PROVEE OFFSHORE
The UIM-sanctioned ProVee Offshore class is currently the fastest growing offshore powerboat series on the planet! Now into its third season, the prime objective of this class is to provide competitors with the excitement of racing a 1,000 HP powerboat across open water at speeds in excess of 100 mph but at an affordable sub-$150K price, at venues throughout Europe and beyond. Since 2001, the ProVee series has focused primarily upon building up a credible TV series, using former BBC Top Gear presenters Tiff Needell and Vicki Butler-Henderson to help inform the casual viewer what powerboat is all about and how one can get involved. Produced for ProVee by FMTV, the production values are high and the action shots stunning. The series is currently being shown on twelve international TV networks including Sky Sports in the UK and Motors TV across the whole of Europe. Opportunities now exist for commercial partners to become involved in a variety of ways from programme sponsorship to on-event corporate hospitality. The series has the flexiblity to match the marketing and PR requirements of any interested party and Provee Offshore can stage races more or less anywhere - providing they are near water! Full contact details are available at www.proveeoffshore.com. Contact: Chris Witty, Managing Director. Address: The Old Dairy, 17-19 Wiseton Road, London SW17 7EE. Tel.: 020 8672 1022. Fax: 020 8672 0844. E-mail: chris.witty@proveeoffshore.com.
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V24 POWERBOATS
V24 is changing the face of offshore powerboating. As one design class, no alterations can be made to the stylish V24 race boat nor its 5.7l standard Volvo production engine. This new class has been designed to ensure that the best team wins and not the one with the biggest budget. 2003 (its first season) saw seven boats taking part in fast (72mph plus), close (just seconds between the first three boats), highly competitive racing. The boats look superb, sound fantastic and produce superb racing. The courses are close to the shore and complete with chicanes and tight turns to test driver skill and provide thrilling action. During the 2003 season, the V24 Offshore Powerboat Series achieved no less than 48.5 minutes of TV coverage and over 2000 column cms. of national and regional media coverage, they tell us. The organisation is now looking for a major sponsor to maximise the potential of the V24 series. The V24s have the 'wow' factor. Sponsorship can take the form of series sponsor, event sponsor, boat sponsor or utilising V24 for the sponsor's own corporate hospitality days. At least ten V24 boats will start the 2004 season and interest is growing constantly. New V24s cost from £36,000 plus VAT, tow behind the family car and a season's racing will cost around £6,000 per team - a relatively inexpensive entry to powerboat racing. The 2004 season will see a five race UK-based V24 series and discussions are underway with regard to holding some events in Europe as well. The V24 series is new and flexible. The organisation will build a series to meet your marketing requirements, its aim being to find a sponsorship partner with as much enthusiasm as they have to fully utilise the potential of the V24 series. Contact: Bambi Gardner, Marketing Manager. Address: Unit 3, Oak Park Industrial Estate, Northabour Road, Portsmouth PO6 3TJ. Tel.: 023 92 221133. E-mail: pr@v24powerboats.co.uk.
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