UIM President elected

[Ben Mazur]

From World of Powerboats

CHUILLI - NEW UIM PRESIDENT

.The unthinkable has happened, Italian Raffaell Chuilli has been voted the new UIM President after a close contest between Britain's Lord Beaverbrook.

However the week leading up to the vote at the UIM General Assembly in Turkey was soured by several British officials and their wives blatantly persuading anyone who was prepared to listen, to vote for Chuilli. We understand their loyalty to Beaverbrook was non-existant and it will be very interesting to see who Chuilli nominates as his Vice President and who takes over his position as head of the UIM Pleasure and Navigation department.

Maybe now the WPPA will get their act together as a serious challenger for the role of world governing body of powerboat racing as it is rumoured the UIM will move to Italy.

[ciao]

I am very unhappy that certain "several British officials and their wives" worked against Max.

There is only one thing to be done about this.

To have John Puddifoot sacked from his job. He has overseen the decline in raceboat entries over the last 6 years.

In a strong economy we should have seen a massive growth of entrants.

I will launch my campaign here on Proprider - I want him fired, and I want his job.

I already have 3 RYA officials behind me - this can't go on.


From World of Powerboats

CHUILLI - NEW UIM PRESIDENT

.The unthinkable has happened, Italian Raffaell Chuilli has been voted the new UIM President after a close contest between Britain's Lord Beaverbrook.

However the week leading up to the vote at the UIM General Assembly in Turkey was soured by several British officials and their wives blatantly persuading anyone who was prepared to listen, to vote for Chuilli. We understand their loyalty to Beaverbrook was non-existant and it will be very interesting to see who Chuilli nominates as his Vice President and who takes over his position as head of the UIM Pleasure and Navigation department.

Maybe now the WPPA will get their act together as a serious challenger for the role of world governing body of powerboat racing as it is rumoured the UIM will move to Italy.

[Dr Speed]

Beaverbrook mentioned in his "manifesto" expanding UIM classes to the US. Anyone know if Chuilli has similar ideas. Anyone know of any of his plans?

[Cookee]

I am very unhappy that certain "several British officials and their wives" worked against Max.



I didn't know we had several as far as I know we only have J P! Or did we pay for a load committee members to go out as well?

[Flight racing]

Hi Guys

I have read this post with interest, there is only One small problem with it in that it is incorrect.

I was there and the only British couple out there were not John Puddifoot or me, as we both travelled alone.

The rumour that the RYA did not support Maxwell are also untrue, i personally put in a lot of work to ensure that Maxwell was co- nominated by the UK. Don't believe me ask the man himself, at no time did the RYA not support or vote for Maxwell, and for the first round of the voting the 3 other candidates were knocked out. Leaving the running down to the last 2 which were Maxwell and Chiulli, for the next 2 rounds of the voting it was neck and neck and yes we were still voting for Maxwell. The 3rd and final round resulted in Chiulli winning and yes we still voted for Maxwell.

Remember there are 36 voting nations within the UIM the UK only has 1 vote and we stuck with Maxwell.

Kind regards
Gary Manchester

[Ben Mazur]

There is only one thing to be done about this.

To have John Puddifoot sacked from his job. He has overseen the decline in raceboat entries over the last 6 years.

In a strong economy we should have seen a massive growth of entrants.

I will launch my campaign here on Proprider - I want him fired, and I want his job.

I already have 3 RYA officials behind me - this can't go on.

The workings of the RYA certainly appear at times to be mysterious.

It is my understanding that when the RYA Powerboat Racing Manager's position was about to become vacant in around 2001/2 there was considerable interest and a number of applicants (some who seemed very qualified) put their names forward. Only two of those who had an interest in the position were called for an interview. One of those deemed not to be worthy of an interview in the infinite wisdom of the RYA is currently the GB WPPA Council representative as well as a member of its Race Management Committee and is responsible for WPPA racing rules.

Of the two applicants that were interviewed, applicant A had considerable experience organising powerboat races in the UK and securing sponsorship. I'm led to believe letters of reference from most areas of the sport were received by the RYA recommending applicant A for the soon to be vacated Powerboat Racing Mangager's position. Competitors from Classes 1, 2 and 3 and ProVee all wrote letters to the RYA in support of his application as well as boating journalists and venue representatives amongst others. Applicant A was very pleased to have received a copy of a letter sent to the RYA (supporting his application) from Tim Powell with whom he had worked closely in the 1990's when he (applicant A) was running the largest offshore powerboat racing organisation in the UK.

This is only hearsay of course but applicant B's qualifications were commonly known to be confined to a bit of racing and operating a failed motorboat school operating on the Thames.

Sensibly, applicant B got the job. We are not sure what happened to applicant A but rumour has it that he left the country.

Good luck Ciao, hope you know the secret handshake.

[Jon fuller]

That's funny Ben, I do like your style. :)

The workings of the RYA certainly appear at times to be mysterious.

It is my understanding that when the RYA Powerboat Racing Manager's position was about to become vacant in around 2001/2 there was considerable interest and a number of applicants (some who seemed very qualified) put their names forward. Only two of those who had an interest in the position were called for an interview. One of those deemed not to be worthy of an interview in the infinite wisdom of the RYA is currently the GB WPPA Council representative as well as a member of its Race Management Committee and is responsible for WPPA racing rules.

Of the two applicants that were interviewed, applicant A had considerable experience organising powerboat races in the UK and securing sponsorship. I'm led to believe letters of reference from most areas of the sport were received by the RYA recommending applicant A for the soon to be vacated Powerboat Racing Mangager's position. Competitors from Classes 1, 2 and 3 and ProVee all wrote letters to the RYA in support of his application as well as boating journalists and venue representatives amongst others. Applicant A was very pleased to have received a copy of a letter sent to the RYA (supporting his application) from Tim Powell with whom he had worked closely in the 1990's when he (applicant A) was running the largest offshore powerboat racing organisation in the UK.

This is only hearsay of course but applicant B's qualifications were commonly known to be confined to a bit of racing and operating a failed motorboat school operating on the Thames.

Sensibly, applicant B got the job. We are not sure what happened to applicant A but rumour has it that he left the country.

Good luck Ciao, hope you know the secret handshake.

[ciao]

Applicant B has just added some more plusses to his CV this last week or so.

Reinstating class 3B, after denying that it was his idea to take it off the 2003calendar. (I must have dreamt that conversation with him at the RYA Ball in 2003)

Oh, and some fine work on the RB '08 effort.

Of course there is a silver lining to every story - had Applicant A got the job, he would have had to suffer more years under Tony Blair, and subsequently the "Great Leader", Gordon Brown.