Auckland Blokart Club News

Watch the live news (here) on the ABC web site to see what’s happening in the build-up to and during the 2010 Worlds event.

Details of the Team NZ participants are on www.bai.co.nz.

Team ABC has a very strong team with current World Champs Russell (Smokin) Harray and Dave (ORCA) Bush both making it to defend their titles. All except Alex from Hamilton are staying at the ABC Team’s village in Ostend – where we have rented two adjoining houses 100m from the beach in a tasteful holiday area.  The Guru and the Bay team are just down the same road, and we have Gordon & Anne from the Bay staying with us too. So Team NZ is well represented and brought together by the NZBAI – we all have black sailing team jackets with the NZBAI Blokart fern proudly displayed.

While some of the team set off early and took in the British Blokart Champs, and did very well (Barry first in the heavies - but can’t make the Worlds – but at least we know where we rank; Nicko second; Paul second in Superheavies – with Theo from the Bay 1^st – and a member of Team NZ), the ABC people have kept up a tight training regime, sailing every weekend for the last month – and even some beach training for the TVNZ cameras.  ORCA is off to the far north to get in some more beach time – but the windward-leewards at Ardmore have honed up the sailing skills of Team ABC too.  We won’t mention the ranking of the stars– so that they don’t attract undue attention at the event, but there are many. We have fielded a great team. Helping with the training have been the current podium place getters from 2008!  There is a lot of knowledge being shared here – as it will be during the event itself.

The first of the Team arrive early on Friday week for some dawn practice on the beach!

We will also have Ross V liaising with Sail-world.com who will carry articles from the Worlds contributed by the NZ team during the event.

We’ll keep you posted here!

Grant