Voomquest championship gets international body recognition
The Voomquest Enemed V2 Championship may have only been set up for one year but the Chaudron-powered circuit has done enough to gain the recognition of world governing body UIM who has accepted to take competition under its own umbrella.
Aaron Ciantar, the founder of the V2 Voomquest Championship, told a news conference yesterday that this is a proud moment for powerboat racing in Malta to have a championship that not only was formed in Malta but is also run a Maltese organization has been put on the world scene by the UIM.
“It has been three years since the idea of creating the V2 Voomquest Championship came about,” Ciantar said.
“The 2018 championship was a good trial for us to see whether we could take our product on the world scene and no doubt it turned out to be a great success. We had seven boats competing and they put up a great show throughout the season with some hard-fought racing.
“Last October, we headed to the UIM Assembly in Lebanon where our championship was put under scrutiny by the world governing body and I’m glad to announce that the V2 powerboat racing was given world championship status.
“I’m grateful to Enemed who have been behind us since day one and all...