British Championships 2007

01 March 2007

Congratulations to all the teams who took part in this year?s British Championships, which were held in Igls, Austria from February 19-28.

This year?s event saw headline sponsors such as AON, Nucleus Data, Touch and 3aIT, taking part in Taxi-Bob rides, as well as meeting athletes.

A Television programme showing the footage of The British Championships was shown on Channel TV on Tuesday, March 6th. Details of this and forthcoming programmes are available from the Channel TV website at http://bobsleigh.channelonline.tv/

The results of the British Championships were as follows;

2-Man Women Event
3rd
Michelle Coy & Caroline Gray
Jenny Pacey & Joanne John
2nd
Jackie Davies & Paula Walker
Champions
Nicola Minichiello & Lauren Therin

Best Brakeman
Lauren Therin

Best Novice Driver
Jenny Pacey

2-Man Event
3rd
John Hillman & Duane Ladejo
2nd
John Jackson & Karl Johnston
Champions
Lee Johnston & Julien Hughes-John

Best Brakeman
Jullien Hughes-John

Best Novice Driver
Timmy Downes

4-Man Event
3rd
Steve McFall, Gareth Doody, Mick Fish & Keith McLaughlin
2nd
Neil Scarisbrick, Glen Kerr, Matthew Roberts & Richard Sharman
Champions
Lee Johnston, Steve Smith, Karl Johnston & Julien Hughes-John

An awards ceremony was held at the newly opened Congress Centre in Igls, and included a presentation to race winners as well as music from Landhaus, who made a special trip from Hull to play at the event.

Keep an eye on the website for photographs from the event which will be available to view soon.