Curborough Championship

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 7

Results Round 7

The SDCC July figure of 8 event saw a full entry, and the glorious summer continued.
The Junior Sa class saw a win for Will Horton in the Smart Roadster, from Jessica Harris in the Suzuki Swift.
Sa, had a win for Richard Banks in the MGZR, with the Smart Roadster of Jack Twomey second and John Denman third in his ZR. Fourth was the Suzuki Swift of Stacey Harris.  
Class Sb saw a close win for Jenson Butlin from Dad Glynn in the family C2VTS by 0.14sec.
Paul Glendenning took the win in his Clio Sport in Sc, from Chris Denyer’s Proton and Dave Parry’s MGTF160, 2^nd and 3^rd respectively.
The small capacity road going Class 1a saw a win for Steve Barrow in the Eco boost Fiesta, with the Mini of Graham Harvey in second. Another Eco boost Fiesta of Martin Domleo was third and the Mini of Julian Fishwick fourth.      
In 1B Mike Gardiner continued to tear up the record book with another new one, in his Clio Sport. Second was Matt Dooner in the MX5, and third Alex Bold in his Fiat Abarth595.    
Championship newcomer Dave Atkinson took the Class 1c win in his Yaris GR4, with Anthony Ashcroft’s BMW Mini Cooper S 2^nd, and Liam Meredith a close 3^rd in the BMW Z4.  Ivor Williams Yaris GR was 4^th just ahead of Paul Meredith’s enthusiastically driven BMW325i.
In Class 2b John Caldicott claimed the win in his Caterham, with the Westfield Seiw’s of Justin Rancins, Paul Evans and Simon Price, a close 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th respectively.
A 3 Mini dice in 3a went to Warwick Barber from David Spaull, with Richard Raybould 3^rd.
Adrian Crawley’s Peugeot GTI won the class 3b scrap from ever improving Dan Whitman’s Nova,  with Mark Williams’s Clio third.   
3C had a win for Charlotte Ward in the MX5 Turbo from co driver Dad, Andrew in second. Mike White forgot he was supposed to be tyre warming for Stuart Hadley in his supercharged MX5 and just nicked third place off him!   

Mark Williams took FTD in the Westfield Megabusa with a time of 58.12sec.

With 7 rounds gone, the Championship top 6 are as below:

1. 124.5 points                Mike Gardiner              Clio Sport                               1b
2. 116.5 points                Steve Barrow              Fiesta Eco Boost                     1a
3. 115.5points                 Charlotte Ward           MX5 Turbo                              3c
4. 114.5 points                Justin Rancins             Westfield Siew                        2b
5. 110.5 points                John Denman              MGZR105                                Sa
6. 109 points                   Andrew Ward             MX5 Turbo                              3c

With a short break until the MGCC August 2nd event to fettle your cars, make sure you remember to get your entries in for the final 4 rounds of the Championship early to help the clubs, even if you delay payment, as at the moment the entries are low!

NOTE: Please refer to the separate note on the website page regarding points scoring changes in the Junior and Sa classes.

  Hope to see as many of you as possible at the remaining  4 events, starting at MGCC on Aug 2nd,  

                                                                                                                    Steve Wood  

Report and Results Round 6

Results Round 6

The Owen MC Graham Hill Sprint saw a similar entry to last year’s event with 50, and the weather certainly played ball. The Owen MC classic car club members were a great attraction. As per this years’ Championship regulations all timed runs counted for Championship points.

The standard car classes as usual got the meeting started, with a Class Sa MGZR dice and a win for John Denman from Vicky Kemp in her second ever event. The Adam Slam of Andy Jones took 3rd.  

Class Sb saw the family C2VTS scrap go to Jenson Butlin, from Dad Glynn for a change this year.

Paul Glendenning won class Sc in his Clio Sport beating the two MX5’s. 

The smaller road going Class 1a, saw a win and new Class Record for Steve Barrow in the Ecoboost Fiesta, with the mini’s of Tom Bishop and Graham Harvey 2^nd and 3^rd respectively.      

For the third event in a row Mike Gardiner’s Clio Sport set a new class record in 1b up to 2.0L  Class, with Alex Bold second in his Fiat Abarth.    

A huge 1C class entry, had the Porsche Cayman of Lee Bradford sealing the win, ahead of Anthony Ashcroft’s BMW Mini Cooper S. Third and fourth respectively were the Caymans of  Ian Poole and Nick Pollitt. Liam Meredith’s BMW Z4 took 5^th, with the ever improving Yaris GR4 of Ivor Williams was 6^th, and the ever entertaining 325i of Paul Meridith 7^th!

In Class 3a the Mod prod Mini battle went to Warwick Barber, from Alan Henley in second, and Richard Raybould in third.

Dan Whitman claimed a 2^nd place in his first outing of the year in the Nova, behind the Scirocco of Ian Carvell in the larger mod prod class, 3b.  

In 3C, Michael Jackson returned with a win and PB in the Porsche 911, (and the Best presented car Award), even though it still needs a suspension set up! Charlotte Ward took 2^nd from Dad Andrew in the shared MX5 turbo, and also claimed the Ladies Award.

Mike White took FTD in his Empire 1100 on his only run, just before engine issues sadly ended his event early, with a 52.04sec run.

With 5 rounds remaining, the Championship top 6 are as below:

1. 103.5 points                   Mike Gardiner                 Clio Sport                                      1b
2. 96.5 points                      Steve Barrow                 Fiesta                                              1a
3. 95.5 points                      Justin Rancins               Westfield Seiw                                 2b
4. 95.5 points                      Charlotte Ward             MX5 Turbo                                      3c
5. 90 points                           Andrew  Ward                MX5 Turbo                                  3c
6. 88.5 points                      John Denman                MGZR105                                       Sa

With a short break until the next SDCC round on July 5^th,  the remaining 5 events are all still looking to get a few more entries, so please get those entries in early to support the clubs that have supported the Championship for over 20 years and avoid any other clubs considering cancellations.   

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 4

Results Round 4

The first SDCC round of the season attracted an original entry of 71, but there were unfortunately around 10 late cancellations. Weather was mixed, to say the least!
It was great to see 4 of our 5 Championship Junior competitors entered into the meeting.
Class Sa saw a second win for the Smart roadster of Will Horton, with the MGZR’s of Jack Twomey, Richard Banks and John Denman 2^nd , 3^rd and 4^th respectively. Jessica Harris bought her Suzuki Swift home in 5^th.  
Class Sb saw a win for Glynn Butlin in the Citroen C2VTS, again usurping co driver Jenson for the second meeting in a row.
Steve Barrow won the Fiesta eco-boost scrap in 1A from venerable Octogenarian, Martin Domleo, with the Mini of Julian Fishwick in third in his first outing of the year.     
For the second event in a row, Mike Gardiner in his Clio Sport broke the class record in 1B, taking the win from Matt Dooners MX5 .    
Largest Class of the day saw Anthony Ashcroft’s Mini Cooper S taking the win from the ever improving Yaris GR of Ivor Williams. Sibling rivals Liam and Paul Meredith were 3^rd and 4^th respectively in their Z4 and 323i’s. 5^th was the Audi A3 of Richard Collins, and 6^th, our only Diesel competitor, Mike  Perkins in his Focus St.
In the 5 car Class 2b the Westfields of Justin Rancins and Simon Price took first and second, with Simon’s co driver Paul Evans third, and the Caterham of John Caldicott fourth.
Championship interloper Ian Carvell in the Scirocco just held off Adrian Crawley’s 205GTI in the 2.0L Mod Prod Class, with Adrian’s co driver, Dad David in 3^rd .
4 cancellations in 3C decimated the class and saw Charlotte Ward taking the win from Dad Andrew in the family MX5 Turbo.
Chris Horton won a 3 car FF1600 class, and Championship sponsor, Mike White took the FTD in his new Empire with a 52.72sec run.
With four rounds gone, the Championship top 5 are:

1. 82.5 points                      Mike Gardiner                 Clio Sport                                        1b
2. 79 points                         Will Horton                     Smart Roadster                                Sa
3. 78.5 points                      Justin Rancins                  Westfield  Seiw                                3c
4. 78 points                         Jack Twomey                   MGZR 105                                        Sa
5. 76.5 points                      Charlotte Ward               MX5  turbo                                       3c

Sadly with S&HMC having to cancel the May 31^st event due to low entries, the next round is the Owen MC Graham Hill sprint on June 14^th. The Owen event could still do with some more entries to make it really viable, but the Club has agreed to run it to support the Championship, so please get your entries in.   

    Hope to see as many of you as possible at the Owen MC event, on June 14^th ,  

                                                                                                                   Steve Wood  

Report & Results Round 3

Results Round 3

The BMMC April Figure of Eight event attracted an entry of 51, and again some great weather.
Class Sa got the meeting underway with the closest result of the day, a win for William Horton in the Smart Roadster, from Jack Twomey in his MGZR by 0.01sec!. Richard Banks was 3^rd and John Denman 4^th in their MGZR’s, with newcomer Andrew Jones 5^th in his Vauxhall Adam Slam ( his wife’s shopping car he says!).  
Steve Barrow snatched the win in Class 1A  in his Eco Boost Fiesta on the final run, from the Mini of Graham Harvey in second, by 0.06secs, both of them just under the old Class Record!     
Another Class record was “smashed” in 1b by the Clio Sport of Mike Gardiner, taking nearly 1.5 seconds off the old Honda S2000 record! Second was the MX5 of Matt Dooner.   
Lee Bradford took the win in 1C in the Porsche Cayman with Andrew Webb’s MX5 second, and Lee’s co driver in the Porsche, Ian Poole, third. Fourth was the Yaris GR of Ivor Williams.
Simon Price claimed first in 2B, from co driver Paul Evans, with Justin Rancins 3^rd, all in Westfields.
David Whiteley won the Elise scrap in 2L from Mark Sturman in 2nd.
A close, 3 car, MX5 turbo Class 1C, went to Charlotte Ward, from Stuart Hadley, with Andrew Ward third.
John Bradburn took the win from co driver Colin Quigley in the Radical in the Libre Class.
Chris Horton won his family FF1600 scrap again from Ewan in the Van Diemen RF88.
FTD went to the Empire of Mike White with a time of 52.49.
Mike Scoins received the best presented car Award for his Period Defined Class MGBGT.

With 3 rounds down, the Championship top 6 are:

1. 61.5 points                  Mike Gardiner              Clio Sport                               1b
2. 59.5 points                  Lee Bradford               Porsche Cayman                    1c
3. 59 points                     Jack Twomey               MGZR105                                Sa
4. 58.5 points                  Justin Rancins             Westfield                                 2b
5. 58 =                            Charlotte Ward           MX5 Turbo                              3c

     58 =                               William Horton            Smart Roadster                       Sa

Sadly as this bulletin goes out we have to report that the S&HMC event on May 31^st has had to be cancelled as it was well down on entry numbers at only 22, which with all the costs involved would probably have been about a £2500 loss for the club.

The Championship will, as in the regulations still be best 7 to count, but now from the 10 events, not the original 11.

Just to remind all entrants that getting entry forms in early, even if you delay payment, is really important for the clubs to get an early idea of whether the meetings are viable on numbers. This is being repeated around the country at race meetings as well as speed events.

Hope to see as many of you as possible at Round 4, the SDCC event, on May 17th, which does have a very good entry,

                                                                                                           Steve Wood  

Report and Results Round 2

Results to Round 2

The S&HMC April 2 lap Sprint attracted an entry of 51 following a couple of cancellations and the sun came out to play – all day!
Unfortunately start line timing beam issues meant a slight delay to practice, but with efficient running throughout the day by the club, everyone had the chance of 4 timed runs, which this year all count to Championship points of course, rather than just the first two.
Jack Twomey took the win in Sa in his MGZR, with the Smart Roadster of William Horton second and the other MGZR of John Denman 3^rd.            
Class Sb saw Glynn Butlin in the Citroen C2 VTS beating son Jenson into second for a change.
Paul Glendenning took the win in Sc in the battle of the Clio Sports with David Goodlad.     
Championship newcomer Mike Gardiner took the win in 1b in his well driven Clio Sport, with Jamie Yapp second in his MX5. Probably an interesting drive home in the family MGZR as son Fred, beat Dad Lee Willars for third by 0.06sec!  
In the largest Class of the day, 1c, the win went to the Cayman of Lee Bradford from Anthony Ashcroft’s BMW Mini Cooper S. Liam Meredith’s BMWZ4 clinched 3^rd, while his Brother Paul tried an unsuccessful short cut behind the molehill in his 325i. (joker laps not allowed)!
Class 2b fell to Justin Rancins in his Westfield, from the Caterham’s of Chris Bramall and John Caldicott, 2^nd and 3^rd respectively.
A good Mini scrap in the small mod prods class went to Warwick Barber, from Karl Dickinson with Richard Raybould third.
The over 2.0L Mod Prod class was an MX5 1,2,3 with Charlotte Ward taking the win from Stuart Hadley in second and Andrew Ward third.
John Bradburn returned to the Championship with a win in the Libre class win in his Radical from his co-driver Colin Quigley.
Nice to see a couple of Period Defined cars out with Stuart Gadd’s 911 taking the class from the MGBGT of Mike Scoins.
After a rapid rebuild following his engine failure at the first round, where the car threw it’s pistons into a galaxy far away, Mike White’s Empire struck back, with FTD in a time of 51.23.     
With two rounds down, Championship entries are up to 70, 9 more entrants than last year’s total. A reminder to PLEASE get your entries in early, even if you delay payment, to avoid clubs considering having to make early decisions to cancel meetings if indications are that entries are too low.  
With the Championship entries now up to 68, after 2 rounds the top 5 are:

1. = 40.5 points               Mike Gardiner              Clio Sport                               1b
   = 40.5 points               Justin Rancins              Westifield                                2b

1. 40 points                     Jack Twomey              MGZR 105                               Sa
2. 39.5 points                  Lee Bradford               Porsche Cayman                     1c

5. 39 points                     Charlotte Ward           MX5  T                                     3c

Hope to see as many of you as possible at Round 3, the BMMC event, on May 9th, which is still short of entries as we post this result sheet and bulletin.

                                                                                                          Steve Wood  

2026 SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 1 

Results Round 1

The 28^th year of the Championship kicked off with a nice day at the MGCC event, but then it decided to get really changeable! A great entry of 76 for the single lap event and our first event in our first championship year where instead of just the first two, every timed run counts There was a great Championship turn out of 40 entrants, including 4 of our 5 junior competitors ( All of whom were younger than the cars they were competing in!).
A well supported Class Sa, kicked off the meeting with a win for Jack Twomey in his MGZR, from junior newcomer William Horton in his Smart roadster. Richard Banks and John Denman, in MGZR’s were 3^rd and 4^th respectively with another junior newcomer, Aiden Ingram claiming 5^th in his MGZR.  It is a great class this year with another junior taking 6^th, Ethan West, in his Matiz, looking to following Grandad Dave’s illustrious footsteps!
Class 1a, saw a win for the Eco boost of Steve Barrow, accused of being a “weather whisperer” for getting the best of the weather on each run, from Graham Harvey 2nd in his 1380 Mini, with the Fiat 500 of Gordon Peters 3^rd .
Class 1b saw the win go to Mike Gardiner in his Clio Sport, from Fred Willars in the MGZR160.
Championship interloper Razvan Rosca in his BMW M4 took 1^st in Class 1C, from Lee Bradford in the Porsche Cayman, with Anthony Ashcroft claiming 3rd in his BMW Mini Cooper S. Just hundredth of a second split brothers Paul and Liam Meredith in 4^th and 5^th in their BMW 325 and Z4 respectively!
Class 2B saw a Westfield one , two, with Justin Rancins taking the win from Simon Price.
3A Mod prods win went to Howard Cottrell in his new MG Midget with the Minis of Roy Bolderson and Richard Raybould 2^nd and 3^rd respectively.
Class 3b Mod prods had all 3 cars with in 0.08 sec! But the win went to Tom Harding in the Golf as Mark Williams’ one hundredth faster time had a cone penalty to be added!
Andrew Ward started the season with a win in the MX5 turbo in 3C with daughter Charlotte second and collecting the Ladies Award too.
With championship sponsor, Mike White’s new Empire sadly having a massive engine failure on his first run, it left the door open for the Lyam Ulyatt in his new Radical to get FTD, with a time of 33.32.
The Championship organisers would like to say, a BIG thank you to Mike White of Optimal Graphics, and Paul Green Jewellers for their continued sponsorship for the 2026 Season.

We currently have 63 entries in the Championship to date, slightly up on last seasons’ final total!

IMPORTANT NOTE ; Most of the events regs and entry forms are now on the website, or there is a link to them.

It is REALLY important to get entry forms in early, ( paying by cheque or delayed BACS if you need to spread the season costs),  to avoid any possibility of Clubs  perhaps cancelling events. Clubs would prefer you to put an entry in and just delay the payment a while, to give them an idea of numbers well before the closing dates, if you can.

The next two rounds, S&HMC and BMMC, are currently still taking entries and could do with a few more for instance.

Hope to see many of you at the S&HMC event on Sunday April 26^th,

                                                                                    Steve Wood