Profiles
Name: Shelley Jory
Age: 38
Occupation: Business woman/ British Power Boat Champion
Shelley Jory is one of the United Kingdom’s leading powerboat racers and the first female British champion in her field.
Shelley, from Hampshire, runs a successful family bridal business - a far cry from the world of powerboat racing.
2008 Powerboat P1 World Championships
Shelley made history this year being the first women to compete in the Evolution class of Powerboat P1, the Formula 1 of power boat racing. Partnered by American Nigel Hook she has been racing in a 38 foot Mercury Powered Skater Powerboat sponsored by her long time sponsor, Raymarine and US company, Lucas Oil.
Shelley entered this prestigious race series as a rookie but certainly not a novice! She has more than proved herself amongst her male competitors, with a second- and third-place finish in Italy and a final podium of the season in Spain, earning them a sixth place in the 2008 World Championships. As a result, Shelley is already making plans to return to the class next year. Anyone who has come to know Shelley and her power boat racing career will know that she is looking for a world championship to add to her trophy cabinet and will not stop until she gets it.
2005 - 2007 Honda Formula 4Stroke British Championship.
Shelley takes on a new race partner - a complete novice to the sport. They start training in January 2005 and immediately make an unbeatable, determined team. At the first race of the 2005 season they take their first win and then go from strength to strength. The championship goes to the wire! The final round produces two phenomenal wins to give Shelley her first ever British championship title. Two further seasons in the Championship sees the girls on the podium every time, an unbeaten record. It is no wonder that Honda included Shelley in their Hondamentalist TV campaign; appearing on the ITV Formula One adverts.
2004 Shelley was asked to lead the first all girl team in the British Honda Powerboat Series taking 3rd place. She went on to retain the 2003 “3 hour” Endurance Race on Lake Windermere.
2002 Shelley competes in the 2 Litre World Championships winning the bronze medal, then goes onto win the Gibraltar Championships with Shelley collecting “First Lady” trophy.
Shelley is much respected in her sport and gains wide press coverage, featuring the Honda Formula 1 ad campaign, in a number of national newspaper features and many sporting magazines. She currently co-hosts BBC Radio Solent’s H2O Show and features prominently in the coverage of the P1 series.
For the past decade Shelley has forged her way through the male dominated sport of power boating. Shelley is an articulate and motivational speaker, passionate about her sport with a winning personality.
