Site Details
Address
Moor Lane, Thorpe-on-the-Hill, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 9DA

Grid Reference
491440, 366192

Local authority
North Kesteven District Council

Sport England region
East Midlands

Disciplines
Tournament/Barefoot/Kneeboarding

Competitions and events
The site has held international or national competitions or events and is sustainable because the location provides the support and facilities necessary for that level of competition.

• Open European Championships 2001 and 1987
• Tournament - Nationals
• Barefoot/kneeboard - Nationals
• One of top three clubs for number of British Ski League events held annually.
  
  

Training
The site has held national team or individual or group elite training for that sport or any of its disciplines, and is sustainable because the location provides the support and facilities necessary for that level of training.

• Home site for a number of British team skiers of most age categories .
• Regular team squad training sessions.
• Important elite training site.

Scarcity
The site is important because of its scarcity or uniqueness value and because it cannot be re-created at a different location.

• Main area of water is to International Water Ski Federation standards - now very difficult to replicate.

Heritage
A heritiage site is one which has been used continually or a for a long time by that sport and which cannot be recreated in a different location.

• Bought as a gravel pit by the Hazelwood family (Mike Hazelwood, former World Overall Champion) in the late 1970s.
• Developed into one of the most important sites in GB.

Non-competitive users
The site is important to the non-competitive parts of that sport.

• Little importance to recreational skiers, as emphasis is on elite and developing skiers.
• Some recreational ski-ing for private boat owners on smaller lake.

Number of users
The site is important because of the numbers of people using it from any level of that sport

• Mainly important for number of elite and developing skiers who train at the site.

Facilities strategy
The site has been identified as of international or national importance in that sport’s strategic planning documents.

• BWSF - National Water Ski-ing Facilities Strategy - community access, talent development and performance.

Physical characteristics
Identification of those characteristics, which if lost, would jeopardise the quality of the site.

• One main arena lake and smaller secondary lake - both formed from gravel workings.
• Technical facilities, (inc video cameras for scoring) to International federation standards.

Other Information

• Good catering and storage facilities on site.
• No clubhouse but on-site accommodation available (30 - 40 caravans - mainly owned by skiers).
• Two lakes form part of the Wisley Local Nature Reserve.

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