RALLY CLUB CELEBRATES SUCCESSFUL SEASON

Seventy members of the island’s motor sport fraternity were honoured at the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Annual Prizegiving on Saturday evening (November 20); awards included return tickets to the UK and all-inclusive ‘staycation’ weekends at the Sea Breeze Beach Hotel, presented by Beverley Layne, marketing co-ordinator of Virgin Atlantic, title sponsor of the BRC Driver’s and Class Championships.

Club officials, meanwhile, celebrated an unexpectedly successful season. In his address, BRC Chairman Geoff Noel said: “This has been without a doubt one of our best years; considering that it was during a world-wide depression, that says a lot for our Club and its members.” PRO Neil Barnard added: “This year, we had 250 different competitors in Club events and 400 paid-up memberships . . . something any club in any sport could be proud of.”

Among the evening’s awardees were marshals, whose voluntary commitment to the sport was praised by Noel, Barnard and Mud Dogs Chairman Leslie Alleyne. The contribution of long-standing marshals David Carter, David Cumberbatch, Ricardo Patrick and Timothy Wells was acknowledged with trophies, while another eight volunteers were rewarded in outstanding and rookie marshal categories.

Roger Hill and Graham Gittens were crowned Virgin Atlantic BRC Driver’s Champions, while Barry Gale and Cherie Edghill collected the awards as Overall Class Champions. In the Mud Dogs Safari Championship, Ryan Corbin claimed the Sextant Challenge Trophy as Champion Navigator and Dustin Edwards the Peter Farmer Memorial Trophy as Champion Driver, while Omar Boodhoo and Jamal Brathwaite were joint winners of the Autocross Championship.

Barbados Rally Club Annual Prizegiving
Balls Plantation, Christ Church
Saturday, November 20, 2010

List of Award Winners

Virgin Atlantic BRC Driver’s Championship
The Champions received two return Premium Economy tickets to the UK, courtesy of Virgin Atlantic; each driver and co-driver received glassware trophies

Champions: Roger Hill/Graham Gittens (Esso/Nassco/MotorMac Toyota Corolla WRC), 137 points
2nd Paul Bourne/Stuart Maloney (Banks/Chefette/LIME/Virgin Atlantic Ford Focus WRC 07), 110pts
3rd Roger Skeete/Louis Venezia (Virgin Atlantic/Da Costa Mannings Auto Centre/Michelin/Warrens Motors Subaru Impreza WRC S12), 92pts
4th John Powell - TDAD/Michael March - JAM (Shell Helix Subaru Impreza WRC S12), 86pts
5th Ian Warren/Robert Warren (Automotive Art/Shell V-Power/Simpson Motors Suzuki Swift), 81pts
6th Barry Gale/Cherie Edghill (redlinefuels.com/Autolink/Maxi Malta/Rockstar Energy Drink/Metal Craft Works/Weetabix/Bella Beauty Supply Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX), 78pts
7th Geoffrey Noel/Kreigg Yearwood (Globe Finance Inc/Mix 96.9/Sentry Insurance Brokers/Dewalt Tools/Automotive Art/Ezone Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX), 61pts
8th Josh Read/Mark Jordan (Automotive Art/Baram Services Toyota Starlet), 58pts
9th Mark Hamilton/Clive Howell (Automotive Art/PowerMaster Batteries/Consolidated Finance/Valvoline Oil/Kumho Tires Ford Escort MkII), 53pts
10th Dean Serrao/Sean Abed (Amalgamated Security Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX), 39pts

Highest-placed driver of a two-wheel-drive car – Ian Warren
Highest-placed female competitor – Cherie Edghill

Virgin Atlantic BRC Class Championship - Overall
The Champions received two return Economy tickets to the UK, courtesy of Virgin Atlantic; each driver and co-driver received glassware trophies

Champions: Gale/Edghill, 148pts
2nd Warren/Warren, 141pts
3rd Hamilton/Howell, 140pts

Virgin Atlantic BRC Class Championship
Each Class Champion received an all-inclusive weekend for four at the Sea Breeze Beach Hotel, courtesy of Virgin Atlantic; each driver received glassware trophies

Modified 8-WRC – Champion: Hill, 117pts; 2nd Bourne, 112pts; 3rd Skeete, 89pts
M8-A – Champion: Michael Worme (Cot Media Group/Dingolay/Speedline Performance Auto/Ullyetts Machine Shop Service/Slowboy Racing Subaru Impreza STi), 46pts; 2nd Avinash Chatrani (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI), 16pts; 3rd Kirk Watkins (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V), 13pts
Production 4 – Champion: Gale, 148pts; 2nd Noel, 127pts; 3rd Serrao, 64pts
SuperModified 11 – Champion: Hamilton, 140pts; 2nd Sammy Cumberbatch (F Taylor Insurance/Williams Industries/AutoLink BMW M3), 69pts; 3rd Owen Cumberbatch (Combo Auto Parts and Service BMW M3), 57pts
SM10 – Champion: Warren, 141pts; 2nd Eric Allamby (Shelbury Construction Mitsubishi Lancer), 45pts; 3rd Logan Watson (The Unknown Entity/Corbz Workz/Big John’s Ford Escort MkI), 40pts
SM9 – Champion: Josh Read (Automotive Art/Baram Services Toyota Starlet), 124pts; 2nd Neil Armstrong (Pit Bull Energy Drink/Hankook/Gunk/Electric Avenue Toyota Starlet), 80pts; 3rd Neil Corbin (Nassco/Jason Jones/Auto Solutions Toyota Starlet), 73pts
M7 – Champion: Freddie Gale (Gale’s Hatcheries/redlinefuels.com/Nassco Toyota Corolla RunX), 131pts; 2nd John Corbin (Corbins Garage/Klark-Odio/Automotive Art Toyota Corolla), 69pts; 3rd Kyle Catwell (Chicken Pen Racing/Cutters of Barbados/Carib/Freekz Customz/Auto Plus Motors Volkswagen Golf GTI), 67pts
M6 – Champion: Jamal Brathwaite (M6 AM Electrical/FG Wilson/Ellesmere Quarries/Meridian Windows/Carib/D2 Suspension/Starfish Designs/Valvoline/Freekz Customz/Auto Plus Motors Mitsubishi Mirage RS), 118pts; 2nd Edward Corbin (M6 Automotive Art/Klark-Odio/Corbins Garage Daihatsu Charmant); 3rd Sean Cox (M5 Simpson Motors Suzuki Swift), 85pts
P3 – Champion: Sean T Field (Field Insurance Brokers/Castrol/Ackee Tree/AM Realty Services/Landscapes in Harmony Peugeot 306), 49pts
P2 – Champion: Fabien Clarke (Barbados Business Listings/Crimson Jade/RCR Tours/Bovell Auto Repair/Big P Customs Brokers/De Fx-Bar Suzuki Ignis Sport), 94pts; 2nd Simon Gillmore (Peugeot 106), 20pts; 3rd Conor Roach (Peugeot 106), 16pts

Mud Dogs BRC Safari Championship
The Champion Navigator received the Sextant Challenge Trophy and a clock; the Champion Driver received the Peter Farmer Memorial Trophy and a clock; the Champions also received a gift certificate for $1,200 to be used against a set of tyres from MAXXIS, plus an all-inclusive weekend for four at Sea Breeze Beach Hotel, courtesy of Virgin Atlantic; second and third navigator and driver each received a clock

Champion Navigator: Ryan Corbin (Blockman/SDRR Hydraulic and Industrial Spares/Crane & Equipment Toyota Hilux), 236 points
2nd Wayne Clarke (Toyota Hilux), 226pts
3rd Derek Edwards (SDRR Hydraulic and Industrial Spares/Joe Brooker's Building Toyota Hilux), 222pts
Champion Driver: Dustin Edwards (Blockman/SDRR Hydraulic and Industrial Spares/Crane & Equipment Toyota Hilux), 236 points
2nd Chris Armstrong (Toyota Hilux), 226pts
3rd Damien Brooker (SDRR Hydraulic and Industrial Spares/Joe Brooker's Building Toyota Hilux), 222pts

Highest-placed Female Navigator
Joan Alleyne Memorial Trophy – Renata Roett

Novices
The Champions each received an all-inclusive weekend for two at Sea Breeze Beach Hotel, courtesy of Virgin Atlantic; each driver and navigator received an acrylic trophy

Champion Novice Navigator: Andre Murrell (Suzuki Samurai), 182pts
2nd Darnley Rayside (Electric Avenue/Pitbull Energy Drink/Ace Engineering Land Rover Discovery), 176pts
3rd Gary Mendes (LG Trading/Lunatics Inc Mitsubishi Pajero iO), 138pts
Champion Novice Driver: Ben Norris (Electric Avenue/Pitbull Energy Drink/Ace Engineering Land Rover Discovery), 192pts
2nd Adrian Sinckler (Suzuki Samurai), 182pts
3rd Simon Parravicino (Sweet Temptations inc Toyota Hilux), 136pts

BRC Autocross
Each driver received an acrylic tropy

Joint Champions: Omar Boodhoo & Jamal Brathwaite, 29pts
2nd Fabian Clarke, 27pts
3rd Jason Downey, 24pts

Special awards
Rookie Award, a voucher for $1000 donated by Automotive Art – Marc-Lee Bascombe
Golden Turkey Award – Spencer Hutchinson
Richard Roett Memorial Trophy, sponsored by Nassco – Jamal Brathwaite

Marshals Awards
Each marshal received a glassware trophy

Long-standing Marshal: David Carter, David Cumberbatch, Ricardo Patrick; Timothy Wells (Mud Dogs events)
Most Outstanding Marshal: Cherie Moore, David Russell, Natalie Toppin; Sean Gibbs (Mud Dogs events)
Rookie Marshal: Kristen Chandler, Victor Skinner, Omar Watson; Kyle Proverbs (Mud Dogs events)

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