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THE HARMSWORTH
TROPHY |
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To be competed
for at The
British
Powerboat
Festival 2010 |
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Harmsworth
Trophy comes out
of retirement -
Ray Bulman
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Premier award to
be presented at
the Cowes
Marathon World
Cup in August. |
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The British
Powerboat Racing
Club (BPRC) is
delighted to
announce that
The British
International
Harmsworth
Trophy will be
competed for at
The British
Powerboat
Festival 2010
being held at
Cowes from
August 25th. |
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The 2010 winner
of the
Harmsworth
Trophy will have
competed in the
UIM BPRC
Marathon World
Cup completing
the Cowes 100 &
Cowes Torquay
Cowes courses
with the fastest
average speeds. |
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The Trophy was
commissioned by
Sir Alfred
Harmsworth and
first presented
in 1903. It has
a rich history
of competitors
and winners. |
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The Earl of
Normanton,
Chairman of the
Trustees of The
Harmsworth
Trophy, said
from his home
Somerley, in
Hampshire: "I
would like to
quote a London
newspaper in
1904." |
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'Had any
shipbuilder been
asked, say five
years ago, to
build a 40'
(12.1m) launch
capable of
running at 20
knots and
upwards he would
have declared
the problem an
impossible one.
Yet this has
already been
accomplished and
makers are
looking to even
better results
with improved
body design and
methods of
construction.' |
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The Earl of
Normanton
continued, "This
probably
delighted Sir
Alfred
Harmsworth
because it was
for this very
reason he
commissioned and
donated this
famous trophy to
the sport. There
is no doubt that
over the last
100 years or so
of racing, the
British
International
Harmsworth
Trophy has
achieved its
goal with the
development of
the Motor
Torpedo Boat
used in the war
being designed
as a direct
result of racing
for this prize." |
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"The 2010 UIM
Marathon Boats
will be racing
monohulls,
capable of
speeds in excess
of 100mph in
rough water
conditions.
Today, the
fastest speed
ever achieved on
water is an
astonishing
317mph by
Australian Ken
Warby. We've
come a long way
on water since
the first race
in 1903." |
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