Motor Sport
Liam MacDonald of Invercargill took the Southland Sports Car Club Champions Trophy for the ninth time at the club’s 2021/2022 prizegiving at Teretonga Park on Monday night.
MacDonald had another successful season in both ClubSport and Race Championship events to take the club’s top honour. He won his first Club Championship in 2013 and 2017 is the only year he has failed to win it since then.
MacDonald won the Keith McFadzien Trophy for the Motorkhana Championship and the SSCC Speed Trophy for winning the Sprint Championship. He won the Stresscrete 1601cc & over Speed Trophy in ClubSport and took the coveted Warren Robbie Memorial Trophy for winning the overall ClubSport Championship. In the Race Championship he was runner-up in both the 2501cc & over class and the Flying Farewell Championship and was third in the overall Race Championship, results that gave him his ninth Club Championship.
Craig Allan of Invercargill was the runner-up in the Club Championship after a strong ClubSport campaign finishing runner-up in the Motorkhana Championship, third in the Sprint Championship and runner-up in the overall ClubSport Championship.
Josh Cooper took the Discount Tyres 0-1600cc Speed Trophy after placing third in the Motorkhana Championship, second in the Sprint Championship and third overall in the ClubSport Championship.
His mother, Cindy Cooper, won the Ladies Trophy for the first time after finishing fifth overall in the Club Championship in a real family affair with son Josh and husband Greg third and fourth respectively.
The Junior Driver Of The Year was Invercargill’s Alex Crosbie who finished third in the South Island F1600 Championship and second in class before going on to take the New Zealand Formula Ford Championship as well as his class title and the Rookie Of The Year title.
In the race awards Jordan Michels of Invercargill scooped most of the awards after going through the season unbeaten, taking the Noel McIntyre Drainage Trophy for the Race Championship from Dunedin’s Brian Scott and MacDonald, the Erskine Flying Farewell Trophy from MacDonald and Scott and the Auto Centre Trophy for the 2501cc & over class again from MacDonald and Scott.
Wayne Elliott took the Maxis Projects Trophy for the 1601-2500cc Class from Todd Blackmun with Warren Kett and Andrew Lawrie tied for third.
Husband and wife Rick and Fiona Michels from Evolution Motorsport were awarded the Keith Douglas Memorial Trophy Distinguished Service Award for the support, dedication and effort they have put into motorsport in the south over many years.
Brendan Sheehy was the recipient of the Mack’s Panel & Paint Trophy for Marshall Of The Year, recognition of a multitude of tasks he undertakes while Wendy Jenks took the R B Munro Trophy, an award she had previously shared in 1984, this time particularly for her efforts in dealing with the many extra challenges of her volunteer role due to Covid requirements over the past twelve months.
Mark Wilkinson of Perpetual Guardian Trust attended the prizegiving to announce the winner of the first ever Peter H McMillan Legacy Award based on a legacy fund created by long-time volunteer Peter McMillan who passed away in 2020. The Legacy Fund is administered by Perpetual Guardian and the first recipients were Jordan Michels and Alex Crosbie.
Recognition Awards went to Southland Honda, Jim Bates Contracting, Noel McIntyre Drainage, Power Farming Southland and SouthRoads.
SOUTHLAND SPORTS CAR CLUB INC PRIZE GIVING 2021/2022
CLUBSPORT AWARDS:
MOTORKHANA CHAMPION Keith McFadzien Trophy:
1st Liam MacDonald
2nd Craig Allan
3rd Josh Cooper
SPRINT CHAMPION SSCC Speed Trophy:
1st Liam MacDonald
2nd Josh Cooper
3rd Craig Allan
DISCOUNT TYRES 0 – 1600cc SPEED TROPHY:
1st Josh Cooper
STRESSCRETE 1601cc & OVER SPEED TROPHY:
1st Liam MacDonald
CLUBSPORT CHAMPION Warren Robbie Memorial Trophy:
1st Liam MacDonald (992.83)
2nd Craig Allan (952.03)
3rd Josh Cooper (943.81)
RACE AWARDS:
1601-2500cc Maxis Projects Ltd Trophy:
1st Wayne Elliott
2nd Todd Blackmun
3rd = Warren Kett/Andrew Lawrie
2501cc & over Auto Centre Trophy:
1st Jordan Michels
2nd Liam MacDonald
3rd Brian Scott
FLYING FAREWELL CHAMPION Erskine Flying Farewell Trophy:
1st Jordan Michels
2nd Liam MacDonald
3rd Brian Scott
JUNIOR DRIVER Ladies Committee Trophy:
Alex Crosbie
LADIES CHAMPION SSCC Club Championship Ladies Trophy:
Cindy Cooper
RACE CHAMPION Noel McIntyre Trophy:
1st Jordan Michels
2nd Brian Scott
3rd Liam MacDonald
RUNNER UP – CLUB CHAMPION SSCC Club Champion Runner Up Trophy:
Craig Allan
SSCC CLUB CHAMPION SSCC Club Champions Trophy:
Liam MacDonald
WORKERS AWARD R B Munro Trophy:
Wendy Jenks
MARSHALL OF THE YEAR Macks Panel & Paint Trophy:
Brendan Sheehy
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD Keith Douglas Memorial Trophy:
Rick & Fiona Michels, Evolution Motorsport
Recognition Awards:
Southland Honda
Jim Bates Contracting
Noel McIntyre Drainage
Power Farming Southland
SouthRoads