Round 8 of the 2019 MPBA Multi National Drivers Championship is also the MPBA Nationals and the 2019 MPBA iMBRA International, so a very prestigious event. This year, we were delighted to have use of the rowing lake at the National Water Sports Centre, Holme Pierrepont in Nottingham. This allowed us to lay out a full international sized course. It […]
» Read more
Thanks to a flurry of late entries, round 7 of the 2019 MPBA Multi National Drivers Championship was reasonably well attended and produced some great racing, especially in the 7.5cc class. The weather was warm and for the most part cloudy. When the sun is low later in the year, it causes a lot of problems with visibility down the […]
» Read more
Round 6 of the 2019 MPBA Multi National Drivers Championship unfortunately got off to a bad start with the event being absent from the 2019 calendar, resulting in much confusion as to whether the event was actually on. Sadly, the result of this was a low turnout. To rub salt in the wound, we had a few last minute dropouts […]
» Read more
More Photos | Back to Race Hub The traditional joint Multi and Circuit event took place at Elmbridge Model Boat Club at the weekend. With 80 boats entered – 37 Multi and 43 Circuit plus 2 course changes from M to Oval and back again and reconfiguring the lap counting system, there was a lot to get through over the […]
» Read more
Detailed Results | Photo Gallery | Championship Standings | Back to Race Hub A decent turnout for the second Circuit race of the 2019 season – 8 boats in 7.5 Hydro promised some exciting racing. The day was dry with the sun threatening to make an appearance in the afternoon. We kicked off as usual with the hot breakfast rolls […]
» Read more
Round 4 of the 2019 MPBA Multi National Drivers Championship was held at Bridlington MBS. under sunny skies and even the Southern contingent were pictured in T-Shirts! Bridlington holds all the NADS Fast Electric racing events, but the lake is pretty tight for Multi and we often get a few up the bank incidents, but what do we say to […]
» Read more
Round 3 of the 2019 MPBA Multi National Drivers Championship was a drama-filled day of exciting racing in changeable weather. With the best 5 scores from the 8 races counting towards a place on the GB Team for the 2020 iMBRA World Championships, removing the need to run in the eliminators, a few of the racers were focused on this […]
» Read more
Detailed Results | Photo Gallery | Championship Standings | Back to Race Hub Apologies for the lateness and brevity of this report – Work commitments and all that. An excellent turnout for the first Circuit race of the 2019 season – 9 boats in 7.5 offshore and 35 Offshore promised some exciting racing. In fact only the 3.5 Offshore looked […]
» Read more
The first problem we had was with the 3.5cc races. Colin Croxford requested a swap to the first group and told me it had been agreed for him to swap with Martin Hillstead. It hadn’t been swapped on the computer but nobody actually went to do this. Consequently, their respective transponders appeared on the screen but couldn’t be assigned to […]
» Read more