Huge congratulations to our three medallists at the IWWF Cable Wakeboard & Wakestate World Championships, held in Thailand from 1st to 6th November.

A large squad of 27 GB riders was selected and was among 250 riders from 33 countries at the Championships.

There were some outstanding performances with many of our athletes reaching the finals in their categories and 15 Top 10 finishes.

The stars of the show were our three medallists.

New mum Stephanie Williams-Caller could not quite defend the title she took at the previous two Worlds in 2016 and 2018 but finished with the silver medal in the Masters Women (Over 30) category.

Stephanie gave birth to a son earlier this year and was in Thailand with him.

Stephanie & son Kyffin

Team Captain Dale Crossley matched Steph’s result with a silver in the Masters Men. 

He was a winner off the water too after his marriage proposal to girlfriend Danielle Robyn on finals day (filmed for posterity by some of the GB support crew) was accepted! 

Congratulations to them both.

Dale Crossley

India Laverack completed the medal tally for the Brits, taking bronze in the Under 18 Junior Women Wakeskate.

India Laverack

Well done to them all and to the entire crew who travelled to the ESC Thai Wakepark for the competition.

Under 14s: Maxwell Smith, Marley O’Toole, Samuel Bradbury, Lotte Docherty, Jessie Saunders.

Under 18s: Kieran Smith, Callum Smith, Cav Bull, Ryan Marston, Callum Saunders (injured, could not compete), Rudy Talboys, Caspar Ahlers-Diver, Darcey-Jane Williams, Leah Morgan, Amanda Neivens, India Laverack, Orla Winn, Sophie De Souza.

Open: Kieran Owens, Kieran Saunders, Luke Carrick, Eve Smith-Lang.

Masters (Over 30): Dale Crossley, Stephanie Williams-Caller.

Veterans (Over 40): David Broadway, Joe Wooding, Ade Clayton.

Officials: Suzi Nightingale (technical delegate), Edward Nightingale (competition manager’s assistant), Alex Koester (scorer), Matt Crowhurst (commentator), Matty Branston (commentator).

GB at the Opening Ceremony

Look out for a full report and lots of great photos in the winter edition of the BWSW magazine, out in December.

Photos: IWWF