The Queensland Council of the APBA acknowledges the passing of Ian Dobbie recently. Ian was a former patron of the Council and a long time supporter of power boat racing for many decades. Ian worked tirelessly over this time to promote the sport and to assist in its administration. The Council sends its condolences to…
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Great news! Maritime Safety Queensland has approved updated and extended licensing exemptions for younger drivers at APBA sanctioned events. There have been exemptions in place for J2 and J3 for many years, but these have now been extended to 25hp and Formula 4 classes (with some conditions). Younger drivers competing at APBA sanctioned events are…
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Immersion tests are being conducted this Sunday 13 September 2015. Don’t forget that you need to complete a test every two years if you need a reinforced cockpit endorsement on your licence! You will need to bring your driving suit, helmet etc – harnesses are provided and the test cockpit can be equipped with either rotary or…
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The South Queensland Power Boat Club is asking drivers for feedback on what can be done to increase entries at local race events. Send your responses to the SQPBC Commodore, Grant Jones (details in letter), contact the club or submit your feedback here.
Following the cancellation of the Combined Australian Championships, previously scheduled to be held at Griffith, the New South Wales State Council has advised that new dates and venues for the championship events have been selected. All entries previously lodged for the championship events are valid and those competitors do not need to re-enter. Additional entries…
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The New South Wales State Council has advised that the combined Australian Championships, schedule to be held at Griffith, have been cancelled. This decision was taken for a number of reasons, including the lack of entries for the event with less than half of the allocated Championship classes having the required four bona fide entries at…
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The National Authority has published a summary of all rule changes for the upcoming race year – available here. Not too many changes this year compared with some previous years 🙂 Main areas of change are in Blown Lites, sample testing for reinforced cockpits, setting of a maximum age for harnesses and changes to restrictions…
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The Web site of the national APBA is not currently available, meaning that all forms, race calendar etc are currently unavailable on-line. Seems someone forgot to renew the domain registration … We have contacted the national body to alert them to the situation. UPDATE – licence and entry forms are temporarily available here. FURTHER UPDATE…
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