Huge congratulations go to all who received awards at the BWSW AGM, held at Queen's Club on Sunday 19th January 2025 . . .

Lascelles Open & Junior Trophy
The Lascelles Open Trophy went to Joel Poland in recognition of his incredible achievements in 2024. Joel has podiumed at a number of competitions and is a fantastic overall waterskier - succeeding in waterski, jumping and tricks. Joel has also set a number of World Records.

The Lascelles Junior Trophy was awarded to young waterskier; Harley Coster. Harley has shown that pure hard work and dedication pays off. Harley has progressed rapdily with skiing, jumping and tricks and has had great success with podium results. 

Volunteers of the Year
The Young Volunteer of the Year is Joe Howie who volunteers with Access Adventures. Joe is a fantastic volunteer who brings enthusiasm, positivity and willingness to learn. He continues to work hard to ensure the clubs skiers get the best possible outcome from their session no matter their disability. He works hard to ensure all sessions have sufficient skiers and volunteers to be able to run safely. Joe takes his time to understand the skiers wants and needs from their waterskiing sessions and works hard to help them achieve this.

The Volunteer of the Year is Steve Grice from Chichester WSC. The club state that they simply would not exist without Steve. He lives and breathes the sport and always with a smile on his face. Nothing is too much to ask, he has great patience, and is a fantastic ambassador for supporting and encouraging more children to the sport in a safe environment. He has also been supporting disabled participants and adapting the clubs equipment to meet the needs of any individual. In addition, Steve arranges fund raising specifically for those families who struggle to keep up with the costs of the sport. “A truly special and selfless individual”.

Honorary Members
Honorary memberships are given to members who have given outstanding service to BWSW over many years, often decades. This year’s recipient is Tim Mayers. Tim has been involved with Ski Racing as a participant, Committee member, Official and Chair for over 40 years. Tim dedicated a huge amount of time to the sport and has had a huge impact and added value. 

Lascelles Grants
Each year, a number of promising athletes under 18 from across the disciplines are awarded grants to help with their training and to prepare for competitions. The grants are named after former BWSW Honorary President, Major General Anthony Lascelles, who left a major bequest specifically to support talented youngsters in our sport.

While the money from the bequest has now run out, BWSW continues to support the grants in the General’s name. 

The recipients of the grants are shown here: Lascelles Memorial Awards Announced - British Water Ski and Wakeboard (bwsw.org.uk)