Curborough Championship

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 3

Results to Round 3

The regular BMMC May event was the third round of the Championship and attracted 50 Championship entrants in it’s full entry, although there were a few late cancellations. Great weather accompanied the day, with out of date, pre-covid purchased sun screen required!

A Class of 8 MGZR’s in Sa got the meeting started with a close win for Les Wilson from Jack Twomey in second, David Owen third,  and Mike Smith fourth.

A slightly smaller entry for Sc than of late saw the win go to Neal Bateman, with John Adams 2^nd and Terry Roberts 3^rd, all three Clio Sport mounted.

A really varied entry in Class 1a spread the decades, with the win going to the “60’s” Mini of Graham Harvey, from “noughties” Fiesta Eco Boost of Martin Domleo, and the “80’s Metro of Keith Waters’ in third. Good to see long time competitor, Martin, back, now in his 80’s, still showing how it’s done!

The upto 2.0L road class, 1b, went to Steve Barrow in the Clio Sport, with the Fiesta ST of Jamie Moffatt in 2^nd, ( managing to stay on the track for just one of his 4 runs)!The MX5 of Melvyn Cox took 3rd, with the MGZR’s of Lee Willars and Rosemary Collins 4^th and 5th respectively.

The over 1700cc kit car class went to Simon Price from co driver Paul Evans in the shared Westfield.

David Whiteley came out on top in a close Elise battle with John Caldicott in Class 2La.

The upto1400cc Mod prods saw a win for the Mini of Alan Henley, from Stuart Gadd.

The over 1400cc Mod prod witnessed the now regular dice between the Clio of Mark Williams and the Peugeot 106 of Lyam Ulyatt, with Mark taking the honours. The usual “Curborough” spirit was in evidence with great help from other competitors to replace Mark’s Clio’s broken engine mount rapidly and get him back out again.

In the Libre Class David Large came out on top from the other Radical of David Bickley.

The other 2 car single seater class, of Formula Fords, went to Christopher Horton from Ioan Evans.

FTD  went to the OMS of Andrew Bisping.

We now have 69 Championship entrants registered at the time this bulletin goes out.

The Championship top 4 now looks like this after the first 3 rounds:

1. Steve Barrow              61.5
2. Graham Harvey           60.5
3. Mark Williams             59.5
4. Simon Price                 59

Just a note that the August MCMRC figure of 8 round is already over half full, and the regulations for the August MGCC round will be on the website from June 1st. Championship registration does not guarantee entry to events as some are also rounds of other Championships. So get your entries in early! The SDCC event on May 22^nd, is already full, so look forward to seeing many of you there and another full entry.                                                                                                                    Steve Wood

CHAMPIONSHIP REPORT ROUND 2

Results up to Round 2

The S&HMC April Figure of Eight event attracted 51 Championship entrants out of the total of 60 following a few late cancellations. Dry weather, although cool, thankfully accompanied the day. Timekeeper technical issues for the second year running affected the running of the day for competitors, and for the frustrated S&HMC organising club’s officials.
The usual throng of MGZR’s in Class Sa got the meeting started with the win going to Les Wilson, who had rapidly fitted a new engine following the blow up on round 1. Second went to Jack Twomey, with first round winner David Owen in third. Mike Smith claimed fourth from Lee Bradford.
As usual these days, a good entry in Class Sc produced a really good contest with the Clio of Neal Bateman taking first, from the similar cars of John Adams and Paul Gough in 2^nd and 3^rd respectively.
Graham Harvey drifted his Mini to a win in 1a, from the Metro of Keith Waters in second place.
The larger engined road car class, 1b, went fairly comfortably to the Clio of Steve Barrow, with Championship newcomer, Richard Raybould taking second place.
The road going Lotus class, 2La, went to David Whiteley, from John Caldicot, both in Elise’s.
David Spooner won the 5 car upto 1.7 kit car class, and the larger capacity kit car class went to Matt Bramall, from Simon Price in second.
In 3a, the old school Mini of Alan Henley saw off the more modern Rover 100 of Ashley Caton.
The large capacity Mod Prod class, 3b, went to the Clio of Mark Williams, with the Peugeot 106 of Liam Ulyatt second. Third and fourth went to the double driven Golf of Tom and Andy Harding, respectively.
The family Westfield megabusa on it’s first outing of the year, saw Mark Williams taking the win from Dad Phil.
The 3 car Formula Ford scrap went to the Merlyn of David Owen, with Chris Horton in close attendance in his Van Diemen and Ioan Evans third, also in a Van Diemen.

FTD went to the Radical of David Large with a time of 58.86 sec.

The result sheet has some points corrections from the 1^st round due to a couple of car class change alterations. With two rounds down, and with 69 entrants most of the events filling up fast, it looks like being a really competitive season!

Just a reminder, to all competitors, that as far as the MSUK are concerned it is up to competitors to ensure their vehicle is eligible for the class they enter by reading both the Championship Regulations, and the MSUK Blue Book.

With the Championship entries now up to 69, after 2 rounds the top 3 are:

1. 41 points                     Steve Barrow    Clio Sport        1b
2. 40.5 points                  Mark Williams   Clio                  3b
3. 40 points                     Graham Harvey Mini                 1a

Hope to see many of you at Round 3, the BMMC event, on May 7^th, which has a full entry.

Steve Wood

2022  SEASON  CHAMPIONSHIP

Round 1 Results

Unfortunately, a with few competitors entering the wrong classes in the MGCC event, the result sheet originally posted has had to be updated to score everyone in the correct classes.
Thank you to the competitor who pointed out the mistake. Obviously this is easier to spot if you are a regular competitor rather than a novice.
This really highlights the importance of checking the results after each round as if there are any mistakes under MSU rules they cannot be changed after
a certain period has passed. The Scorer has also been known to make the odd calculation error as well over the 24 years of doing it!
It also highlights the importance of please checking the class description of each Club’s event, rather than just putting the same Championship Class number down on every entry form, as other Championships at the same round may have similar Class numbers for different classes.

And we’re OFF – literally!  (well a few of us)!

The 24^th year of the Championship started for the second time with the MGCC event, and attracted a full entry of 83, but had a couple of cancellations before the day.
The frosty start resulted in a few spins in practice, but it remained dry, if a bit cold, all day.
Class Sa, now officially the MGZR 1.4 Class, got the meeting under way with a win for David Owen from Jack Twomey with “your scribe” third, all split by 0.4sec. Fourth was Dave Barlow, followed closely by Roy Bennett with Paul Cammerer making up the top 6.
In Sc, John Adams took the win from Paul Gough making it a Clio Sport 1,2.
Another well supported class 1a, had a win for Graham Harvey in his Mini, from Keith Waters’ Metro in second, and the Mini of Stuart Ballinger third.
Class 1b saw a win for Steve Barrow’s new Clio Sport, with Richard Raybould’s Clio 2^nd and Lee Willar’s MGZR 3^rd .
Class 2a saw 3 Championship newcomers all in Caterham’s with the win going to Steve Robinson, from David Spooner.
Championship regular Simon Price took the Award in 2b in his Westfield with Paul Evans in second place.
The 3 Elises in Class 2La were led home by David Whiteley, with John Caldicott a close second.
In class 3A, the Mini battle went to Alan Henley.
The well supported large capacity Mod Prod Class saw a win for the Clio Sport of Mark Williams, with Liam Ulyatt’s Peugeot 106 second and Tom Harding third in the Golf GTI .
In the Sports Libre Class the Radical of David Large took the win from the interesting new Ford Puma of James Evans.
FTD went to the OMS of Paul Webb with a time of 31.08.
Many thanks to MGCC for putting on a great event to kick off the Championship, and the well-attended prize giving at the end seemed to point to many competitors agreeing with that.

The Championship organisers would also like to say, a BIG thank you to P.J.S Sports Cars and Paul Green Jewellers for continued support in 2022.

With entries still coming in we currently have a total of 66.

The Championship rounds increasing to 11 this season for the first time ever, should give more possibilities competitors to get in enough events to score maximum points.

IMPORTANT NOTE to all Championship Entrants; All of the rounds regs and entry forms appear on the Curborough website Championship Page as soon as they are released.
With many events seemingly getting oversubscribed these days, please get our entries in as early as you can.

Hope to see as many of you as possible at the next round, the S&HMC event on Sunday April 24th,  

                                                                    Steve Wood