Liam MacDonald was crowned Club Champion at the Southland Sports Car Club Annual Prizegiving at Teretonga Park on Monday night. It was the fifth time MacDonalddd had won the Southland Sports Car Club Champions Trophy after winning it four times in succession from 2013 before finishing runner-up last year.

Liam MacDonald with some of the blink from club awards. Photo: Photo: Alan King

It capped off a superb season for the 20-year-old. He won the Noel McIntyre Trophy for winning the club’s Race Championship, the Auto Centre Trophy in the 2501cc & over Race class and finished second in the Flying Farewell Championship while in Clubsport he won the Keith McFadzien Trophy for the Motorkhana Championship, finished second in the Sprint Championship and runner-up overall in the Clubsport Championship. The club also marked his second straight NZ Touring Cars Class 2 Championship with an Outstanding Achievement Award.

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Club Championship runner-up Andrew Lawrie. Photo: Alan King

Andrew Lawrie was the runner-up in the Club Championship. Lawrie, a clubsport competitor, won the Warren Robbie Memorial Trophy for winning the Clubsport Championship and the SSCC Speed Trophy in the Sprint Championship and was runner-up in the Motorkhana Championship. Lawrie also won the Stresscrete 1601cc & over Speed Trophy.

Lawrie’s wife Rachel was also acknowledged with an Outstanding Achievement Award recognising her efforts in winning the Women’s Trophy at the New Zealand Clubsport Championships in Christchurch during the season. She also took the Club’s Ladies Championship for the season.

MacDonald’s full haul of silverware from Monday night’s Southland Sports Car Club 2017/2018 season prize giving. Photo: Alan King

Other class winners in the race championship were Club President Rachael Beck of Invercargill who won the Arrow International Trophy for the 1601-2500cc class, Dayle Kirby of Winton, who took the Nebulite Windows & Doors Trophy for the 1301-1600cc class as well as the Howard Kingsford-Smith Trophy for the Most Improved Driver. Todd Blackmun of Invercargill won the Turntru Machining Trophy for the 0-1300cc class for the fourth year in a row. In the Sports & Racing Car Class Gregory Scott of Dunedin won both the Harold Williams Memorial Trophy for the Overall Championship and the Evolution Motorsport Trophy for the Flying Farewell Championship.

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Others to receive awards on the night were Travis McPherson who took the Discount Tyres 0-1600cc Speed Trophy, Joshua Cooper who won the Ladies Committee Trophy for Junior Driver Of The Year and Jeremy Dawson the Erskine Flying Farewell Trophy.

Two volunteers who constantly go above and beyond were also acknowledged with awards. Greg McLeod won the RB Munro Workers Award Trophy for the season and Bernard Mathews won the Macks Panel & Paint Trophy for Marshall Of The Year.

Life Member Allan Batt was the latest to join the illustrious names on the Keith Douglas Memorial Distinguished Service Award Trophy. Batt, a member of the Southland Sports Car Club for over 40 years has served on every committee, was President for two years and was awarded Life Membership in 2002. He has fulfilled many other roles within the club and continues to do so to this day.

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SOUTHLAND SPORTS CAR CLUB INC

PRIZE GIVING 2017/2018

CLUBSPORT AWARDS

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MOTORKHANA CHAMPION – Keith McFadzien Trophy

1^st Liam MacDonald
2^nd Andrew Lawrie
3^rd Jeremy Lennon

SPRINT CHAMPION – SSCC Speed Trophy

1^st Andrew Lawrie
2^nd Liam MacDonald
3^rd Travis McPherson

DISCOUNT TYRES 0 – 1600cc SPEED TROPHY

1^st Travis McPherson

STRESSCRETE 1601cc & OVER SPEED TROPHY

1^stAndrew Lawrie

CLUBSPORT CHAMPION – Warren Robbie Memorial Trophy

1^st Andrew Lawrie
2^nd Liam MacDonald
3^rd Jeremy Lennon

RACE AWARDS

SPORTS & RACING CHAMPION – Harold Williams Memorial Trophy

1^stGregory Scott
2^nd Jordan Michels
3^rd Robin Williams

FLYING FAREWELL CHAMPION – Evolution Motorsport Trophy

1^st Gregory Scott
2^nd Jordan Michels
3^rd Greg Millane

RACE CLASSES

0-1300cc Turntru Machining Trophy

1^st Todd Blackmun
2^nd Wal Willmott
3^rd Jordan Michels

1301-1600cc – Nebulite Windows & Doors Trophy

1^st Dayle Kirby
2^nd Andrew Muir
3^rd Jeremy Dawson

1601-2500cc – Arrow International Trophy

1^st Rachael Beck
2^nd Wayne Elliott
3^rd Olivia Beck-Graham

2501cc & over – Auto Centre Trophy

1^st Liam MacDonald
2^nd Ian McKenzie
3^rd Jeremy Dawson

FLYING FAREWELL CHAMPION – Erskine Flying Farewell Trophy

1^st Jeremy Dawson
2^nd Liam MacDonald
3^rd Andrew Muir

MOST IMPROVED DRIVER – Howard Kingsford-Smith Trophy

Dayle Kirby

JUNIOR DRIVER – Ladies Committee Trophy

Joshua Cooper

LADIES CHAMPION – SSCC Club Championship Ladies Trophy

Rachel Lawrie

RACE CHAMPION Noel McIntyre Trophy

1^st Liam MacDonald

2^nd Todd Blackmun

3^rd Wal Willmott

RUNNER UP – CLUB CHAMPION – SSCC Club Champion Runner Up Trophy

Andrew Lawrie

SSCC CLUB CHAMPION – SSCC Club Champions Trophy

Liam MacDonald

WORKERS AWARD – R B Munro Trophy

Greg McLeod

MARSHALL OF THE YEAR – Macks Panel & Paint Trophy

Bernard Mathews

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD – Keith Douglas Memorial Trophy

Allan Batt

Outstanding Achievement

Liam MacDonald – NZ Touring Cars Class 2 Champion
Rachel Lawrie – NZ Ladies Champion – ClubSport

Certificates of Appreciation

ICC – Iconic Events
Mr Murray Pfeifer
Invercargill Licensing Trust
ILT Foundation
Community Trust of Southland
Mark Purdue
SouthRoads

Liam MacDonald Rounds Off Season with Club Championship

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