Last month, the great and the good, the winners and the stars,
gathered in London for the annual ‘MS UK Night of Champions’. Amongst the
highly polished guests were some of our lot from the far north including Robert
Proudlock the new British Junior Rally Champion and his co-driver Steven ‘the
Flying Doc’ Brown who let the side down – wearing a bow-tie, jaikit an’
troosers, whereas FunBobby was more suitably and resplendently attired as
befits a haggis-chomper. So too was Stuart Gray with long socks under his kilt
accepting an award on behalf of Knockhill for ‘Sustainable Club of the Year’.
Also in attendance was Tom Purves, not a name many will recognise, but one of the ‘movers and shakers’ at high heid-yin political level behind Scottish and British motor sport and his long volunteer career both at home and internationally was recognised with the award of the ‘HRH Prince Michael Award Of Merit’.
Just missing out on the ‘Volunteer of the Year’ award was marshal Ian McLeary who was named runner-up, and he will get a trophy and a cheque for 250 quid.
All of this was well publicised but perhaps not quite so widely known is the forthcoming ‘Scottish Motorsport Awards’ ceremony which will be held in Duns on Saturday the 15th of February.
The Scottish Association of Motor Sport Clubs are hosting their own Scottish event to highlight and celebrate the efforts of those Scottish motor sporting doers, helpers and volunteers who are essential to the successful running of a whole variety of motor sports this side of the border.
They will mark this occasion by presenting these awards to individuals and clubs at an even more evocative venue than MS UK’s choice of the Royal Automobile Club in London (that’s near France by the way), as the Scots will gather at the Jim Clark Museum in Duns in Royal Berwickshire !!
Nominations have been kept secret up till now so we’ll find out more on the 15th.
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