Junior powerboat star tipped to conquer the world



1:52 AM Thu 12 Aug 2010 GMT
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Wigan hot shot Ben Morse is aiming to become a powerboat racing world champion in St. Helens UK this weekend. Morse, who is a four-time UK Junior Champion and a five-time British Youth Speed Record Holder, joins 80 of the fastest young men and women on the planet at the Lancashire Powerboat Racing Club for the UIM Formula Future World and Continental Youth Powerboat Championship's inaugural visit to UK waters. Ben is still only 16, yet astonishingly he is midway through his eighth season inside the cockpit. He is racing in Class 5 alongside Northern Irishman, Rory Flannigan, for Great ...


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