Nigel Edwards trails Mark Williams by just six points as the 2025 Circuit Powerboat Association T850 British Championship heads to its finale at Stewartby this weekend.
The Jelf Racing driver from Bedford is targeting the Double British Crown after securing the T850 British Sprint Championship at the same venue in August. Williams, meanwhile, is chasing his 28th British Championship title.
Edwards on the Challenge:
This weekend is going to be intense. The boat was really handling nice and performing well at the Sprints so hopefully we can take that progress into this weekend and really push Mark for the title.
Mark is a formidable racer he doesn’t have 27 British titles for being a push over so he will make any chance of me taking the title as difficult as possible for me but the fight isn’t over and I am ready to push back to take away some silverware this weekend.
Edwards enters the weekend knowing he needs to outperform the multi-champion to claim his first T850 British Championship and complete the Double British Crown.
John Moore’s involvement in powerboat racing began in 1981 when he competed in his first offshore powerboat race. After a career as a Financial Futures broker in the City of London, specialising in UK interest rate markets, he became actively involved in event organisation and powerboat racing journalism.
He served as Event Director for the Cowes–Torquay–Cowes races between 2010 and 2013. In 2016, he launched Powerboat Racing World, a digital platform providing global powerboat racing news and insights. The following year, he co-founded UKOPRA, helping to rejuvenate offshore racing in the United Kingdom. He sold Powerboat Racing World in late 2021 and remained actively involved with UKOPRA until 2025.
In 2025, he established Powerboat News, returning to independent journalism with a focus on neutral and comprehensive coverage of the sport.
