The 2020/21 Canterbury Car Club awards have been announced after COVID lockdown put an end to the awards night being hosted in August. The following awards and prizes have now been handed out.
Navigation Rallies, 13 events, The Tony Booth Trophy – Best Overall Crew – Winners: Mark Wederell, Barry Higham & Chris Protheroe
Motorkhana, 12 events, G & M Fraser Gymkhana – Overall Champion, Winner: Neil Gardner
Autocross, 7 events, The Allan Coker Trophy – Overall Champion – Winner: John Rathgen
InterClub (incl Hillclimbs), 4 events, The CCC Interclub Speed Challenge Trophy – Winner: John Rathgen for greatest contribution to the Club winning in 2021.
Speed – Dual Car Sprints, 10 events, The Jack Tench Memorial Cup – Overall Champion – Winner: Jeremy Lush
Drift, 5 events, The CCC Drift Trophy – Overall Champion, Winner: Sheldon Kneale
Race – Clubmans – Saloons, 5 events, The Sharman Trophy – Overall Champion, Winner: Jason Smith
Race – Clubmans – Classic Saloons 5 events, The Canterbury CC Classics Cup – Overall Champion, Winner: Marcus Stewart
Race – Clubmans – Singleseaters, 5 events, Canterbury Motor Racing School Shield, Winner: Jack Noble-Adams
Race – Continental RennSport, 5 events, The RennSport Trophy, Winner: David Proud
The trophy off the top shelf, the one that comes with a multitude of free entries, is the magnificent A P Marryatt Trophy – Club Champion of Champions.
In 2021, the 56th winner of this championship was Peter Flewellen (main picture) (Fraser/BMW Mini/MX5), with 383 points earned from competing in 33 of the 54 events the club held.
Peter has competed in Dual Car Sprints (Speed), Motorkhana, Autocross, Navigation Rally and Interclub events.
Second was Allan Coker (GR Yaris/Gravel Express/Estima) 87 points behind from 27 events being hounded by John Rathgen (Pulsar GTi-R/Fiesta ST) with 263 points. These 3 get a bunch of free entries in the next season.
Not too far away were Neil Gardner (257) and Chris Protheroe (242). BMW racer, David Proud also reached 200 points from only 8 events with the highest average points earned.
Every year, every Canterbury Car Club member has the opportunity to win free entries. The winner of the annual Club Championship is given up to 15 event entries and a number of free garage rentals by scoring points in 20 of the more than 50 events run by the club from July 1 to June 30. Second place wins up to 10 and third wins up to 5 entries and each takes home a very nice trophy to remember their achievements.
The rules are simple. Compete in at least 4 different disciplines out of the 7 that are run over the year. Each has its own championship.
Points for the best five results in each of the types of events are accumulated to be the Club Championship score, however, ONLY 20 scores count.
The lowest points are dropped off as better ones are earned ie: A win earns 30 points and if the worst points were a 10th placed 11 points, the 11 is dropped and the overall score increases by 19 points.
Whilst Peter competed in 33 of the 54 possible events, 13 of those weren’t counted in his final points earned. The Champion of Champions Trophy – well earned for another year.
SPECIAL AWARDS
Incorporated in the Annual awards is 4 that recognise exceptional contribution to our sport and to the Club Members over the 12 months. For 2020 – 2021the following were awarded:
The Presidents Trophy for Exceptional Contribution to the Club was awarded to Blair Thorpe. Blair is a top grade Clerk of Course managing Canterbury Car Club’s race meetings such as Skope and is also the Deputy Club Captain. Blair is also one of the managers of Christchurch Track Days that hires the track to offer members of the public a facility that allows them to use their car at the Mike Pero Motorsport Park.
The Committee Trophy for exceptional work at committee level was awarded to Sharon(Shaz) Kier for her work on the Canterbury Car Club Speed Committee which organises the Dual Car Sprint events at the track. Usually 8 or 9 rounds are run for the annual Speed Championship, so quite a lot of effort is required. Sharon is also the Lady Speed Champion in her hot Civic.
The Mathew Willis Shield for “Club Citizenship” to improve the Club experience for members, awarded this year to Mark and Tracey Barrett. An unmentionable problem that had plagued the club for a number of years was solved be Mark and Tracey. “We will be forever grateful” was the quote used by the General Manager when it was announced who this year’s recipients were to be.
Finally, the G W Hazeldine Cup for exceptional contribution to Motorsport was awarded to Vanessa Thorpe. Vanessa’s primary role with the club is to co-ordinate the huge number of volunteers required at race meetings from Flag Marshall’s to Grid Marshall’s and security personnel. Vanessa also is a Clerk of Course, Speed Committee member, competitive driver on Navigation Rallies, the other manager of Christchurch Track Days and is the office person backup.
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