ON THE WATER

Its on tonight 26.5.08...

THE LOCAL THUNDERCAT RACE TEAMS WERE CAPTURED AT THE SPIT

ON THE GOLD COAST. THE TV SHOW "ON THE WATER" WILL BE SHOWING OUR

THUNDERCAT TALENT AS WE ARE THE THUNDER FROM DOWNUNDER.

MAKE SURE YOU WATCH EACH EPISODE TO CHECK OUT ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF

WATER ACTIVITES/SPORTS.

CHANNEL 31   {BRIS 31}

TIME: 8:25PM

WHEN: MONDAY NIGHT

THE THUNDERCATS SHOULD BE ON NEXT MONDAY 19TH OR THE MONDAY

26TH THE WEEK AFTER. SPREAD THE WORD AROUND AND SET ALL YOU ALARMS

SO DONT MISS IT......

Please find below some suggested accommodation at Kingscliff for the National Titles. 

This is held in the June long weekend 7th 8th and 9th. There are other motels closer to

where we launch the boats, but this motel has ............Read more........

The weather was HOT HOT HOT on the weekend. The surf sure had some power as a solid 3ft waves

were rolling in on the back bank. This was well deserved after the last race day was hell on earth. The

A & B graders had combined into one race heat, this will test there thundercat ability to the extreme and

had proven to be very successful on the skills that they had learnt in such a short peroid of time. Since

all the boats stayed up right for the day, the Out Standing Flip Award could not be handed out....Bummer....

This was our first race day at Cabarita Beach and had a very warm welcome by the Cabarita surf club.

A big thanks goes to the  Eoin for driving the boats up and down the beach. Also providing us

with the BBQ equipment for the Feast after we called it a day. Thankyou you very much.

Dennis co-pilot of Macleods Daughters was the only co-pilot to fallout on the weekend, this was on the

first lap of the first race. Keep it up Dennis...

Nick co-pilot of Carrot Cat, lost his helmet punching through the middle of a green wave. As the boat came

through the wave the helmet went flying up in the air out of control, the boat then went up the next wave

and he managed to catch his helmet in mid flight and he put it back on his head. AMAZING...

Thundercats that attended the day were TTTC, G & E Paint, Fat Cat, RP Industries, Carrot Cat, Im Too Toe,

Blue 104, Macleods Daughters and Crocker Builders. Thanks for attending.

There was no shortage of AIR time as most boat recieved some sort of punishment as the sets were rolling inn.

Near the end of the day, it was decided that it was time for some handy-cap races. We lined the slowest

boat up at pole position and went out to 8th boat being the quickest boat of the day. Each boat had a

seperate starting flag of a handy-cap up to 10 sec delay. This turned out to be a exciting event as most boats

by the 4th and 5th lap were all very close together, it came to the 6th last lap to decide a winner.

The Booming Brisbane Thundercat Club is making a big splash in the water with 13 teams

attending the first round of the QLD State Titles. Eight of the boats challenged for the top 

points of the first round of Qld titles, and 5 new teams racing for the first time in the B grade

event.

The weather was very demanding, as there was a strong S/E wind with a 2-2.5m swell rolling

inn. You could almost hear the heart rate of the pilots and co - pilots as they looked into what

 would become there play ground of adventure! the surf was sure showing its strength! The 

dark clouds moved in quite quickly with the wind with a few small showers sending the score girls

head for cover. 

The day began with some warm up laps, once the racers had a feel of the surf they were ready

 to roar!  Ducks Nuts was the first boat to stop a race as Sam{co-pilot} showed amazing grace

with his superman fall out of the boat- proving how strong the surf was!

A handful of pilots pushed the limits and flipped their boats, these classic moments were

condenders for the Outstanding Flip Award- A grade boats that flipped were Goodline Racing and

Fat Cat. B Grade- Pie Wagon & I'm too Toe cork screw flip off a wave.

Overall it was a fantastic day of extreme fun, friendship some great racing, the Qld title was a

great learning experience for the new comers to the club, as well as the highly experienced boys.

An unfortunate accident accured in a B grade race where 2 boats, Im Too Toe and Macleods Daughters

were heading along the front straight, Im too toe ran out of water and ran agound,

Macleods Daughters went straight into the back of Im Too Toe. The co-pilot went flying out of

the boat and landed beside the driver in front. Fortunately no injuries occured, Unfortuantely we

cant say the same about the boat, Macleods Daughters left hull was slightly deflated.

Round 1 race results were 1st Tony Total Tree Care, 2nd Fat Cat, 3rd Ducks Nuts, 4th Scardy Cats,

5th G & E Paint, 6th Goodline Racing and 7th to JP Industries. Congratulations to all crews

competing for the day.  

B Grade positions for the day were 1st Carrot Cat, 2nd Im Too Toe, 3rd Pie Wagon, 4th Blue 104,

5th Macleods Daughters, 6th RP Industries. Very impressive on the way the boats were handled. Keep it up. 

Rp Industries won the Outstanding Flp Award for throwing his co-pilot out on the first race/ first

lap and also flipping his boat going back to the boat ramp after a day of racing.... Congratulations...

It was great to see alot of supporters come down to watch for the day as the conditions were poor.

Thanks to the Girls for scoring and keeping count of the boats for the day. Thanks to Scotty,

Darren, Tony, Nemo {RD}, and John for slected officials for the day and running a good show. It was

 great alot of members stayed behind for the BBQ and the results to be read out. Hope its Sunny

weather next race day and see you all there. 

More Pictures are in the photo gallery. Click HERE.....

Check out the new 2008 Race Calendar. The racing year has just started so come on down and give it a go.

A Grade racers--- Your  racing season is about to unleash HELL with  the National

Titles in 2 weeks time. Goodluck to all those competing.

We now have B grade event\races for new members on most local race days. These members

will have the chance to experience the feeling of racing in the surf with other boats. This will

build new skills as drivers and co-pilots in a safe controlled enviroment. Want that race feeling..

Come to an event. ..Dont be shy and say 'G Day"... 

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