Well a successful weekend was had by many teams with the overall winner of the 2007 Robinvale Euston Ski Race, being the team of Stinga in a record time of 27:38.95. The team of driver Greg Houston, observer Kevin Boylan and skiers Chris Gelle and Jason Walmsley continued on their winning way after winning the 2007 Club Marine Southern 80. The Stinga also recorded record times for both 40 kms legs of the 80km race.
Last year’s winner Hellbent had a skier fall in the first leg, which put them a bit behind at the turn around point.
The Chief team of skiers Daniel Shipp and Jamie Oliver were second over the line in Superclass and overall for the weekend.
Third overall was the Mildura team of ORSM, who were competing in the 8 Litre class, who also broke the class record previously held by Agrovation. The team of Ian Kilpatrick driving, Aaron Martin observing and skiers George Fitos and Steve Rowe were hanging on out the back.
Records were tumbling every where (19 in total) in the calm, warm weather experienced over the weekend. Here is a summary of the record winners, to see a full list of results visit the Ski Racing Victoria web page at www.waterskiracing.com
Superman the ski race team and not the action hero won their class Unlimited in a record time of 31:48.87, the team hail from Dubbo in NSW with skiers Adrian McGlynn and Aaron Sawtell.
Elm Street a team from Dandenong in Victoria won the Under 19 Boys class in a record time of 32:17.71. The team consists of driver Danny Timewell, observer Peter Strike, and skiers Kane Howard and Chris Mansfield.
The Trouble Maker crew from Bellbowrie in Queensland won the 6 Litre class in a record time of 32:47.98 with brothers in the boat Don & Gerry Gulley and skiers Luke Gulley and Shane Weaver.
Saintn was another record breaking team in the 2.5 Litre Outboard class. The team from Seaford, Victoria won in 39:46.16
Aftershock from Haddon in Victoria set a new record in the Junior Girls Class with a time of 47:11.38 towing skiers Nicole Dixon and Sam McDonald.
Must Hang on from Eltham in Victoria won the Sub Junior Girls event in a record time of 47:47.25 with skiers Tayla Wright and Nicole Walker doing the skiing.
In two new classes for the 2007 race, Temper won Unlimited Inboard Social in a time of 32:38.61 towing Gavin Arnott and Darren Purdom. In the Unlimited Outboard Social Class, Petty Cash was the winner in a time of 36:22.84, towing Gerard Atkins and Troy Barens.
Kryptonite from Emerald in Queensland, were on the winners podium in the Under 6 Litre Social class, with a record time of 33:44.63. The skiers were Luke Watts and Wayne Watson.
The SMOC & 5.2 Litre class was new this year and the winner was Echuca boat Kaned It in a time of 36:54.48, towing skiers Nick Groves and Brad Altham.
Revenge was sweet on the water, for the Revenge team of Travis Cuff driving, Jeff Howard observing and skiers Aiden Cuff and Brock Shaw – they set a record time of 38:13.67 in the Juniors Social class.
The 60mph Social class was a new class this year and the Saintn team were winners in a time of 49:00.02, towing the Radford brothers of Darren and Ben.
Sub Junior Boys and Ballistic broke the 2005 record of Crossfire in a time of 22:42.54. The team included skiers Dayne Tannenburg and Lloyd Woolman.
Sub Junior Girls and Tayla Wright and Nicole Walker skiing behind Must Hang On won in a record time of 26:17.44.
Hazy a boat from NSW won the Veterans class in a record time of 05:40.99 with skiers Peter Hunter and Robert Weaver.
The event attracted 350 entries, which saw 183 boats travel from all over Australia to compete on the beautiful wide Murray River at Robinvale / Euston. The event also attracted an international competitor in Jarron Fritz, who gained a fourth place in the Junior Boys class skiing behind Echuca boat Redneck.
The King of the Murray which in conducted over the 4 Super Series events which are conducted on the Murray River has changed in the lead boat. Stinga is now leading the event with 45 points. Stinga has to win at the Mildura 100 over the Easter break and he could take out the title of the King of the Murray. If Chief were to win the Mildura 100 and break the record – he could also win the title. There will certainly be a great tussle on the water between these two boats at Easter.
The record breaking event was jointly conducted by Ski Racing Victoria and the Robinvale Ski Race Committee.
Ski Racing Victoria would like to thank all the volunteers and officials that assisted over the weekend to ensure a successful event was held. A big thank you also the towns of Robinvale and Euston who again made us welcome and provided a beautiful venue on the Murray River for us to conduct the event.
