your profile det...
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Thu 12th November 2020
OMRA Account Coming Very Soon
PKD has been working on the new OMRA Account system that was mentioned probably 2 years ago now, but has finally got around t...
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Thu 29th October 2020
2021 Race Calendar (Updated)
As 2020 has been a write off and social distancing likely in place for at least a couple more months. Attention has turned to...
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Mon 21st September 2020
Penzance Cancelled
Hi All, for those that do not know already, Penzance 2020 cannot go ahead. Justin had a meeting with the Harbour Master which...
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Thu 17th September 2020
MCop Racing + BTR hulls seen racing in the BOMBA Series in Bermuda
MCop Racing and Big Tee Racing both produce competition offshore fibreglass and carbon race hulls used by many OMRA racers. T...
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Mon 14th September 2020
Bristol Cancelled, Penzance TBC
BRISTOL Unfortunately we could not get a green light from the Bristol harbour masters for a single day race...
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Sat 25th July 2020
Updated - Cowes Race Cancelled
Unfortunately we have had to cancel the Cowes race this August. With the Covid-19 situation going in multiple directions at t...
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Sat 4th July 2020
Photo & Video Galleries Updated
The photo and video galleries on the website have been upgraded to make them a little easier to use. They have also been opti...
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Fri 26th June 2020
NEW MCop Racing Parts Available on the Store
MCop Racing has some new products available. New parts, new hulls and more. Check them out on the store and you can also b...
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Thu 18th June 2020
OMRA Rescue Boat Re-Vamp
So the rescue boat has made its way to the workshop for a complete overhaul. New seating, centre console, electrics, front de...
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Mon 15th June 2020
June 2020 Season Update, Cowes, Covid-19 and more...
On 14th June the OMRA Race Committee and Race Managers met (virtually) to discuss the remainder of the 2020 calendar races. ...
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Tue 12th May 2020
AGIA RACING
A selection of mini outdrives, CNC props, Bernico hulls and 3D printed parts are now available from AGIA Racing. For more inf...
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Sat 25th April 2020
Project50: 50 Years of Racing
In 2021, OMRA will be in its 50th year, and to celebrate a limited edition large format hard back book is being produced. ...
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Mon 30th March 2020
2020 OMRA Calendar update - Re: Covid19
To update everyone on the current situation regarding the 2020 OMRA Race season given the current situation ...
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Fri 20th March 2020
R1 Bristol Race Postponed - Covid-19
Due to the Covid-19 issue in the UK at the moment, with regret, the first round of the OMRA Championship at Bristol Docks has...
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Tue 25th February 2020
UIM 2020 Rules
3x races for 2020 will form the UIM National Championships. OMRA will be racing under UIM rules for these races which are alr...
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Sat 15th February 2020
West Bay 10k Chase Boat Race Confirmed - AquaX P1
The 10k UIM Chase Boat race is now confirmed for 16th -17th May 2020. We can also announce that the race coincides with the P...
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Sun 26th January 2020
Goodwood Festival of Speed and Revival Tickets - Race Win Prizes
For 2020 two new races will enter the OMRA calendar. West Bay Chase boat event, and Sandbanks. ...
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Fri 17th January 2020
X-Class Rules + RTR Boats for 2020
For 2020, and after a year of running the X-Class for the first time, it was decided at the 2019 AGM that heats with drivers ...
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Sun 22nd December 2019
OMRA Shop Updated
The OMRA Shop has been updated to make it a simpler and easier layout to use. 2020 Race Entries have been listed but will not...
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Sun 24th November 2019
AGM - 2020 Season
Fanastic Meeting for the 2019 AGM looking ahead to the 2020 season. Full minutes will be published ASAP but in the meantime a...
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Tue 29th October 2019
2019 Annual General Meeting
OMRA 2019 AGM Its AGM time again. This gives members a chance to review the proposed race calendar for 2020...
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Mon 14th October 2019
Penzance 2019 Race Photos
There are some great shots taken at Penzance this year by photographer Darren Woods.
See the gallery in the photos secti...
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Mon 23rd September 2019
Penzance 5-6th Oct - Race Entry
The final championship round of the season is Penzance Harbour on 5-6th October. Race entries are now open online and also di...
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Tue 17th September 2019
Ranger dominates Bristol
Michael Ranger dominated the Bristol Docks (race 2) winning both the D and E Class races. Putting him 21 points clear in D Cl...
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Sat 14th September 2019
Southampton Boat Show News 2019
Our demo races and display stand made a strong impression at the 2019 Southampton Boat show, thousands of spectators viewed t...
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Mon 2nd September 2019
Bristol Race 2 - Online Entry
Online entry is now open for Bristol this weekend (8th Sept). Use the online form below for entry. This weekend is a stand...
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Mon 26th August 2019
Cowes 2019 ShootOut - Petrol vs Electric
An intense Saturday morning shootout session took place at Cowes this year. Seeing drivers attempting to post a fast time in ...
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Sun 14th July 2019
Cowes 2019 Online Entry Now Available
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Sun 14th July 2019
Weymouth 2019/2020
From Mark Copley: Weymouth Grand Prix... Many thanks to All who came the Race, Help, or just support the racing this week...
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Tue 25th June 2019
Weatherley Dominates at Calshot
Richard Weatherley (E34) had a fantastic Sunday at Calshot winning both the E Class event and achieving the highest laps with...
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Fri 21st June 2019
OMRA proud to announce Steve Curtis as Ambassador
The Offshore Model Racing Association (OMRA) has been running a UK championship for almost 50 years. Attracting the most die-...
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Fri 14th June 2019
Upcoming races
CALSHOT Please see link to the venue on this site and enter via OOD Alan KD. WEYMOUTH ...
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Thu 6th June 2019
Southampton Boat Show - Confirmed
We can announce that the planned exhibition race at this years Southampton Boat Show has now been confirmed for Saturday 14th...
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Tue 4th June 2019
Important Transponder News
Now we are nearing the main summer race season, all remaining races are being run with LiveTime digital timing. It is impo...
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Sat 25th May 2019
Guernsey Sprint Results
The results from the Guernsey Sprint Race are now online. C-Class Winner: Alan KD, D-Class Winner: Shaun Sarre, E-Class ...
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Wed 22nd May 2019
Weather looking good for Guernsey this weekend
Latest forecast now looks like a lot sun for this weekend in Guernsey. Earlier this week and last weekend it was not so favou...
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Tue 21st May 2019
RED FUNNEL discount code for Cowes Weekend 2019 now available...
Red Funnel Ferries have given OMRA a discount code for up to 20 vehicles travelling to Cowes for the 2019 race. As its the Ba...
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Tue 14th May 2019
Cowes Race 2019 - British Powerboat Racing Club
As you know this year OMRA is hosting the 2019 race the same weekend at the main BPRC Cowes/Torquay Offshore race. We will be...
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Sun 5th May 2019
Torquay Results Now Online
All the times from the Torquay chase boat race are now online, along with championship standings updated....
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Sat 4th May 2019
Guernsey Race - Travel
KD VAN The KD Luton Van is going to Guernsey this year and there is plenty of space to put you boats and ki...
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