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.
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