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SPORT & LEISURE - POWER BOATING
 Sea Dubai backs World Class One Championship
Posted on 06/03/2009
Sea Dubai has stepped in as one of the sponsors for the 2009 UIM WPPA Class One Offshore World Powerboat Championship that gets under way with the opening round in Doha next month.
The sponsorship was announced yesterday by Saeed Hareb, CEO, Mina Seyahi Dubai in the presence of Marco Sala, General Secretary, International Offshore Teams Association (IOTA) and Sid Bensaleh, General Secretary, World Professional Powerboat Association (WPPA).
Sea Dubai is a brand identity promoted by Hareb with
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 Hamdan bin Mohammed congratulates Victory Team on 1-2 finish in Egyptian Grand Prix
Posted on 26/10/2008
Porto Marina (Egypt - The Dubai Victory Team moved one step closer to their eighth Class 1 Powerboat World Championship as Nader Ben Hendi and Mohammed Al Marri led a Victory 1-2 finish at the Egyptian Grand Prix in Porto Marina. H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Dubai, congratulated the team members, as well as members of the Dubai International Club for Marine Sports and urged them to exert more efforts to continue the achievements.
The world championship favourites
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 Dream team
Posted on 30/08/2008
Mamaia-Constanta, Romania: With the sun beating down and temperatures touching the mid-90s, the heat is on for the trailing Class 1 World Powerboat Championship fleet as the Dubai Victory Team home in on an eighth world title on the banks of the Black Sea.
The two-boat Dubai squad, currently lying first and second in the world championship, will move a step closer to the sport's premier prize with a win in tomorrow's Romanian Grand Prix.
And with frustration brewing as to how to halt the
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![]() F2 powerboats championship promotion campaign launched
Posted on 04/08/2008
Abu Dhabi International Marine Sports Club (ADIMSC) will submit a comprehensive report on its capabilities for the organization and promotion of the Formula 2 powerboat championship to the World Professional Powerboating Association (WPPA), said chairman of ADIMSC H.H Doctor Sheikh Sultan Bin Khalifa Al-Nahyan. The report will be discussed by WPPA at its upcoming meeting in November 2008 in Australia.
Sheikh Sultan said ADIMSC which previously organised and promoted the President's Cup
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 F2000 Grand Prix in Fujairah
Posted on 11/02/2008
Promoters of the Continental F2000 Championship have earmarked Fujairah as a prime location for the sport, announcing it will host a Grand Prix meeting on February 23. The announcement was made by Formula World Sports, organisers of the powerboat championships, who also unveiled Bahrain, Oman and Egypt as the other Middle East venues for the competition. Altogether 18 boats from 12 nations will be vying for valuable points as well as a share of the US$30,000 prize money as Fujairah looks set
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 Victory 77 take European Crown
Posted on 03/09/2007
Constanta, Romania: Victory 77 powered their way to their third win of the season from four races to pick up the 2007 European crown at the Romanian Grand Prix on the waters of Lake Siutghiol here yesterday.
Watched by nearly 100,000 people who flocked to this first-ever hosting of a Class One powerboat race on Romanian soil, Aref Saif Al Zafein and Jean Marc Sanchez took maximum advantage of a scorching pace set by teammates Nader Bin Hendi and Taleb Al Sayed in Victory 7.
This was the third
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 Victory Team hungry for more Norway success
Posted on 24/07/2007
Arendal, Norway - The Victory Team are braced for even bigger battles when the WPPA Class One World Powerboat Championship travels to Oslo, Norway, in less than three weeks."We are extremely happy all went well, but we need to keep up with the pressure for the title by working even harder and add some more speed to the boats," Gian Franco Venturelli, team manager for Victory Team told Gulf News. This is the second consecutive win for the Victory Team following their one-two finish in Athens
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 Victory 77 wins Norwegian GP
Posted on 23/07/2007
Arendal, Norway -The Victory Team continued with their good luck affair in Arendal as Victory 77 powered its way to winning the Norwegian Grand Prix - the second round of the WPPA Class One World Powerboat Championship - ahead of Qatar 96 and teammates Victory 7 here yesterday.
The win was second in-a-row for the Dubai-based team following their season opening finish in Athens last month ahead of Victory 7 and Qatar 96.Arendal has been a lucky hunting ground for the Dubai team as they recorded
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 President's Cup first leg tomorrow
Posted on 08/03/2007
The Dh150,000 President's Cup Formula-2000 championship powerboat race series, which extends over two weekends, will see the first leg at the Abu Dhabi Breakwaters tomorrow. Salem Rashid Al Rumaithi, who took over as the new Manager of Abu Dhabi International Marine Sports Club (ADIMSC), said the Formula-2000 was an important event in the run-up to becoming a Formula 1 driver.
"Two official practice rounds will be held today before tomorrow's first leg, which will be held at 3.15 pm," he
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 Khorfakkan to host Formula 2000
Posted on 14/02/2007
The Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA) has signed an agreement to host the President's Cup Formula 2000 Powerboat Championship in Khorfakkan next month.
The agreement between the SCTDA and the Abu Dhabi International Marine Sports Club (ADIMSC) will allow Sharjah to organise and host the President's Cup Formula 2000 Championship in Khorfakkan on March 15-16. This agreement to host the President's Cup Formula 2000 Championship reflects the care of the authority in
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 Great chance for Emirates team to secure titles
Posted on 08/12/2006
The Emirates Formula One Team have a golden chance to win the individual and team titles of the UIM FI Powerboats World Championship when they take to the waters in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix today.
American Scott Gillman, the captain of the team, and his UAE's colleague, Thani Al Qamzi are placed first and third respectively on the drivers standing, one round before the end of the championship.
Gillman is leading the standings with 50 points from four rounds, while Guido Cappellini, the
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 UAE cyclists set modest targets at the Games
Posted on 04/12/2006
Doha: As they weave in and out of coaches and trucks on Doha's roads, three members of the UAE cycling team fervently hope that their bright red-and-white uniforms will keep them visible and safe. Negotiating the chaotic roundabouts is the trickiest part of a morning's ride, but quick reactions and snappy acceleration have kept them out of trouble so far.
Obligingly, they pull over on the road outside Athletes Village for a quick chat. Hamad Bin Took and Ahmad Ali Jamar are part of the
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 Victory Team in battle for the title
Posted on 24/11/2006
The Victory 77 duo of Mohammad Al Merri and Jean Marc Sanchez are hopeful of giving Spirit of Norway a run for the title when action resumes off the Mina Seyahi waters today.
The Dubai-based title hopefuls and six-time former world champions want to keep their aspirations alive by winning the last two races on the UIM Class One Offshore Powerboat calendar.
And standing in their way is the Spirit of Norway duo of Bjorn Gjelsten and Steve Curtis.
The Victory Team last won the crown in
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 New governing body planned
Posted on 23/11/2006
"The World Professional Powerboat Association (WPPA) will be a completely new body for all watersports, not just Class 1 Powerboats," said DIMC supremo Saeed Hareb, confirming on Wednesday that Class 1 teams would now have to make a decision on whether to stay on with the UIM or join this newly formed body.
This season has seen more than its fair share of controversy after an embarrassing revelation earlier this year showed documented proof that a representative for the sports governing
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 Victory Team make it a memorable double
Posted on 07/08/2006
Victory made it a memorable double in a closely-contested British Grand Prix, the fifth round of the World Powerboating Championship, at Plymouth yesterday. The first place of Mohammad Al Merri and Jean Marc Sanchez in Victory 77, their maiden win this season, propelled them to the second place in the world championship standings.
Victory 77's triumph capped a stunning weekend for the Dubai-based team after Victory 7, comprising Nadir Bin Hindi and Ahmad Al Suwaidi, took the third spot,
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