Mr So­lo Too led a list of four boats and crews to have re­ceived dou­ble awards on Sat­ur­day when the Power­boat As­so­ci­a­tion held its Awards Func­tion for 2025 at Is­land Dare, Num­ber 1 Wood­brook Place, Port-of-Spain.

The awards giv­en out for both the Na­tion­al Cham­pi­onship Se­ries, which fea­tured the per­for­mances of the boats at the five re­gat­tas, and the In­ter­na­tion­al Great Race in Au­gust saw Mr So­lo’s crew of Darin Mar­shall, Joseph Charles, and Hay­den Charles join the crews of Krak­en, Ex­treme Mea­sures, and Track Heat­wave on the podi­um for win­ning their re­spec­tive class­es.

Mr So­lo rode all alone in the 130mph A-Class and ex­pect­ed­ly clinched the win for the Na­tion­al Cham­pi­onships and the Great Race. How­ev­er, Krak­en, the 60mph class, was forced to fend off John Wick at the na­tion­al cham­pi­onships and Short­boss at this year’s great race. Krak­en was al­so crowned the over­all na­tion­al cham­pi­on boat, for which they were pre­sent­ed with two tro­phies and a ham­per, while 80mph cam­paign­er Pan­dem­ic/Out­law got the Lennox Tang Yuk Cham­pi­onships ti­tle of two tro­phies and a cash prize.

Pres­i­dent Ste­fan Scott-Lewis said the Lennox Tang Yuk Chal­lenge Tro­phy is more than an award but one that is a trib­ute to a man whose fin­ger­prints are all over the his­to­ry, heart, and spir­it of power­boat rac­ing in T&T. “Lenox was the fin­ish boat, the steady hand, the voice on the ra­dio, the man who knew every rac­er by name—and who could prob­a­bly tell you what part of the course you were on just by lis­ten­ing to your en­gine over VHF. He was re­li­a­bil­i­ty, pas­sion, and pre­ci­sion wrapped in­to one per­son,” Scott-Lewis said.

Mul­ti­ple times 70 mph Class win­ner Ex­treme Mea­sures proved their worth yet again, dis­pos­ing of Blue Ice for the top prize among the re­gat­ta se­ries, but in Au­gust, they got the bet­ter of Ratch­et and Ketch to reign supreme in their class.

This was al­so the same for Track Heat­wave in the 80mph class; the crew of Mor­gan Han­cock and John Michael Sab­ga pow­ered their way to vic­to­ries in both the re­gat­ta se­ries for the year, as well as when the boats squared off at the great race. Mean­while, Ar­row got the bet­ter of S KA­PADE and Pan­dem­ic for the right to mount the podi­um for the award in the Spec Class; how­ev­er, ASALT held them off in Au­gust.

The as­so­ci­a­tion, led by Ste­fan Scott-Lewis, al­so recog­nised peo­ple who as­sist­ed with the prepa­ra­tion of the great race and oth­er events, name­ly Shel­don Williams, Chris Skin­ner, Col­in Mows­er, Paul Fos­ter, and Luke Fran­k­land.

2025 Na­tion­al Cham­pi­onships

SPEC CLASS

1 Ar­row, 2nd S KA­PADE, 3rd Pan­dem­ic

50mph Class:

1st Thanos, 2nd Light Speed, 3rd Mi­ni Me

60mph Class:

1st Krak­en, 2nd John Wick, 3rd Too Wicked

70mph Class:

1st Ex­treme Mea­sures, 2nd Ra­chet, 3rd Blue Ex­treme

80mph Class:

1st Track Heat­wave, 2nd Blue Ice

95mph Class:

1st Tyrant

130mph Class:

1st Mr So­lo Too

Over­all Na­tion­al High Point Cham­pi­on:

Krak­en

Lennox Tang Yuk Ti­tle:

Pan­dem­ic/Out­law

GREAT RACE

SPEC CLASS:

1st A Salt, 2nd Bal­lis­tic, 3rd Ar­row

CRUIS­ER CLASS:

1st Hooli­gan

60mph Class:

1st Krak­en, 2nd Short­boss, 3rd John Wick

70mph Class:

1st Ex­treme Mea­sures, 2nd Ratch­et, 3rd Ketch This

80mph Class:

1st Heat­wave, 2nd White­heat

130mph Class:

1st Mr So­lo Too

Clos­est to line- Last to Break­down: (60mph Class) Mo­tom

First to Can­nings Point: (60mph Class) John Wick

First To Grand Riv­iere (70mph Class) Ex­treme Mea­sures

First Out­board to To­ba­go (70mph Class) Ex­treme Mea­sures

First In­board to To­ba­go (80mph Class) Heat­wave