WORLD powerboat champions John Richardson and Tom Sauvarin received a hero’s welcome at the Yacht Hotel when they returned to Guernsey last night.

GUERNSEY have produced a set of world champions after John Richardson and Tom Sauvarin achieved debut glory in the 3b World Offshore Powerboating Championships.

JOHN RICHARDSON and Matthew Wood were the biggest winners as the Guernsey Powerboat Association rounded off its season with an awards dinner.

JACQUES VERMEULEN’S Batboat 23 scored a fine double in the waters of the Little Russel and around Herm.

DESPITE the horrendous weather conditions, last month’s World Offshore Championship have been hailed a great success by the powerboating establishment.

JERSEY’S Roy Smith has become the class 3C world offshore champion for the third time after a stunning comeback.

DESPITE Jerseyman Roy Smith winning the world title, it was not all good news for the Channel Islands.

THE return of world powerboat racing to Guernsey will have to wait for a while longer.

THIS week sees the return of world powerboating to Guernsey.

SEPTEMBER’S World Powerboat Championship in Guernsey are already attracting huge interest from the sport’s big names.