Curborough Championship

2018 Curborough Sprint Championship supported by PJS Sports Cars and Paul Green Jewellers.

ROUND 4

Sheffield and Hallamshire’s two lapper attracted 43 Championship entries. The summer was still in attendance making for some good times again. Despite some timekeeper issues, the Club managed to get 3 timed runs in for everyone.

Class Sa got the meeting started with a one, two for the MGZR’s  of your scribe, and Sara Holland respectively, with Bob Smith third his Fiat Panda 100hp.

A good entry in Class Sc saw a really close contest again with Mark Williams taking the win in his 197 Clio Sport, from David Chestertons’ 182 Clio Sport. Just 0.02 sec split Neil Bateman’s Fiesta and Paul Gough’s Clio 197 in 2^nd and 3^rd.

The Class Sd Porsche scrap was another really close call, with the 718 boxster of David Tilley taking the result by 0.03 sec from the Cayman R of Simon Parkin! Warwick Bourton took 3^rd in the Focus ST3.

In 1a Keith Waters’ Metro Advantage just pipped Julian Fishwick’s Mini by 0.16 sec.

In the predictably well supported 2b kit car class John Caldicott’s Caterham took the win as in the previous round from Oliver Swadkin’s Westfield. Matthew Haynes’ Westfield pushed Oliver very closely in third, with Paul Evans taking fourth.

The Lotus class, 2L, went to Scott Bennett, from Martin Roberts both in Elises.

The battling Minis in 3a saw a win for Stuart Gadd from Stuart Ballinger.

The Larger capacity mod prod class, had a good entry again, and saw a second win for Owen Cule in the Metro. Rob Needham claimed second in his Escort, with the Golf GTI of Tom Harding third.

On their own again in 4b, The Williams’ family Westfield Megabusa Mark taking the win from Dad Phil, and also claiming FTD on the final third run from the Radical of David Large.

In the roadgoing period defined class, Rowland Turner took his Escort mk1 Mexico to a win over the mk4 Spitfire of Paul Cheshire.

Note: Due to welcoming more novices this season, just a reminder that the Championship Stickers should be on the car to score points, AND,  that, if at any of the rounds a club gives 3 timed runs, then only the first two ever count towards the championship points, rather than the clubs’ class awards on the day.

Also a Very BIG thank you note from the Championship organisers to S&HMC, who have been running events for the Championship since 1998, even though their club is really Rally based with not many S&HMC members doing sprints.

I hope everyone has ensured that they have arranged their holidays so that they can make the SDCC round on July 8^th, and look forward to seeing as many of you as possible then,

Steve Wood

Championship Results 2018 Round 4

2018 Curborough Sprint Championship supported by PJS Sports Cars and Paul Green Jewellers.

ROUND 3

The Annual Owen M.C. Graham Hill Memorial Sprint attracted a good entry, and 35 Championship entries. The summer returned and was ideal for a few Class records to be broken, and a few burnt arms and necks.
Class Sa got the meeting started with a win and a new class record for the MGZR of your scribe, with Bob Smith second in his new Fiat Panda 100hp and Sarah Holland third in her own new ZR, after using the SDCC Academy ZR last time out.
Jack Twomey had an entertaining day in his Ford Puma in Class Sb with his four runs recorded as: FAIL, FAIL, new class record time, FAIL !
The 10 car Class Sc was a really close contest again with Paul Glendenning taking the win by 0.11sec from Mark Williams, both Clio Sport pilots breaking the class record. Craig Tock’s Honda Type R was 3rd, and Paul Gough’s Clio 4th. 5th and 6th respectively, as in the previous round, were Neal Bateman’s Fiesta and Wayne Parke’s Clio, split by 0.04s sec!
The Class Sd Porsche Boxster scrap went to David Tilley, from Steve Barrow. Sitting the Class out this week, Warwick Bourton did a stirling job in the commentary hut!
A really close 1a, saw the win go to Keith Waters’ Metro, from Julian Fishwick’s Mini, with Martin Domleo 3rd in his Fiesta, all three split by 0.6 sec.
The Lotus class, 2L, went to Martin Roberts in his Elise.
In the usual decent sized 2b kit car class John Caldicott snatched the win on the last run by 0.04 sec from Oliver Swadkin. Matthew Haynes’ Westfield took third from Simon Price by a slightly bigger margin, with Robert Swadkin fifth.
Graham Harvey returned from his hols, to record a win in 3a in a class of 3 Minis. Second and third respectively were Stuart Gadd and Stuart Ballinger.
A really good 3b had a returning Owen Cule take a good win in the Metro. With a couple of HSA championship interlopers in second and third, Tom Harding and Dean Radcliffe had to settle for fourth and fifth.
The Williams’ family Westfield Megabusa’s first outing of the season saw Mark taking the win from Dad Phil.
Unfortunately all of the Libre and racing car classes were only single entry, but FTD went to Chris Green in his 1600 OMS with a time of 53.11sec.

THE USUAL IMPORTANT NOTE AGAIN TO ALL Championship Entrants; As you have seen again this week, with many Championship contenders coming out to play in most rounds this year, events do get over subscribed, and most clubs take entries are on a first come basis if they do get full, so it is just another reminder get your entries in early!

Also a note for the many novices we have in the Championship this year, that in previous years class positions have been decided at the end of the season after tied points, on count back positions in each round, so doing more than 6 can be important!

I hope to see as many of you as possible at the S&HMC meeting on June 24h,

Steve Wood

Championship Results 2018 Round 3

2018 Curborough Sprint Championship supported by PJS Sports Cars and Paul Green Jewellers.

ROUND 2

The usual SDCC Championship figure of eight sprint was oversubscribed and attracted around 45 Championship entries. As it was Bank holiday weekend, I was away stuck in traffic! so any wayward driving will have avoided my comments!
Class Sa got the meeting started with a win for Bob Smith in the Fiesta, from Sarah Holland in the SDCC Academy MGZR.
Class Sb had all 3 championship contenders entered, and saw a win, and a new class record for Jack Twomey in his Puma.
The 10 car Class Sc was a really closely contested event with Paul Glendenning taking the win from Mark Williams, both in Clio Sports. Craig Tock’s Type R was 3rd, and Paul Gough’s Clio 4th. Fifth and Sixth respectively, were Neal Bateman’s Fiesta and Wayne Parke’s Clio, and all five were split by just over 0.7 sec!!
Class Sd saw a Porsche 1,2,3, with Simon Parkin first, David Tilley second and Steve Barrow third.
In 1C Steve Smith spoilt the Championship party by taking the win in his Imprezza, from the similar mount of John Murphy, with Andrew Chesterton third in his Evo.
The Lotus class, 2L, saw another win for Scott Bennett from second placed Martin Roberts, both in Elises.
In the usual large 2B kit car class Matthew Haynes’ Westfield pipped John Caldicott’s Caterham by 0.24 sec to take the honours, with Oliver Swadkin 3rd in his Westfield.
With Graham Harvey away, wading through “sunny” Weymouth, Stuart Ballinger took the small capacity Mod prod class in his Mini , from Stuart Gadd.
The Rally car class went to William Rushton’s Escort from Matt Walk’s Fiesta.
With the weather interrupting the second runs of the latter classes, many of those competitors chose not to run, and results were all down to the first runs.
In Libre Cars, 6A, Steve Barnard took the win from the Radical of David Large.
The eclectic mix in Period defined road cars, went to the Anglia of Simon Cooper, from the Spitfire of Paul Cheshire, with Roland Turner’s Escort third.
Sara Holland took the Ladies Award, and FTD went to Ben Waine in his 1100 Magnum.

THE USUAL IMPORTANT NOTE AGAIN TO ALL Championship Entrants; As you have seen this week, with a good Championship entry this year, (now up to 63), and some of the remaining events also being rounds of other championships, events do get over subscribed, and most clubs entries are on a first come basis if they do get full, so another reminder get your entries in early for the events you want to do!

I hope to see as many of you as possible at the Owen meeting on June 10th,

Steve Wood

Championship Results 2018 Round 2

2018 Curborough Sprint Championship supported by PJS Sports Cars and Paul Green Jewellers.

ROUND 1

And they are off, eventually!

The lack of any MSA available timekeepers meant the usual April S&HMC round had to be cancelled, so for the first time in 19 years the championship started off late, with the May BMMC round. The two-lap event attracted a really good Championship entry of 45, and, seemingly, also the summer!

Class Sa kicked off the season with a win for the MGZR of your scribe, with the double driven Fiesta of Tim Burrill and Bob Smith in second and third respectively split by 0.3secs.

The newly introduced Sb, (1401 to 1700cc) saw a great start for novice Jack Twomey in his Puma, setting a new class record.

The big, 12 car, entry for class Sc, had Mark Williams instantly adapting from his Boxster and recording a debut win in his Clio 200, from the similarly mounted Wayne Parke in second. Dave Chesterton’s 182 Clio was third, just pipping his co-driver Matt Walk in fourth by 0.28sec.

Class Sd had Porsche’s 1st and 2nd, with Simon Parkin in his Cayman, from the new 718 of David Tilley. 3rd was the Ford Focus ST of Warwick Bourton.

Class 1C saw a win for the Impreza of John Murphy.

The well supported kit car class, 2B, went to John Caldicott’s Caterham, from the Westfields of Matthew Haynes and Oliver Swadkin respectively who were split by just 0.1sec!

In class 3A, Graham Harvey led home a Mini 1,2,3 from Stuart Ballinger 2nd, and Stuart Gadd 3rd. Stuart Gadd also deservedly picking up the events’ best presented car award.

The four-car road going Lotus class went to the Elise S1 of Scott Bennett, from the S2 of Martin Roberts.

Tom and Andy Harding took the family Golf GTI to a one – two in the larger capacity Mod prod class.

In the road going period defined class, Roland Turner picked up the win in his Escort Mexico, (after a fraught few mechanical issues on his way to the event), with the Bond Equipe of Paul Cammerer and the Chevette of Scott Russell 2nd and 3rd respectively.

FTD was claimed by Steven Potter in his newly acquired OMS.

The Championship organisers would like to say, a BIG thank you to new sponsors for 2018, P.J.S Sports Cars and Paul Green Jewellers.

With entries still coming in we now have 61 to date, which is already a slight increase from last years total.

IMPORTANT NOTE TO ALL Championship Entrants; Hopefully you will all have seen that the Championship committee have been able to replace the cancelled round, with the Mid Cheshire MC Figure of Eight event on August 12th.

All of the rounds now have links from the Curborough website for the regs and entry forms.  A Reminder that some of the events are also rounds of other Championships and so may get oversubscribed. Most clubs take entries in date entry order so please get your entries in early for the rounds you are intending to do to avoid missing out!
Hope to see as many of you as possible at the next round, the SDCC round on May 27th,                                     Steve Wood