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News June - August 2008 Copies
of Current and past New Zealand Hydroplane Drivers Club Newsletters can
be found at the bottom of this page. The Major News from Each News Letter
will be Posted here as well as any relevant News Story you care to Submit
to Denise Moughan
or Phillip Hoskyn
for posting on the Site.
Check for past News Stories on our News Archive pages using the Links at the bottom of the Page. 29th August - Placemakers  The Stilwell Bros Race Team had the Placemakers F1 Boat on Display at the Recent Placemakers, Nelson Trade Night. Its a very good way of Supporting there Sponsor and promoting Powerboat Racing.  28th August - Celebrations  Tony Latimer turns 44 Today but this is also Jo & Tony's Wedding Anniversary as well. Congratulations From everyone at the New Zealand Grand Prix Hydroplane Drivers Club 27th August - NZPBA Nationals If anyone has Queries on the 2009 NZPBA Nationals you can now Email the NZPBA Nationals Committee at the Email address below. The NZPBA Committee are: Tony Latimer - Ben Ryan - Andrea Robinson - Denise Moughan Email NZPBA National Committee  24th August
- Jeff Weake (updated 26th august) 21st August
- Liverpool Honda Grand Prix The Cougar Marine
NZ1 boat took on Great Britain's best in the Liverpool Grand Prix last
Weekend in Two spectacular battles that lasted 20 minutes each. Some
of the most exciting performances developed as leading boats fought
for just inches to take the checkered flag. 20th August
- EC Griffith's Cup The Venue will be
at Yarrawonga on November 29th - 30th 2008. 18th August
- Grant Harrison
13th August -
Peter White
2nd August -
Chelsea Mathieson 2nd August - Formula One AGM  The 2008 AGM of The New Zealand Formula One Drivers Club will be held at the Latimer Lodge, Latimer Square, Christchurch, on Saturday, September 6th at 1 PM. All Welcome. There will also be Restraint Cockpit training/testing on the saturday morning using the Rotoiti Clubs F1 test cell. All enquires Email: Steve Pope 2008 NZPBA Highlights Package by Jo Latimer
I Submitted
the above Photo in a Competition with the theme of "Pride &
Joy" which is a fairly open category. 18th July - Container Space If anyone is interested in helping fill a 40ft container located in Long Beach California (already half full). Please contact Tony Latimer as soon as possible for further information Mob: 021 583 578 or email: Tony Latimer 18th July - Birthdays  Jo Latimer is a Year Older Today 15th July - Redhead  Max Latimer Had a Visit to the Southward Car Museum and Learnt a bit about the famous Len Southward Boat "Redhead" The Boat is Displayed as it was after it was lifted from the water in its last race at Picton. In that Race the Propeller broke a blade due to Metal Fatigue.  The First Boat in Australasia to break the 100mph Barrier by setting a Speed of 101.26mph on Wellington Harbour February 22nd 1953. Winner of the Masport cup 1948 to 1958 with the exception of one year. Winner of the EC Griffith's Cup 1949 to 1959. On 8th May 1956 set a Then Record Breaking Speed of 109.9mph at Point England, Auckland.  The Boat is 26 feet long and a 9 foot Beam and weighs about 3 ton. The Boat is powered by an Allyson V12 Aero 1710 IN 1450HP Step up Box 3% to 1 giving a Maximum Prop Shaft speed of 9428RPM Engine Cooling - Heat Exchangers for Glycol & Oil Fuel Aviation 100 - 140 Octane 15th July - Birthdays  Dennis Dustin is 70 years Old Today 15th July - NZGP AGM Hydroplane Conference's will take place at the Suncourt Motel,Taupo on Saturday the 23rd of August. 10.00 - 11.45: Grand National Conference. 12 00 - 2 pm: NZGP. Conference. 2pm - 4pm: NZ Modified Hydroplane Driver's Club Conference. 4pm: Bar open. Motel rooms are available, please book your own. 12th July - Bay of Plenty Times The Following Article was in Today's Bay of Plenty Times  Reigning world GP champ Warwick Lupton in Annihilator 007 is sure to set a searing pace when the world hydroplane GP hits Bay. Hydroplane Heavyweights 12.07.2008 New Zealand's Grand Prix Hydroplane Drivers Club, who will host the world championships, saw Tauranga as the perfect setting, event organiser Denise Moughan said this week. ``The World GP was first held
in New Zealand in 2000 and, in the four times we've staged it in this
country, next year will be the first time we've held it away from Lake
Karapiro,' Moughan said. ``With the Grand Prix course stretching from near the traffic [Harbour] bridge to past where the Kestrel [restaurant] is now, spectators along The Strand and Dive Crescent will have an amazing view (and) these hydroplanes are so powerful you'll feel the ground shake and they can whip up a rooster tail close to 30m high.' Among the Kiwis set ready to rumble here is current world champion, Waverley's Warwick Lupton, whose Annihilator GP007 packs a supercharged 510cu in Chev powerplant. While a thumping 1500hp (1119kW) can catapult it to more than 280km/h, Moughan expects the leading Grand Prix craft to top out at 250-260km/h on the tight Tauranga course. Three GP races are scheduled over the weekend. At least four Aussie contenders are expected to cross the Tasman for the series, including 2004 world champ Grant Harrison. Together with an additional race weekend at Wanganui on February 21-22 and another in March in Australia, the three GP rounds also comprise the summer's transtasman series. While US and Canadian entries are yet to be confirmed, a couple of top-level competitors are expected. As well as the GP class there'll be a full card of race divisions. Categories include Formula 1 and Formula 3 tunnel boats, plus the 3-litre and 6-litre hydroplane divisions. There'll be a few local hopes for the crowd to cheer on, too. Young Tauranga siblings Brody and Chelsey Mathieson will be amongst it in the 3-litre modified class, sharing driving duties in their boat Meridian. Geoff Robinson, 2000 NZ modified champ, is also a likely starter, while fellow Tauranga driver Peter White will contest the Procom division. In all, about 40 boats are expected to be on the water. "Local
people are getting behind it and there will also be locals amongst the
action _ it's great," Moughan said. 6th July - Valleyfield  Click the Logo Above to go to get the Valleyfield results on Saturday they had two GP Heats with 5 Boats in each Heat. More Heats will be run on the Sunday. Pierre Mahue in GP1001 and Marty Wolfe in GP93 were the winners of the first two Heats 4th July - NZMPBA  The New Zealand Model Power Boat Association Have been added to the Links Page The Association runs the NZ Nationals at Labour Weekend this Year at Huntly We will have more on that nearer the Time. A Large variety of Models take part in the Regattas from the extreme Outriggers to Scale Models of the Real thing 28th June - Rotoiti Regatta on Sky TV ROTOITI REGATTA
17th June - Dave Mason  Dave Mason Liquid Revenge Sadly Dave Mason lost his short courageous battle with cancer. He passed away last Sunday in Waikato Hospital with his family by his side. Dave started racing in the early 60‘s he campaigned several successful boats Titian 1650cc racing runabout (G Class) Series 3000 Xanadu, Buckshot, and his last boat Procom Liquid Revenge. Winner of numerous NZ, North & South Island titles, Dave was the 101 person to achieve his Gold Badge in 1996, the same year was the High Points Series and one of the highlights in Dave’s boat racing career was winning the 1996 High Points Series for Procom. Dave was extremely keen on his motor sport he supported the Kiwi teams to Australia on many occasions, Bathurst, Motor Bikes, Aussie Logs, V8 touring cars, Rally Cars you name it he and his close friend Gary Denham did the lot and I might add with a few bottles of rum in hand. Business commitments took Dave away from racing but he continued to help out when he could as Race Controller, Starter, President of the Waikato Powerboat Club before they combined with Cambridge, Northern Zone President, NZ Executive member, Patron of the Cambridge Waikato Club of which he was involved with coming up 40 years. Dave was a strong supporter and long time crew member for Selwyn Coker and more recently a proud supporter of Scott Coker and Brett Mercer. To sum Dave up to me is easy Dave was a true legend an all round great guy, competitor and positive supporter of our sport. Every time you saw Dave he always had that huge infectious smile, even recently at Karapiro when he knew his time was limited, Dave was pleased to attend the reunion and catch up with many of his older boat racing friends. On behalf of the NZ Powerboat Association our special thoughts and best wishes are with Dave’s family and friends at this sad time. We will miss your happy smiling face around the boat racing. Rest in Peace Dave. Denise Moughan. A service will be held for Dave Thursday 19th June 2pm at the Glenview Club 211 Peacocks Road Hamilton. 15th June - G-FORCE  G-FORCE well be driven by Graeme Weller in the Coming Season.   The boat is the Former Casino GP from Canada which was Transported to NZ last Winter. This Boat reputed to be one of the best Hulls and is expected to handle very well and with the Weller's engine experience they should have a very successful Season. 13th June - Robert Thompson  The TMR Marathon Jet Boat that has often made the effort to race at NZGP Regattas is in a sorry state after an Incident at the recent World Jet Boat Marathon on the Trinity River in the USA. 3rd
June - New NZGP Address/Phone Number
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