Updated information for the 2011/12 Big River Ski Club Series is now online. Day one set down for 6/7 August will be held at the Big River Ski Lodge. Please note new entry fee structure being $85 per boat for one day or $150 per boat for both days.

Please go to series day page for more information. Please note entries close monday 1st August.

Entries for the 2011 East Coast Commercials Grafton Bridge to Bridge are now online. Please go to the Bridge to Bridge page for more information.

At a recent meeting of the Big River Ski Club, the dates were set for the 2011/2012 series. Please go to the series page to seethe updated Calender.
Member of the committee are also in discussions with relevant authorities to look at the possibility of running an offshore event on the 11/12 December 2011. We shall beep you updated with our progress.

Starter motor problems did not deter the pre-race favourites of Patty Slark, Jason Disson, Peter Harmer & Adam Smidt from taking out the 2011 Presidents Cup held on the mighty Clarence River on Sunday 15th May, 2011. After the starter motor failed in Master Stroke prior to the event commencing, the crew substitued boats to run Gale Force.

Full results can be found on the Presidents Cup page.

The committee would like to take the opportunity to thank all those that made the event another succesfull weekend of racing.

Hot weather and perfect conditions prevailed for the re-running of the Grafton Bridge to Bridge today. The crew of Blazen proved victorius in record time of 36 minutes & 50 seconds with Noel Griffen driving, Bernie Simpson observing with Grant Turner & Chris Stout doing the hard work out the back. The teams of Top Gun & Strike Force filled the minor placings.

Grafton February Re run Results

A grand total of 10 records were broken proving just how perfect the conditions were. They were:

Superclass – Blazen – 36:50 (2007 Hellbent 36:56)

Unlimited Inboard – Agitator – 39:57 (2009 Firebird 40:53)

Unlimited Outboard – Cyclone Racing 2 – 45:41 (2009 Ring Of Fire 47:35)

SMOC – Mercury Verado – 46:15 (2008 Test Lab 46:35)

F2 – Miss Force – 46:33 (2009 Tuff E Nuff 46:44)

Under 5.2 Litre Inb – The Culprit – 43:41 (2005 Summertime Blues 45:19)

Under 2.5 Litre Outb – No Fear – 52:16 (2007 The Inspector 53:48)

Stock Inboard – Hollow Point – 45:45 (1997 Bat Outa Hell 47:34)

Under 13 Boys – Seven – 52:23 (2002 Cykotic 55:11)

Under 13 Girls – Triple 666 – 58:08 (1998 Miss Behave 66:41)

Results will follow shortly

The Clarence River in front of the Crown Hotel at 8am this morning.

Please note that all results have now been moved to the history page.

Zone 3 Ski Racing held an auction during the presentation of the 2009 Grafton Bridge to Bridge Ski Race.4 of the banners that were on display all weekend were put up for auction. The monies raised will be used to setup a junior development fund to try and assist local juniors within the sport. Zone 3 is also looking for founding partners for the junior development fund, for more information please contact mark@graftonb2b.org.au. A big thank you goes out to all those that put thier hand in thier pockets to support the acuction.