BURTON BUGGY
CLUB NEWSLETTER
CHURCH GRESLEY
MEMORIAL CLUB
The Club
has a fantastic venue to race at Church Gresley Memorial Club situated opposite
the Memorial park, see the location map.
Club-nights
are at held each TUESDAY evening, with access to the building at 6-30pm. There is plenty of room for car parking and
pitting with the added bonus of a bar.
MARCH 2nd CLUBNIGHT
With just two heats of
mardaves per round the opportunity was taken to extend the qualifying race durations
to 8 minutes.
The track was very fast which
suited David Statham who was in top form and after the three qualifying rounds
rounds he was top qualifier on 57 laps, a full three laps ahead of second and
third placed drivers Mike Simpson and Lee Bishop who were both tied on 54 laps
with just over a second between them.
Robert Hambridge was the fastest driver on the track but only qualified
in fourth spot due to mechanical problems, Daniel Williams also drove well to
take 5th position.
It was the finals next which
were of 11 minutes duration, a real test of batteries, nerve and concentration.
First up was the “B” final
which was easily won by Richard Parker on 61 laps with Fabien Gayraud second 19
laps down.
With the top 6 drivers lined
up on the grid the “A” final got underway, problems almost straight away for
David Statham with his body shell coming adrift and costing him valuable
time. The race continued at a fast and
furious pace with Mike Simpson leading but being challenged by Lee Bishop with
David Statham steadily making up ground. Robert Hambridge was flying but again
consistency let him down.
Into the final minute Mike
was still leading but David closing the gap and taking the lead on the final
lap only to make a mistake on the very last corner just 2 metres from the
finishing line allowing the opportunity for Mike to overtake and win the race
on 72 laps – just 3 seconds ahead in 11 minutes! You cannot get much closer
than that. Lee Bishop finished in third
place with a fine 71 laps.
LEE TAKES THE PANCAKE
After qualifying in fourth
place behind David Simpson, David Statham and Robert Hambridge, Lee Bishop was
on a roll in the 10 minute final winning with 65 laps. He was chased right to
the line by David Statham who finished in second place just 4 seconds behind.
Free pancakes were served
after round 2, many thanks to Stacey for organizing everything.
Next week sees the start of
the 2010 Super-league which comprises of 6 rounds being run alternate months to
December.
ROB MAKES A CHARGE
The penultimate round of the
winter league saw Robert Hambridge on top form with a blistering run in the
nine minute duration final finishing in second place with 50 laps close behind
David Simpson. It will all be down to
the final round on 9th February so look out for some competitive
racing next week.
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LEE UNWINDS AT SPEED
Racing round the track in the
anti-clockwise direction for a change on 26th January the Mardave
qualifying heats were dominated by David Simpson and Lee Bishop with David just
taking pole position by 2 seconds and Robert Hambridge third two laps down.
The finals were eight minutes
duration and very competitive, Lee just managed to hold off the challenge from
David and won with 51 laps, Mike Simpson was third with 49 laps.
In the “B” final Richard
Parker won with 40 laps and second was Fabien Gayraud on 30.
Ian Plimmer was way out in
front in the 1/12th pan cars, being both fastest qualifier and
winning the final by a margin of 5 laps from Chris Holmes.
WINTER LEAGUE ROUND 7
With a total of thirteen
drivers in the mardave class split into two heats and all keen to improve their
league position, everything was set for an entertaining evenings racing.
In the three qualifying heats
David Simpson set the early pace in rounds one and two but David Statham had a
superb drive in round three to take pole position in the final by less than half a second from David Simpson.
The “B” final was first and
Daniel Williams had a runaway victory completing 37 laps with David Brookes
second on 29. Ben Hopcott was third with 28 laps followed by Mathew Stones and
Louis Parker who both had 24 laps each.
The “A” final was very close,
it was a battle between the two David’s with David Statham winning again by
less than half a second from David Simpson and taking a maximum 41 points for
the evening. With only three rounds
left in the league things are very close so watch out for some very competitive
racing over the next few weeks.
XMAS FUN NIGHT
The final event of 2009 was
the XMAS Fun night held on Tuesday 22nd December, with free racing
for all, everyone was keen to set out the track and get started.
A Team endurance race of 50
minutes duration was first up, four drivers per team with a maximum of two cars
per team allowed to race at any one time so team tactics and quick changeovers
would play a part in getting the best result.
With eight cars lined up on
the grid the race began, disaster struck team Mike Simpson’s team with Ben
Hopcott’s car refusing to start due to a faulty speed controller. The racing
was fast and furious, the track having a tricky section in the center with a
chicane that caught many drivers out. Another early casualty was Kevin Flamson
putting more pressure on his other team members.
At the half way stage things
were very close with David Simpson’s team in the lead closely followed by
Robert Hambridge’s all stars and Lee Bishop’s harem. Mike Simpson’s team were trailing the rest, Ben Hopcott managed
to complete a few laps in reverse but Louis Parker and Mike were struggling to
keep up the pace, although Mike completed a 34 minute run in his mardave on the
same battery!
At the end of 50 minutes the
results were:
Team “A” 491 LAPS David Simpson, David Statham, Richard
Parker, Daniel Lacey
Team “D” 439 LAPS Lee Bishop, Richard Brookes, Stacey
Atterbury, Michelle Snowden
Team “C” 423 LAPS Rob Hambridge, Daniel Williams, David
Brookes, Kevin Flamson
Team “B” 230 LAPS Mike Simpson, Louis Parker, Ben Hopcott
Oval racing was next on the
agenda so after a short break to revamp the track layout everyone was ready to
race.
This time it was a 10 minute
race with the drivers being split into two heats.
Richard Parker was the winner
of heat 1 with 89 laps, followed by Michelle Snowden and David Brookes each
with 69 laps.
With all the fastest drivers
lined up for heat 2 a rolling start was used so everyone had to follow the lead
car Mike Simpson around on the warm up lap before accelerating away across the
start line. Daniel Williams had high
expectations after borrowing a fully peaked up 4600 battery and shot away from
the start at great speed. However the extra pace of the oval meant that any
mistakes could prove costly and Daniel soon returned to the pits after shearing
his battery case securing bolts. Some very close racing ensued, maintaining
concentration for the full ten minutes was vital when dicing at speed and the
eventual winner was David Simpson with 121 laps, second Mike Simpson 118 laps
and third Lee Bishop 116 laps.
Another round of oval racing
took place for those who wished, Chris Snowden taking a novel route underneath
the carpet made for some interesting driving and the evening concluded with
prizes for the winning team and oval winner being presented by Stacey.
See results page for complete
results.
Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year to all members, remember the 2010 season starts on Tuesday 5th
January with round 6 of the winter league so make sure your batteries are fully
charged and cars in race condition.
SUPERLEAGUE 2009
The final round of the 2009
superleague was held on Tuesday 15th December, with only mardave
league winner to be decided it was a family contest between Mike and David
Simpson. David won both the qualifying
and the A Final to take the league title with Mike being the runner up. Robert
Hambridge seems to have got his car really flying so watch out for some good
performances from him during 2010.
XMAS NIGHT OUT
A great
evening out at Wing Wah’s in Burton took place on Saturday 5th December,
many thanks to Stacey for organizing everything.
SUPERLEAGUE ROUND 5
The
penultimate round of the 2009 superleague was held on Tuesday 27th
October, there was some excellent racing in the mardave’s class with David
Simpson taking the fastest qualifier spot and consequently pole position in the
A final.
The finals
were of 8 minutes duration, the “B” final being won by Daniel Williams with an
impressive 52 laps ahead of Andy Clements on 51 and Robert Hambridge with 50
laps.
The “A”
final proved to be a very close race with all drivers lapping under 8 seconds,
at the finish David was the winner with 56 laps, Mike Simpson a lap adrift on
55 and David Statham 51.
Lee Twigg took maximum points
again in the 1/10th scale saloons and is now assured of winning the
league.
The final round will be held
on Tuesday 15th December, this should prove an interesting evening
for the mardaves as the only two drivers now able to win the league are Mike
and David.Simpson. With 5 of the 6 rounds completed Mike is currently leading
on 490 points from 5 rounds and David Simpson on 397 from 4 rounds ------will
there be any team orders on the night or will David be walking home!
OCTOBER TEAM EVENT
The team
event held on Tuesday 13th October was a great success, the drivers
were split up into three teams with the two main rules being that each team had
to continuously man its allotted marshalling point and were only allowed a
maximum of two drivers on the track at any one time. There were two rounds each
being of 40 minutes duration.
Team three David Statham,
Kevin Flamson, Nigel Shaw and Lee Twigg were the runaway winners of the first
heat with 511 laps, Lee Bishop, Robert Hambridge and Richard Brookes were
second on 455 and Mike Simpson, David Simpson and Daniel Williams third on
404. Lee Bishop managed a total of 196
laps with his mardave, due to a technical problem with the transponders David
Simpson’s laps did not all register.
After a 15 minute break
everyone was ready for the second round which proved to be incredibly
close. With 5 minutes to left in the
race all the teams were virtually level and the pressure was on to keep going.
At the finish only 7 laps separated all three teams with Mike Simpson, David
Simpson and Daniel Williams winning on 488 laps, David Statham’s team second on
484 and Lee Bishop’s team third on 481.
Mike Simpson recorded a tremendous 254 laps on just two batteries and
Daniel 181after David retired early in the round with damaged servo wiring
putting the pressure on the two remaining drivers.
Just to make the evening
complete and ensure nobody went home hungry Stacey had brought some freshly
baked some cakes, which were quickly devoured – thanks Stacey.
SUPERLEAGUE ROUND 4
Round 4 was
held on 29th September, in the mardave class a close battle ensued
between David Simpson and Lee Bishop who had got his car running to perfection.
In the end David was both fastest qualifier and duly won the A final which was
extended to 9 minute duration which tested the drivers concentration. The B
final was won by the ever improving Daniel Williams with Richard Brooks very
close behind on the same number of laps.
The 1/10th scale
saloons was won by Richard Wroughton taking maximum points.
With two rounds to go the overall
position is
Mike Simpson 392, Lee Bishop
386, David Simpson 296, Richard Wroughton 287
1/10 Saloon
Lee Twigg 294, Richard
Wroughton 101, Alister Hart 98
SUMMER LEAGUE FINAL RESULTS
After ten
rounds of racing throughout the summer David Simpson was the most consistent
driver winning six of the rounds mardave class to take the league winners
trophy with 318 points followed by Mike Simpson on 310 and Daniel Williams with
273. In the 1/10th scale saloons LeeTwigg had an easy victory with
Richard Wroughton second. Trophies will be presented at the xmas fun night.
SUMMER LEAGUE 2009
With the school holidays upon
us now is the time to get your cars in peak condition ready to compete in the
summer league. The league will run over
ten rounds with each drivers best eight round scores from the possible ten to
count towards their total score. Points
will be awarded for both overall qualifying and final each week. The first round is on 14th July
with the last round being held on 22nd September. Prizes will be awarded to the leading
drivers.
SUPERLEAGUE 2009
Round three
was held on Tuesday 9th June, David Simpson gaining maximum points
in the Mardave class by being fastest qualifier and also winning the “A”
Final. The overall position half way through
the competition is that Mike Simpson leads with 296 points, Lee Bishop is in
second place on 284 and David Simpson with 195 points. The 1/10th
scale saw Lee Twigg take maximum points and extend his lead in the league. Round 4 will take place on the 18th
August.
AGM 28th APRIL
The AGM was
held on 28th April, main points of note were Richard Wroughton is
now club Chairman with Chris Ward taking the Vice Chairman role. Stacey
Atterbury is PR and social secretary, David Simpson was elected to the
committee. Race and membership fees
remain unchanged, drivers are only allowed three weeks racing before becoming a
member, membership due 1st May.
Four rounds
of free racing followed, the mardave class was very keenly contested and ended
in a Simpson family 1-2 with Mike being the fastest and David a close
second. In the 1/10th scale
saloons James Hart took the honours after battling with Nigel Shaw, Nigel
managing to streamline his car by ripping off one side of the body shell.
CLUBNIGHT 7th APRIL
A total of 26 drivers took
part, fastest qualifier in the 1/10th scale saloons was Chris Holmes
with a magnificent 38 laps with Pete Partridge second on 36. Paul Galbraith
managed a very creditable third place on 33 laps. In the mardaves David Simpson with 37 laps was yet again fastest
qualifier but did not have things all his own way with Steve Hunt and Richard
Wroughton also on 37 laps.
The finals started with the B
final 1/10th scale, Steve Higham was the runaway winner on 33 laps
with Alister Hart taking second spot on 28 ahead of Tristan Davies in third
position with 25 laps.
The A final proved to be a
much more exciting race with the lead changing several times between Pete Partridge
and Chris Holmes. In the end victory
went to Chris Holmes with a lead of 2.5 seconds over Pete, both drivers
achieving an incredible 40 laps.
Next was the mardave B final
which again proved to be a close and hard fought race, Daniel Williams was the
winner with 31 laps after managing to hold of a serious challenge from Toby
Ward who finished second on 30 laps.
Last race of the evening was
the mardave A final, with an unusually large amount of accidents the race was
very close right to the end, David Simpson won with Richard Wroughton second
both on 37 laps closely followed by an in form Steve Hunt in third place a lap
down.
SPRING LEAGUE ROUND 4
David Simpson returned in
style to Mardave racing in his sparkling red new car after a 12 month break
being fastest qualifier and also winning the final. Mike made it a family 1-2
by taking second place in the final with second fastest qualifier Richard
Wroughton finishing well down the field.
The 1/10th scale saloon class was fiercely contested, Gavin Maciver
taking the fastest qualifier spot less than 2/10 second ahead of Chris
Holmes. Chris had his revenge in the
final though winning by nearly 2 seconds from Gavin in second place. It was
Staceys 21st birthday on Monday and everyone enjoyed a piece of birthday
cake in the shape of a car.
CLUBNIGHT 24th FEBRUARY – RICHARD
BEATEN FOR FIRST TIME IN 4 WEEKS
With a good mix of 1/10th
scale saloons and 1/12th scale mardaves an excellent evenings racing
was had by all. In the scale saloons
Nigel Shaw was the fastest qualifier with 37 laps, closely followed by Pete
Partridge with 36. Richard Wroughton
came good in the third heat to snatch the FTD from Mike Simpson, both drivers
on 32 laps and only separated by less than 1 second. The finals followed and to make things interesting the races were
extended from the usual 5 minutes to 7 minutes. Richard Wroughton made a great start to the A final only to
retire with technical problems, Nigel Shaw eventually took the lead held off
the opposition to win with 49 laps with Pete Partridge just 4 seconds
behind. The mardave A final was equally
as exciting with Richard Wroughton, Mike Simpson and Steve Hunt being equally
matched for speed. Experience
eventually won the day with Richard falling back and bringing to an end his 4
week unbeaten run, Mike winning on 45 laps and Steve second on 44.
SPRING LEAGUE 2009 ROUND 1
February 10th was
the first round of the spring league, there will be ten rounds with the best
eight to count for each driver. Richard
Wroughton once again dominated the mardave class winning all of the qualifying
heats and the final, his main challengers were Mike Simpson and Steve Hunt with
Chris Ward improving rapidly in the final after some adjustments to his car –
watch out for a good performance from him next week! Lee Devey was the fastest qualifier in the 1/10th
scale saloons but Pete Partridge beat him by three laps in the final. It was good to see Michelle Snowden racing
again and finishing an excellent third place in the final. The 1/14th scale racing was fast
and furious, Gavin Maciver was both fastest qualifier and winner of the final,
Daniel Lacey continued to have problems with his car and Chris Holmes went out
in style when his motor started smoking.
CLUBNIGHT 3rd FEBRUARY
Richard Wroughton was on top
form with his mardave winning all of the qualifying heats and the final, Mike
Simpson was only a couple of seconds behind in the final but could not beat
Richard. The 1/14th scale
racing was very exciting with some fast laps, Colin Butlin being the fastest
qualifier and Daz Hoyland winning the final.
Daniel Lacey’s car was very fast but kept overheating and cutting out –
a change of gearing required?
CLUBNIGHT 27 JANUARY
Lee Bishop again was the
fastest mardave, this makes it three weeks in succession! Come on you mardave drivers let’s see what
you are made of, get those cars set up to perfection and give Lee a run for his
money. In the 1/10th scale
saloons some extremely fast lap times were achieved with James Hart taking the
honours from Nigel Shaw in second place.
LEAGUE FINAL ROUND 13 JANUARY
Lee Bishop
dominated the Mardave class being fastest qualifier and also winning the final,
it was a similar story in the 1/10th scale saloons with Pete
Partridge doing the same. The winners
of the league were Mike Simpson in the Mardave class and Robert Hambridge in
the 1/10th saloons.
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009
After a
weeks break for Christmas everyone was ready to race again, things were very
competitive in both the Mardave and 1/14th scale classes. David Simpson who was racing his Mardave for
the first time in several months tried his best to beat his dad who was
sporting a newly painted bodyshell complete with giant rear wing. In the end experience won the day with David
having a few technical problems with his car and his batteries. Fastest driver on the track was Lee Bishop,
several accidents however resulted in him being second fastest qualifier and
third in the final.
Gavin
Maciver was fastest qualifier in the 1/14th scale class followed by
Chris Holmes who’s car was hot, a little too hot as the battery was
smoking. The final was a different
story with Michael Blackburn putting in a very clean drive to win two laps
clear of Gavin in second place.
XMAS BURN UP – ENDURANCE RACE 23rd
DECEMBER
A total of
four teams entered the endurance race, the rules were very simple – two 50
minute duration races the laps accumulated by each team member being added
together to give the team score. Just
to make things more interesting only two cars from each team were allowed on
the track at a time and one driver from each team had to be at the teams
marshalling point at all times. This
meant that teamwork was at a premium to try and keep two cars on the track for
most of the time. From the start Gavin
Maciver and Pete Partridge were setting the pace and it soon became apparent
that in excess of 10 minutes run time was achievable. Others were not doing so well with Kevin Flamson’s car retiring
after going up in smoke and Zach Clements suffering a damaged pinion and only
managing 4 laps. This put the pressure
on their other team members and also their cars motors, batteries and speed
controllers. After the first round
Richard Wroughton, Chris Snowden and Lee Bishop were the leaders on 533 laps
followed by Gavin Maciver, Rob Hambridge and Kevin Flamson on 501. Following a 15 minute gap the second and
final round got underway. With Kevin
Flamson “burnt out” Gavin and his team could only manage 409 laps which cost
them second place as the ever consistent Lee Twigg put in another fine
performance to lead his team to a 514 lap total. Richard Wroughtons team again dominated and finished with 552
laps. The final result was: Winners
Richard Wroughton, Chris Snowden and Lee Bishop on 1085, second Lee Twigg, Mike
Simpson and Zach Clements on 972, third
Gavin Maciver, Rob Hambridge and Kevin Flamson on 915 and fourth Pete
Partridge, Daz Holyfield and Colin Butlin with 888 laps.
XMAS FUN-NIGHT 16th DECEMBER
A great
time was had by all at the Christmas fun-night, some exciting racing took place
including a round of “musical carpets”. After two rounds it was time to sample
the chip butties which went down well and then the raffle. There were some
fantastic prizes to be won and Steve Hunt was the luck winner of the Strada TC
ready to run touring car. Many thanks to Stacey for doing all the organization,
the money raised will be donated to charity.
XMAS BURN UP 23rd DECEMBER
There will
also be an XMAS burn up on December 23rd, it will be a team event so
watch this space for more details.
WING WAHs NIGHT OUT
A great time was had by all
on the recent night out in Burton, after checking out most of the local ales
and a meal at Wing Wahs there was just time to visit a couple more pubs before
going home. Thanks once again to Stacey for doing such a great job organising
everything – see photos.
SUPERLEAGUE
The final
round of the 2008 superleague was be held on 9th December, victor in
the mardave class was Mike Simpson with Robert Hambridge winning the 1/10th
scale saloons on the final round.
AUTUMN LEAGUE
Eight
rounds of the Autumn League have now been completed so with only two more
rounds left Mike Simpson leads the Mardave class, in the 1/10th
Saloons Robert Hambridge leads Division 1 and Philip Wright Division 2. Pete Partridge leads the Buggies and Dane
Clements the V12 Stocks. It was good to
see Wayne Moody returning to racing after a long spell, watch out for his Mardave
in future weeks.
AUGUST TROPHY MEETING
Having repaired
the damaged transponder loop extension cable the August Trophy meeting was run
on Tuesday 9th September, the summer league trophy presentation also
took place the same evening. The Autumn
League started with Round 1 being completed on 16th September
FUN NIGHT AND BBQ 19th AUGUST
SUMMER LEAGUE
BUGGIES ARE BACK!
SUMMER LEAGUE ROUND 7
GRESLEY FESTIVAL OF LEISURE SUNDAY 29th
JUNE
After last years event was cancelled due to a flooded
track there was a good turn out on a dry, warm Sunday morning everyone looking
forward to a great days racing outside on the tarmac. It was good to see so many members wearing the clubs new design
tee shirts (if you have not got one yet see Stacey). After setting up the track complete with an overhead loop the
racing began. With most people used to
indoor carpet the conditions proved a little difficult at first with grip being
at a premium, the exception to this were the buggy’s which stuck to the track
like glue. A slight rainstorm held up
proceedings after round 1 but after brushing off the surface water things soon
dried out. Some exciting racing
followed until round 4 when disaster struck!
Down came the rain in torrents flooding the surface and forcing the
event to be abandoned. All got soaked
to the skin collecting up the track and transporting it back to the club.
The winner of the Mardave class was Mike Simpson on 37
laps, in the Buggy’s Adrian Bunyard was the fastest on 42 laps, the saloons was
won by John Vaughan with 44 laps and the V12 bangers champion was Lee Twigg who
battled round 34 laps. Thanks go to
Chris Ward for organizing and Stacey Atterbury for the leaflets and
advertising. Same again next year? or
will it be model boats.
FUN
NIGHT
The May fun
night was a great success with everyone having an exciting evenings
racing. The track was set up in a
figure of eight configuration so some fine judgment of speed and distance was required
to avoid a major accident. First up was
a round of projector racing which tested all the drivers’ skills to the
max. Following this there were three
more rounds of normal racing with a few caravans thrown in. With a full
complement of ten Mardave V12 bangers battling round the track in heat three
there was plenty of entertainment for the spectators. Most laps of the night went to Mike Simpson driving his mardave
on 51 laps (yet another wishbone broken) and second was Mark Wistow with his
1/10th scale saloon. In the
bangers the laps did not matter too much, the main object was just to survive!
SUMMER LEAGUE 2008
Three rounds of the league
have now taken place with classes for 1/10th scale stock saloons,
1/12th Mardaves and Mardave V12 bangers. With the best eight from a possible ten rounds to count it is
early days, see the latest results page for the current positions. It was good to see one of the committee
members Kevin Flamson sporting the latest in designer haircuts – short front,
long back and sides, I wonder if we will see some of the “A” list celebrities
following this trend.
APRIL TROPHY MEETING
The April 29th saw
some very close and exciting racing; Pete Partridge was the fastest qualifier
in the 1/10th scale saloons and started the “A” final on pole. It was Lee Twigg however who had an easy win
three laps clear of Michael Blackburn in second place. In the “B” final Stacey Atterbury showed
everyone a clean pair of heels with a fine victory, Robert Hambridge the
slowest qualifier improved his performance to take second place but still three
laps down. Philip Wright who had
qualified on pole suffered a mechanical breakdown after nine laps and finished
a disappointing last place. Next up
were the mardaves, this turned into a close race between Mike Simpson, Lee
Bishop and Lee Devey, all the cars being evenly matched. Mike was the eventual winner with Lee Bishop
taking second place. The last final to
be run was the V12 mardave bangers; Andy Clements battled his way round to take
the honours from Lee Bishop in second place.
After storing all the
equipment away the trophies were presented by the club chairman Chris
Ward. The winter league trophies were
also presented.
SUNDAY MEETING – APRIL 13th
The club held a Sunday
meeting, which was mainly a fun day using a short oval circuit and racing
banger style, to race you had to have a Mardave V12 with a hard shell.
The rules were simple, to win you must survive (no Marshals – your cars out,
you are out). The day was a great
success and it is planned to repeat it in the near future.
A.G.M APRIL 22nd
The Annual General Meeting
was held on 22nd April followed by free racing.
WINTER
LEAGUE FINAL RESULTS
The Mardave Division 1 was
won by Chris Holmes with a total of 807 points, second place went to Adam White
on 786. Division 2 was a Clements
family challenge with Dane Clements winning on 685 points and Andy second with
505 points.
In the1/10th scale
saloons Lee Twigg took the Division 1 title by storm being the only driver in
the competition to attain the maximum 808 points, well done Lee. Some way behind on 779 points was second
place driver Robert Hambridge. In
Division 2 things were very close all the way through, congratulations to Liam
Woodfield who won the league title with 797 points, just four points clear of
Stacey Atterbury who although taking maximum points on five of the rounds and
having her own personal electronic message board and pit crew could not quite
match Liams performance.
PHOTOS
Check out “photos 2007” for
more pictures from the XMAS 2007 fun-night showing many of the caravans and the
team event winners Stacey Atterbury, Stuart Hunt, Mike Ayres and Chris Holmes.
WINTER
LEAGUE
With only the final round remaining
in the winter league not all of the winners and runners-up places have yet been
decided, so everyone is looking forward to an exciting final round on the 25th
March. Don’t forget there will be a total of ten rounds with each drivers best
eight round scores to count. For each division the drivers qualifying and final
result will count with an extra point being awarded to the fastest qualifier.
Qualifying - Winner 51
points, Second 49, Third 48 etc
Final - Winner 50, Second 49,
Third 48 etc
See the latest results page
for the current positions.
SUPER LEAGUE
The first of six rounds of
the 2008 super league was held on the 19th February, don’t forget
this league runs throughout the year with the final round being held in
December. There will be prizes awarded
for the winners and runners up of each division.
See the latest results page
for the current positions.
CHARITY FUN NIGHT 18th DECEMBER
The fun night was a great
success with a total of 26 drivers taking part. The first round was projector racing with the drivers only able
to see a video image of the track projected onto a screen. This certainly tested driving skills to the
limit and there were some surprisingly good performances. Next up was the judging of all the caravans
before they raced, the best caravan trophy was awarded to Carl Twigg and the
runner-up was Zach Clements. Judging
over the caravan racing began; some of the designs were not very robust and did
not stand up to the challenge for long but four heats of racing ensued giving
all the spectators plenty of excitement.
The winner of the fastest caravan trophy was Mike Simpson with Stuart
Hunt taking second place, both drivers completing 33 laps. There was then a short break for some
refreshments, a fine buffet including sandwiches, chips and sausages was kindly
provided by Janet. The final round was
a team event with 7 teams taking part and having to transfer their team
transponder between team members after each 5-minute race. Things were very close but the eventual
prize winners were team 4 comprising Stacey Atterbury, Stuart Hunt, Mike Ayres
and Chris Holmes, they managed a total of 191 laps during 20 minutes racing,
the best marshal award went to Robert Hambridge. After storing away the track equipment the evening concluded with
the prize giving. The super league 2007 trophies were presented first and
finally the winning raffle tickets were drawn by Martin and Richard
Wroughton. There were a tremendous
amount of prizes to be won and with the major ones being drawn last everyone
was kept on their toes checking their ticket numbers. Many thanks to Richard Wroughton for organizing the event which
made over £100 for charity. We wish all
our members a merry Christmas and a happy New Year; Check out the 2007 photos.
SUPERLEAGUE 2007
With the final round being
completed on 11th December Adam White is the Mardave 2007 champion
with Mike Simpson the runner-up. The
1/10th scale winner is Lee Twigg after taking maximum points in
round 6 and pushing Mike Ayres down into second place. The 1/12th scale title went to
Michelle Snowden.
NOVEMBER TROPHY MEETING
Stacey Atterbury had a fine
win in the 1/10th scale “B” Final with Keir Walters in second place
one lap behind. In the “A” Final things
were very close between Robert Hambridge and Lee Twigg, both drivers finished
on 27 laps with Robert winning and Lee second.
Callum Ward put in a great
performance to win the Mardave “B” Final, two laps clear of Michelle
Snowden. The last race of the evening
was the Mardave “A” Final, this proved to be a runaway victory for Chris Holmes
on 30 laps with Steve Hunt 4 laps back taking second place.
AUTUMN LEAGUE
The autumn league is finished
with Adam White winning the mardave division 1 with a convincing maximum points
on each of the final four rounds, his nearest challenger was Mike Simpson in
second place some 34 points adrift. It is good to see the large number of
mardaves at present, which should make for some great racing. The 1/10th scale division 1
turned into a Twigg family battle with Lee taking the league title and Carl
finishing second. In division 2 Andy
Wright was the runaway winner and is promoted into division 1, second place
went to Philip Wright. Michelle Snowden
won the 1/12th scale class with Chris Holmes second having moved to
the mardave class.
LAP COUNTING SYSTEM UPGRADE
The club has recently
purchased a new AMBrc system so drivers will now be able to use personal
transponders if they have them rather than using the “hand out” ones. Please ensure that you register your
personal transponder at race control.
AUTUMN LEAGUE
The autumn league is nearly
complete with only the final round 10 remaining, quite a few members were on holiday during the first three rounds
there was time for some extra long races so 7 minute heats and 8 minute long
finals were the order of the day.
Despite the extra time there were some very close results. With the dark evenings upon us the number of
drivers racing each week is increasing, don’t forget that there will trophies
to win with the best 7 rounds to count as round 6 was cancelled due to an
uncharacteristic problem with the old AMB20 lap counting system. The last few weeks have seen an increase in
the number of Mardaves, which has made for some very exciting racing. Chris Holmes is the latest driver to join
the Mardave clan, having struggled to set up his car this week I am sure he
will soon be challenging Adam White for the top drivers spot. Check the results page for the latest
positions.
SUPERLEAGUE 2007 ROUND 5
With only the December round
to complete Mike Simpson leads the mardave class with Adam White in second
place and Callum Ward third. As only
the best five from a possible six rounds count Adam White is well placed to
take the winners trophy barring a breakdown.
In the 1/10th scale stock class both Carl and Lee Twigg
missed round five so Kevin Flamson is now leading with Mike Ayres in second
place. Looks like the trophy winners
will be decided on the final round so expect some very competitive racing in
December. In the 1/12th
scale class Michelle Snowden retains her lead despite only being a spectator in
round five.
FUN NIGHT FRIDAY AUGUST 24th
A special fun night was held
on Friday August 24th, this was a surprise event for Robert Hambridge
as part of his 21st birthday celebrations. The evening was a great success with two rounds of projector racing to test all the drivers skills,
nearly everyone brought along a caravan although some stood up to the stress of
racing better than others – major repairs being necessary to some between
races. After a short break to cut the
cake and eat the fantastic spread of food that was provided by Robert’s
parents, thanks also go to Stacey for all the decorations. The event concluded
with a football match, Adam White proved to be the star managing to score
several goals by guiding the ball with his car.
SUMMER LEAGUE FINAL RESULTS
The league is now complete
after the final round on 17th July, some of the results went down to
the wire making it an exciting evening.
In the mardave division David Simpson was the fastest qualifier and
managed to take the winners spot from Adam White who finished second after
winning a very competitive final. In
the 1/10th scale division 1 John Vaughan was the winner with Robert
Hambridge second just ahead of Lee and Carl Twigg. Stacey Atterbury was the runaway victor in division 2, Andy
Wright finishing second. Michelle
Snowden won the 1/12th scale division. Best marshal award for the evening went to Michelle Flamson. See the results pages for more details.
JUNE TROPHY MEETING
A total of 19 drivers entered
the trophy meeting on June 22nd, after the three qualifying heats
David Simpson was fastest in the Mardave class, Adam White led the 1/10th
scale and Gavin Maciver the 1/12th scale saloons. Michelle Snowden running her 1/12th
scale with the mardaves put in some fine performances to beat Mike, Callum and
Robert. There were a few casualties
however with Stacey Atterbury breaking the steering on her shiny pink car in
the last round. The question then was
would Robert let Stacey drive his best car in the finals?
The “C” final was the first
to be run, Kevin Flamson was on pole but Stacey soon took the lead and won
although struggling to control Roberts car – was it the different colour that
foxed her! Kevin finished four laps
down in second with Philip Wright third.
Next was the “B” final which saw some very exciting racing, the lead
changing hands several times throughout the race. Lee Twigg eventually won by taking the lead on the last lap from
Robert Hambridge only three seconds separating them at the finish. Michelle Snowden after leading the race
eventually finished in third place. The
“A” final saw some very fast lap times with John Vaughan and Adam White dicing
for the lead, Adam was lapping fastest but a problem with his body shell
effectively ended his chances of winning so John was the victor, Adam second
and Richard Wroughton third. This just
left the Mardaves to race and it turned out to be a great final with David and
Mike Simpson neck and neck all the way through the race, David eventually
winning by three and a half seconds. An
excellent drive by Callum Ward took him into third place, well-done
Callum. The standard of marshalling was
very good throughout and Michelle Flamson was presented with a medallion for
being judged to be marshal of the week.
CHURCH GRESLEY FESTIVAL OF LEISURE SUNDAY 24th
JUNE
Due to the inclement weather
and consequent flooding of the track, the event was cancelled.
SUPERLEAGUE 2007 ROUND 3
With three of the six rounds
completed Mike Simpson leads the mardave class with Callum Ward in second
place. David Simpson took maximum points
being fastest qualifier and winning the final, Adam White is well placed in
third position having missed round 2.
The 1/10th scale stock class has become a Twigg family
challenge with Lee leading and Carl in second place. Kevin Flamson is in third position. In the 1/12th scale class
Michelle Snowden retains her lead and with some fancy footwork also won the
marshal of the week award. The league
continues throughout the year with driver’s best five rounds from a possible
six to count, the next round is in August.
MARSHAL OF THE WEEK
Michelle Snowden was best
marshal on 12th June winning a medallion, the ribbon of which would
not quite slip over her head without removing her hat! She also won on 19th June and
joins Liam Woodfield in the lead towards the prize for the driver judged to be
the best marshal of the summer league series.
SUMMER LEAGUE
A Summer League consisting of
10 rounds commenced on the 1st May with each drivers 8 best round
scores to count. There will normally be
three heats and a final each week with both the qualifying rounds and finals
counting. An additional point will be
added in each league division for the driver who is the fastest qualifier
provided they also win the final.
After round seven Adam White
leads the way in the mardave division from Mike Simpson in second place and
David Simpson in third. In the 1/10th
scale stock Division 1 the results are very close with Lee Twigg taking over as
leader from John Vaughan in second place and Robert Hambridge on third. There have been some changes to the leaders
in the 1/10th scale stock Division 2 with Stacey Atterbury now way
out in front having taken maximum points from four rounds. Andy Wright is second and Philip Wright
third, the “Flying Flamsons” Kevin and Michelle dropping back to fourth and
fifth places.
Michelle Snowden continues to
lead the 1/12th scale class with some good driving in each of the
first seven rounds, Gavin Maciver is in second place with his ultra fast car.
CHRIS AT THE HELM
Chris Ward has taken over
from Steve Dyche as the club chairman with Richard Wroughton as vice
chairman. Mike Simpson continues in
the role of secretary and Steve Hunt is the new treasurer.
APRIL 27th TROPHY MEETING
Adam White remains unbeatable
in the mardave class being fastest qualifier and winning the final, it was very
close for the second place trophy with Mike Simpson just finishing ahead of
John Vaughan by 1.8 seconds.
Martin Heath was the quickest
driver in the 1/10th scale class taking an easy victory by three
clear laps in the “A” final. It was a
Twigg family battle for second and third places with Lee finishing ahead of
Carl, both being on the same lap. In
the “B” final Perry Harrison just managed to hang on to first place despite his
car expiring near the end of the race. Stacey Atterbury showed the rest of the
lads a clean pair of heels in taking second place and almost catching
Perry. Well-done Stacey. The 1/12th scale open class saw
some very fast driving, Chris Holmes dominated the racing winning the final
with Richard Wroughton second. Gavin
Maciver was traveling down the straights at a phenomenal speed but finished
last. Michelle Snowden again put in a
very good performance to take fourth place.
SUPERLEAGUE 2007 ROUND 2
Mike Simpson leads the mardave
class after taking maximum points in round 2 with Callum Ward in second
place. In the 1/10th scale
stock class Martin Heath moves up into first position six points clear of Mike
Ayres and a further point ahead of Lee Twigg.
Fastest driver on the track in both qualifying and the final was Richard
Wroughton. A fine performance by Stacey
Atterbury put her ahead of Robert Hambridge who failed to complete a single lap
in the final. Well done Stacey, however
it could be a long walk home if you beat him again! In the 1/12th scale John Aucott took maximum points
and leads after Michelle Snowden did not make the final. The next round takes place in June.
A.G.M APRIL 3rd
The Annual General Meeting
was held on 3rd April followed by free racing. Three new committee members were elected,
Chris Ward, Martin Heath and John Vaughan.
MARCH LEAGUE
Adam White won the mardave
class with Mike Simpson in second place following a disappointing final
round. John Vaughan took the 1/10th
scale title, Mike Ayres was second.
Michelle Snowden was able to relax in the last round as she already had
the 1/12th scale league title won, Richard Wroughton was the
runner-up.
MARCH LEAGUE WEEK 2
Adam White regained the lead
in the mardave class by being fastest qualifier and then winning the final,
Mike Simpson is down to second place just three points adrift. John Vaughan had his lead over Richard
Wroughton in the 1/10th scale class reduced to six points and
Michelle Snowden now has a commanding lead of twenty points in the 1/12th
scale class.
MARCH LEAGUE WEEK 1
Adam Whites hopes of
defending the mardave league title were dented a little when Mike Simpson took
FTQ, Adam however went on to win the final but trails in second position by one
point. John Vaughan seems to have got
the hang of the 1/10th scale taking maximum points by winning the
final and taking FTQ. With Chris Holmes
absent from the 1/12th scale class John Aucott took FTQ and had high
hopes of taking maximum points.
Michelle Snowden had different ideas however, comprehensively beating
John to win the final whilst still managing to keep her hat firmly in place on
her head.
FEBRUARY 20th TROPHY MEETING
The qualifying saw Jason
Thompson take the FTQ in the Mardave class with some great driving, Richard
Wroughton was fastest in the 1/10th scale and Chris Holmes in the
1/12th. With the starting
grid positions decided after three rounds of qualifying it was all down to the
finals to decide the trophy winners.
First off were the Mardaves and the race soon developed into a battle
between Jason Thompson and Adam White with Adam eventually winning by just over
two seconds, both drivers completing 34 laps.
Alex Thurston took third spot getting his revenge over Mike Simpson from
the previous week. There were three
finals in the 1/10th scale class.
The “A” final was a runaway victory for Richard Wroughton with 35 laps,
over three laps clear of second placed driver John Vaughan. The “B” final was a much closer race Mike
Ayres continuing his good run of form to win on 29 laps with new member Richard
Hambridge second on 28. The “C” final
was a family affair with the “Flying Flamsons” Kevin and Michelle in the same
race. I am not quite sure if there were
any team orders but Kevin took the winners trophy with Perry Harrison
second. This just left the 1/12th
scale final to run which again saw Chris Holmes win with the best performance
of the evening scoring 37 laps. At the
end of the evening the trophies including the January League were presented by
the race controller Martin Wroughton.
FEBRUARY 13th CLUBNIGHT
With no league or trophies at
stake this week all the drivers were getting in a bit of practice during the
three qualifying heats and a final.
John Vaughan was the fastest qualifier in the 1/10th scale
class by just 8/10th second from Richard Wroughton. However Richard got his revenge in the “A”
Final winning from John by a full lap.
In the “B” Final Michelle Flamson took full marks for perseverance after
taking just over two minutes to complete a lap when her car appeared to
developed a mind of its own due to problems with the steering. Chris Holmes again dominated the 1/12th
scale class lapping at a tremendous pace, Gavin Maciver was the next fastest
driver with Martin Heath in last place in his new car, keeping his chief
mechanic Nigel Shaw busy in the pits changing the set up. Only four Mardaves this week but some great
racing, Adam White again the winner but a very close thing between Mike Simpson
and Alex Thurston as they battled for second place. Mike got the upper hand this time but watch out for Alex next
week.
CHRIS FEELS THE STRAIN IN ROUND 1 OF THE
SUPERLEAGUE
Switching back to the 1/10th
scale stock class proved to be a bad move for Chris Bannister as he struggled
all evening trying to sort out technical problems with his car. Being the slowest qualifier on 13 laps and
only managing 2 laps in the final was a disaster, paving the way for Chris Ward
to take maximum points from the round.
No surprises in the Mardaves where Adam White remained in control and
the 1/12th scale leader was Chris Holmes with a very fast car.
SUPERLEAGUE 2007
The Super league will run for
six rounds each being held on alternate months and finishing in December.
Each evening’s scores will be
calculated from both qualifying and final positions using the following rules.
Qualifying – Winner 50
points, second 47, third 45, fourth 44 etc.
Final – Winner 50 points,
second 48, third 47, fourth 46 etc.
Maximum score 100 points if
fastest qualifier and fastest in the finals
Each driver’s best five
rounds scores from a possible six to count.
Just to make things different
the racing was in the anti-clockwise direction and it was good to have Martin
Wroughton back once more as the race controller. He did an excellent job with the commentary even after several
trips to the bar to quench his thirst.
Everyone soon got the hang of going round the opposite way to normal,
the fastest driver on the night being Richard Wroughton with 35 laps.
The first League of the year
is now complete and Adam White proved invincible once more in the Mardave class
winning with maximum points. It was
very close for second place however with Mike “I must get a speed controller
with reverse” Simpson ahead of John Vaughan on count back.
The 1/10th scale
champion was Mike Ayres after a convincing win in the final round, Carl Twigg
took second place ahead of the leader after three weeks Martin Heath who
finished third.
The 1/12th scale
victor on maximum points was Chris Holmes, Michelle Snowden was the runner-up
ahead of Chris Bannister who for once had a good final in round four.
After two consecutive weeks
of poor performances in the 1/10th scale finals, Chris Bannister
tried to reverse the trend by moving into the 1/12th scale
class. The result of the final was
never in doubt with Chris Holmes in total control, but once again the pressure
seemed to take its toll on Chris Bannister and he was comprehensively beaten
down into third place by an in form Michelle Snowden.
In the Mardave class Adam
White won yet another round but Mike Simpson moves up into the lead with John
Vaughan missing a round.
The 1/10th scale
class has a new leader in Carl Twigg with Martin Heath a close second just
three points in arrears.
The fourth and final round of
the league will decide the trophy winners so we look forward to an exciting
evening on the 23rd.
After missing round one Adam
White took maximum points in the Mardave class, John Vaughan still leads though
on 37 points with Mike Simpson second just 1 point behind. In the 1/10th scale class Chris
Bannister retained his lead on 35 points ahead of John Aucott on 33. Despite a few problems with his car Chris
Holmes had another maximum points to lead the 1/12th scale class.
The racing for 2007 got underway
with round one of the January League and it was good to see some new drivers
racing. With Adam White being absent
from the Mardave class it was a great opportunity for John Vaughan, Mike
Simpson or Tim Reed to take maximum points and put the pressure on Adam for the
remaining rounds. Some really close
racing ensued with John Vaughan winning the first qualifying round by 0.2
seconds then Mike Simpson regaining FTQ by winning round two. The third qualifier was a great race from
start to finish, John again coming out on top and winning by 4 seconds,
regaining FTQ. In the final things were
very close throughout the whole race between John, Mike and Tim Reed, in the
end Mike took won with John trailing by 4 seconds. This meant that after round one of the League John is the leader
on 20 points, Mike second on 19 and Tim third with 16 points.
In the 1/10th
scale class Chris Bannister dominated the qualifying rounds, the final was a
different story however with John Aucott winning by a clear three laps. The League positions are first Chris
Bannister 19 points, second John Aucott 18 and third Martin Heath 16 points.
In the 1/12th
scale class Chris Holmes took maximum points being the fastest qualifier and
also winning the final.
Michelle Snowden had a great
drive in the combined 1/10th and 1/12th “B” final,
keeping her concentration throughout the race.
With both eyes (including the one with a little eye shadow) firmly fixed
on the track she destroyed all the opposition to win by a fantastic five laps –
well done Michelle!
Daniel Lacey was the only
1/18th scale driver and a good qualifying score found things a
little hard going with the Mardave drivers in the final, retiring after only
three laps.
There are still three rounds
of the league remaining so there should be some great racing still to come.
The annual Christmas
fun-night was held on Tuesday 19th December and it was a really
great evening with everyone having a fantastic time. Steve Dyche was the race controller for the evening and he got
things underway with a round of caravan racing. It was good to see so many people had made the effort to make a
caravan, I cannot remember so many being entered before. Some were better constructed than others and
there were a few casualties before the end of the round. That was the easy round as round two was
made much more of a challenge as the drivers were unable to see their cars
directly as the stage curtains were closed.
They then had to drive by looking at a projected image of the hall from
a camcorder, this proved to be great fun and by special request round three
also used the projector but without caravans this time. The final round was “musical carpets” which
was a variation on musical chairs. Before this everyone tucked into some chip
butty’s, sausages and crisps kindly provided by the memorial club. Steve had to keep a careful eye on the final
round to ensure that there was not any cheating as drivers were not allowed to
reverse or travel anti-clockwise round the track. The winners and runners up of the four qualifying rounds went
into the final and Jason Thompson was the “musical carpet” winner.
After storing all the
equipment away the trophies were presented for the events and the 2006 super
league, followed by the raffle prizes.
Check out the latest
photographs linked from the home page.
Fastest Caravan Gavin Maciver
Runner-up Mike Simpson
Best Caravan Callum Ward
Runner-up James Mousley
Musical Carpets Jason Thompson
Merry Christmas and a happy
New Year to all, the next club night will be on Tuesday 2nd January
2007 which gives everyone plenty of time to ensure their cars are tuned to
perfection for the new year.
The sixth and final round
took place on 12th December and the overall results were as
follows. Adam White won the mardave
class with Mike Simpson in second place.
In the 1/10th scale class Martin Heath took first place with
Perry Harrison second. Chris Holmes won
the 1/12th class and Daniel Lacey the 1/18th, see the
results page for all the details.
Another win for Adam White in
the mardave class winning all four rounds, Stuart Hunt gave him some serious
competition in the final round being just a few seconds slower. John Vaughan was second in the league, a
full twelve points adrift.
In the 1/10th
scale league leader after three rounds Chris Bannister seemed to have things
sewn up after being the fastest qualifier in round four. Disaster then struck in the final with his
speed controller failing after just two laps resulting in an early retirement
and finishing in last place. After the
final round both Chris Bannister and Martin Heath had scored 52 points with Lee
Twigg on 51. The tie break of points
scored on the discounted round was applied and Chris was declared the winner.
With only two 1/12th
scale cars running this month Chris Holmes took the honours after winning three
of the four rounds.
A trophy meeting took place
on 24th October with the usual three qualifying heats and a final
format. Vouchers were awarded for each
of the four final as follows; Winner £10, Second £5 and Third £3. See the results page for all the details.
The penultimate round of the
2006 super league saw some very good racing but nobody could prevent Adam White
taking maximum points for the second round in succession in the mardave
class. He is now well placed to
overtake the league leader Mike Simpson in the December final round. In the 1/10th scale modified
class Liam Brooks also took maximum points, but it looks like the league will
be decided on the final round results between Martin Heath and Perry Harrison.
Adam White took the mardave
class with maximum points winning each of the four rounds, leaving everyone
else competing for the minor places.
Mike Simpson was second and Tim Reed third. In the 1/10th scale modified class things were much
closer with Nigel Shaw the victor and Richard Wroughton second.
Adam White gained the only
maximum points in the league so far date this year being both fastest qualifier
and winning the mardave class final.
His only serious challenger being Jason Thompson with Mike Simpsons car
looking a little worse for wear after a series of crashes. In the 1/10th scale Darren Ford
was fastest being chased by Nigel Shaw and Richard Wroughton.
After his recent success in
the mardaves and a week as race controller Chris decided that the August 15th
club night was the time to try his hand at 1/10th scale drift car
racing. After qualifying in third
position he out drove all the opposition in the 7 minute final to win by three
clear laps from Chris Holmes in second place.
After the racing his car was subject to scrutineering and found to be
within the rules. Is there no end to
his talents – we await to see next week.
In the mardave class Adam White again dominated all the races, come on
mardave drivers lets see if someone can challenge Adam next week in the super
league.
Steve Hunt won the Mardave
class final on 1st August club night after qualifying in third
position. Mike Simpson was second with fastest
qualifier Adam White having a few technical problems with his car in the final
and only managed fourth place.
Having persuaded his son
Callum that as it was such a lovely evening he would be much better paddling in
his pool than going model car racing, Chris Ward sneaked out with Calums car
and along to the Buggy Club. A bit
rusty after a long lay off he still qualified third fastest and in the final
won by two clear laps. Everyone is
waiting to see what happens next week, will it be Callum or Chris racing. There are some that think he only won
because it was anti-clockwise night! – no pressure Chris.
A really great night was had
by all at the Gresley Memorial Club, the new lengths of PVC made up by Steve
Hunt for marking up the track perimeter made setting up and packing away much
easier and faster. The race area being
much larger than Woodville makes an ideal track for 1/12th
scale. Some very close racing was seen
particularly in the Mardaves, fastest qualifier Stuart Hunt had to settle for
third place in the “A” final after a fine win by Adam White. In the 1/10th scale modified
Richard Wroughton was the final winner with fastest driver Liam Brooks down to
4th spot.
This is really great news for
the Club, the Gresley Memorial Club building has all the necessary facilities
and a great track area complete with stage.
All the equipment was moved from the previous venue on Tuesday 4th
July, many thanks to all the people who helped, especially Martin and Tim who
provided the transport. There was time
to set up the track and have a practice session with a mixture of 1/12th
scale Mardaves, 1/12th scale modified and Chris with his 1/10th
scale drift car.
New track perimeter boarding
should be in place for the first club night on July 11th which will
be free, I am sure that the venue will prove to be very popular.
With Steve Dyche at race
control the April 18th Club night had a total of five races for everyone,
three qualifying heats and two finals complete with an entertaining
commentary. See the results page for
more details; don’t forget it is round 2 of the 2006 super league on 25th
April.
The club Annual General
Meeting was held on Tuesday 4th April at 7-00pm, followed by free
racing.
Annual membership fee £8 due
1st April, anyone who has not paid by April 25th will be
treated as a non-member.
Race fees £4 with £2
returnable for members assisting in packing the equipment away at the end of the
evening.
Mardave Division 1 winner was
Chris Holmes with Liam Brooks taking the runner up spot. In Division 2 John Vaughan was the champion
ahead of Chris Bannister in second place and is promoted to Division 1. Watch out for Perry Harrison in the May
League as he seems to have got his car really flying and gained maximum points
in the final round. See the results
page for all the detail.
SUPERLEAGUE 2006
The first round of the super
league was held on Tuesday 21st February, Chris Holmes leads the Mardave class and David Jalland the 1/18th
scale class after both being the fastest qualifiers in their respective classes
and subsequently taking second place in their finals.
Each evening’s scores are
calculated from both qualifying and final positions using the following rules.
Qualifying – Winner 50
points, second 47, third 45, fourth 44 etc.
Final – Winner 50 points,
second 48, third 47, fourth 46 etc.
Maximum score 100 points if
fastest qualifier and fastest in the finals
Each driver’s best five
rounds scores from a possible six to count.
A good evenings racing was
had on the valentines trophy meeting held on Tuesday 14th February,
see the results page to check on the winners.
The final round of the
January 2006 League is now complete with each drivers best three weeks points
scores counting towards their league score.
Chris Holmes was the winner of Mardave division 1 with Adam White the
runner up. Wayne Moody had a convincing
win in division 2 and is promoted to division 1 for March, second place driver
was Chris Bannister. In the 1/18th
scale division David Jalland was the victor with Ryan Scarratt taking second
spot after winning the last two rounds.
Four rounds of racing were
held with each team being able to discount its worst round score. Things were very close at halfway stage with
only a single lap separating the first two teams, third and fourth being on equal
laps. The team of Mike Simpson, Steve
Bailey and Nigel Shaw were the eventual winners on 287 laps with Adam White,
Tim Reed and David Jalland second on 262.
The xmas fun night was held
on the 20th December and was well supported with many drivers making and decorating
caravans ready for the traditional Christmas caravan racing. Prior to the action the vans were all lined
up and Martin our resident race controller had the task of judging which were
the best. The winning constructor was
Steve Bailey with a magnificent caravan and Wayne Moody took the runner up spot
with a very seasonal effort.
The racing was soon underway
and the Steve Bailey rig performed just as well as it looked. Two exciting heats and a final later the
Chris Holmes battled through to win the “fastest caravan” award with Steve
Bailey a close second. The prize for
the “most exciting driver” went to Stuart Hunt following a fine display of
acrobatics over the ramp with his mardave – nearly succeeding in disappearing
down Mike Simpsons camera lens whilst he was taking some action shots. Best marshal of the night was Adam Bale.
The xmas raffle was drawn,
there were sixteen prizes to be won, first name out of the hat was Steve Hunt
winning the first prize of £30 voucher. Many thanks to Steve Dyche of Fastlane
Models and everyone else who donated a prize.
Congratulations to Katherine
White on being awarded the trophy for the best marshal of 2005. A medal has been awarded on weeks during the
year where the standard of marshalling has been exceptional, these counting
towards the overall award. Final
positions were.
Katherine White 5
Sam Gee 4
Matthew Gee 4
Adrian Farmer 4
Adam White 1
SUPERLEAGUE 2005
Trophies were awarded at the
xmas fun night for the following
1/10th Scale
Modified Winner Robert Arthur
1/10th Scale
Modified Runner up Mike Simpson
1/10th Scale Stock
Winner Tom Nicholson
1/10th Scale Stock
Runner up Richard Davies
1/12th Scale
Mardave Winner Adam White
1/12th Scale Mardave
Runner up Tim Reed
1/12th Scale
Mardave Best Junior Katherine White
1/18th Scale
Winner Steven Dyche
1/18th Scale
Runner up Tristan Boddice
Each evening’s scores are
calculated from both qualifying and final positions using the following rules.
Qualifying – Winner 50
points, second 47, third 45, fourth 44 etc.
Final – Winner 50 points,
second 48, third 47, fourth 46 etc.
Maximum score 100 points if
fastest qualifier and fastest in the finals
Each driver’s best five
rounds scores from a possible six to count.
Following the three
qualifying heats there were three Mardave and one 1/28th scale
final. Fastest qualifier in the mardave
class was Adam White, but in the “A” final he was beaten into second place by a
full lap by Liam Brooks. Tim Reed won
the “B” final and Daniel Farmer the “C”.
Katherine White and Shelly Snowden battled it out in the “C” final to
see who was to be the fastest lady driver, Katherine proved to be the victor
taking second place with Shelly finishing fourth. In the 1/28th scale final Ryan Scarratt won with 34
laps, a full four laps ahead of second place driver David Jalland, who in turn
was four laps ahead of Steve Dyche in third place.
A great time was had by all
with some really close racing making it exciting to watch for the
spectators. The three rounds of
qualifying heats were of six-minutes duration in the mardave and 1/28th
scale saloon classes with massive eight-minute duration finals. In the mardave “A” final fastest qualifier
Liam Brooks won by the narrowest of margins from Adam White and Stuart Hunt,
less than two seconds separating the first three cars. Liam was trailing in second place for most
of the race but took the lead with three laps to go. In the “B” final Luke Dickinson was the winner, one lap clear of
Mike Simpson. In the 1/28th
class things could not have been any closer, the lead changed hands several
times between Steve Dyche and Dave Williamson, Steve eventually just managing
to hang on to win with his batteries failing.
Incredibly he was only 1.7 seconds ahead of Dave after a full eight
minutes racing. The 1/10th
scale modified final also saw a close battle between Robert Arthur and Mike
Simpson, only three seconds separated them at the finish with Robert taking the
honours.
Starting on October 4th
there will be a separate class for 1/28th scale saloons, so if you
have one why not bring it along and test your skills against the other drivers.
With the holiday season in
full swing there were only eight competitors racing in the trophy meeting,
despite this some great racing took place and the relaxed atmosphere enabled
everyone the opportunity of picking up a bargain or two in the sale taking
place downstairs.
In the scale saloons Liam
Brooks dominated both the qualifying heats and the final, winning by a margin
of 7 laps from Mike Simpson. Robert
Arthur with his new motor and batteries was the second fastest qualifier but
was fell away in the final when his tyres (I think he has been running on the
same set for two years) eventually gave up.
Adam White is the person to
beat lately in the mardave class, a superb performance once again won him the
first place trophy with Tim Reed second and Ady Farmer third.
JULY LEAGUE
The final round of the July
League was held on Tuesday 26th July. In the 1/10th scale modified class Darren Ford and
Liam Brooks both had their cars really flying on a very tight track with Darren
being fastest qualifier and also winning the final. The league title however went to Liam following his consistently
fast performances throughout the month.
The 1/10th scale stock class league winner was Tom
Nicholson. Adam White took the 1/12th
scale Mardave Division 1 title which was keenly contested. Katherine White made it a clean sweep for
the White family in the Mardaves by securing the Division 2 title, winning all
three of the rounds that she entered.
MAY LEAGUE
Liam Brooks won the modified
class with Mike Simpson in second position.
The stock league was won by Daniel Farmer with maximum points, Tim Reed
was second. The mardave class was very
competitive, Division 1 was won by Adam White, Chris Snowden put in a strong
challenge in the final two rounds to take second place. The Division 2 title went to Adrian Farmer,
Gavin Maciver was runner up.
APRIL TROPHY MEETING
Robert Arthur had his car
setup to perfection in the modified class managing an incredible 45 laps in the
final to win by 4 laps from David Statham in second place. There was some close racing in the stock
class with Daniel Farmer winning the A final from Richard Davies. The B final was won by Tom Nicholson, Robert
Hutchinson was second a full lap behind.
In the Mardave A final Adam White once again triumphed with Jason
Canning taking second place. In the B
final Daniel Gee had a tremendous race winning by a large margin, Matthew Gee
was second.
MARCH LEAGUE
In the 1/10th scale modified class Robert
Arthur took first position, just managing to hold off a strong challenge from
David Statham in second place. In the
stock class Daniel Farmer took the league title with Robert Hutchinson in
second place one point ahead of Richard Davies. In the very popular 1/12th scale mardave class Adam
White won with maximum points, second place went to Ady Farmer. Steven Dyche was the champion in the 1/18th
scale mini class, winning all four rounds, Steve Taylor-Maxwell was
second. In the buggies Stuart won the
Hunt family challenge with Steve Hunt second.
FEBRUARY TROPHY MEETING
With 26 drivers making it through to the finals some
really exciting racing ensued, many of the finals being fiercely contested to
the last lap, see the results page for details of the trophy winners.
JANUARY 2005 LEAGUE
The first league of the year
saw some fine racing in the modified division with Liam Brooks the victor
winning the last three rounds. Nigel
Shaw took the stock division 1 title with Jason Doran winning division 2. The mini class was a Snowden family
challenge with Shelley taking first place ahead of her dad. The prizes will be presented at the February
trophy meeting.
XMAS 2004 FUN NIGHT – 22nd DECEMBER
A great time was had by all with two rounds of caravan
racing and a round of musical carpets being held. There were some excellent caravans, the one made by Neil
Greenhalgh was judged to be the best but it proved to be a little unstable at
speed. Wayne Moodys giant sledge was by
far the largest vehicle, his speed controller was not quite up to getting
things moving however resulting in a cloud of smoke which no doubt burnt a hole
in his pocket. Robert Arthur was up to
his usual trick of borrowing a spare caravan from Mike Simpson and then setting
about beating everybody by taking the “fastest caravan” prize. May be there will be a constructors prize
next year! Kriss Collier took the award
for the most spectacular jump over the ramp and there were lots of raffle
prizes – thanks to Brian Dyche for organizing and to everyone who donated a
prize. There was plenty to eat
including mince pies and a free drink to wash them down with.
See the photo gallery for pictures.
SUPERLEAGUE 2004
With all six rounds completed
Robert Arthur was the winner in the modified class, followed by Mike
Simpson. The stock class was very close
with Kriss Collier taking the league title from the leader after five rounds
Tim Reed. In the mini class Steve Dyche
was the victor displacing Steve Taylor-Maxwell down into second place. There were prizes for Stock, Modified and
Mini classes
WEB SITE
Don’t forget to check our
site at www.burtonbuggyclub.co.uk
it is updated on Thursday evening of each week with the latest results.