BOURNE, LINTON AND WARREN THE BIG WINNERS

More than 70 members of the island’s motor sport fraternity were honoured at the Barbados Rally Club’s Annual Awards ceremony on Friday night (November 17), staged at the St Philip residence of vice-chairman Barry Gale. Among the awardees were stage commanders and marshals, whose voluntary contribution to the sport is of such vital importance.
Paul Bourne and Louis Venezia were crowned Texaco BRC Rally Champions, while Bourne also collected trophies as winner of Modified 9 and fourth overall in the Virgin Atlantic BRC Driver’s Championship. Adrian Linton claimed his second Overall Champion’s title after topping Modified 7 – he won from Production 3 in 2002; he also finished third overall, highest-placed two-wheel-drive car and highest-placed crew including a female competitor (his wife Jackie) in the Texaco Championship.
Others to visit the stage regularly included Ian Warren; he finished third in the Driver’s section of the BRC Safari Championship, collected awards as Modified 6 Champion and second overall in the Virgin series, sixth overall in the Texaco standings and the coveted Richard Roett Memorial Trophy.
Each of the Club’s three stage commanders - Ernest Brewster, Jeff Bovell and David Reece – had been asked to nominate winners from their crews in the most outstanding, most dedicated and rookie marshal categories, then were surprised also to receive trophies and awards themselves. Even more surprised to receive an award was Chief Marshal Roger Sargeant, who had arranged the marshal presentations.
More than 200 attended the occasion, at which Club Chairman Mark Hamilton also announced exciting plans to celebrate the Club’s 50th Anniversary in 2007.

Barbados Rally Club Annual Awards 2006
Friday, November 17, 2006

List of Major Award Winners

Texaco BRC Rally Championship
presented by retail district manager, Eastern Caribbean – South, Texaco, Raymond Samuels

Each crew which finished in the top 10 in any Championship round received a plaque with the results of each event inscribed on it, any special awards won, plus the year-end finishing position

Champions Paul Bourne/Louis Venezia (Warrens Motors/Plus Subaru Impreza WRC), 54 points
2nd Trevor Manning/James Betts (Simpson Motors/Shell Helix/Automotive Art/VISA/Garbage Master Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII), 42pts
3rd Adrian Linton/Jackie Linton (Ravensden/Crane & Equipment/Garbage Gobbler/West Coast Garden Centre/Edwin Clarke Furniture Vauxhall Astra GSi), 34pts
4th Roger Hill/Graham Gittens (Mobil 1/Nassco Ltd/Motormac/PPG Toyota Celica GT4), 34pts
5th Barry Gale/Ryan Rodriguez (Dentyne Ice/Simpson Motors/Nishikoi Fish Foods Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI), 33pts
6th Ian Warren/Matthew Staffner (Subzero Services/Details Car Valet Inc/McEnearney Quality Collision Repair Centre/Aqua Pur Peugeot 206), 32pts
7th Mark Hamilton/Clive Howell (Consolidated Finance/McEnearney Quality Inc Ford Escort MkII), 28pts
8th Kirk Watkins/Ryan Wood (Abacus Builders Inc/Planned Maintenance/Aqua Pur Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V), 23pts
9th Harold Morley/Geoff Goddard (Warrens Motors/Sunbeach Communications Subaru Impreza WRC S9), 20pts
10th Jonathan Still/Heath Hazell (Hitachi Power Tools/Philips Lighting/Warrens Motors/Crane & Equipment/VP Racing BMW M3), 18pts
A further 13 crews also received plaques
Highest-placed crew in a two-wheel drive car
Adrian and Jackie Linton
Highest-placed crew including a female competitor
Adrian and Jackie Linton
Texaco Star of the Championship
Mark Hamilton

Virgin Atlantic BRC Driver’s Championship
Awards presented by Mandy McKay

The Overall Champion received two Virgin Atlantic premium economy return tickets to London; the Top 10, Group Champions and runners-up each received a trophy

Overall Champion Adrian Linton, 106 points
2nd Ian Warren, 104pts
3rd Neil Barnard (Simpson Motors/Shell Helix/Automotive Art/VISA Suzuki Ignis Sport), 101pts
4th Paul Bourne, 92pts
5th Roger Hill, 88pts
6th Barry Gale, 85pts
7th Jonathan Still, 83pts
8th Mark Hamilton, 82pts
9th Brett Clarke (Shell Helix/Automotive Art/Plus Suzuki Swift GTi), 79pts
10th Kirk Watkins, 70pts
etc

Modified 9 - Champion Paul Bourne, 92pts; 2nd Trevor Manning, 51pts
Modified 8 - Champion Roger Hill, 88pts; 2nd Barry Gale, 85pts
Production 4 - Champion Neil Armstrong (Hankook Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI), 17pts; 2nd Ryan Hutchinson (Auto Airtronic Services/Simple Green Toyota Celica GT4), 15pts
Modified Open - Champion Jonathan Still, 83pts; 2nd Mark Hamilton, 82pts
Modified 7 - Champion Adrian Linton, 106pts; 2nd Freddie Gale (Gale’s Hatcheries/NASSCO/Nitrous Formula Octane Booster/Nishikoi Fish Foods Toyota Corolla RunX), 56pts
Modified 6 - Champion Ian Warren, 104pts; 2nd Shareef Walcott (Corbin’s Garage/Klark-Odio Toyota Corolla), 49pts
Modified 5 - Champion Clarke, 79pts; 2nd Ryan Wood (Sitemasters Toyota Starlet), 29pts
Production 3 - Champion Tristan Gibbs (Rent-a-Tool/Scorpion Liners/Boyss Ltd/Algae X/Corrosion Block/Surfside Gym Toyota Starlet Turbo), 27pts; 2nd Ryan Corbin (Caribtrans/Suntraders Peugeot 106), 25pts
Production 2 - Champion Barnard, 101pts
Production 1 - Champion Danny Williams (TransTech/All Connect/Sunbury Plantation/KDs Beach Bar & Grill Peugeot 106), 43pts; 2nd Carlos Humphrey (Castrol/Bridgestone/Business Interiors International/Nomis Ltd/Regional Fire & Safety/Promotech Inc/Secure RM Toyota Starlet), 27pts

Special Awards
Rookie Award – donated by Automotive Art, presented by William Branch
Shareef Walcott
Golden Turkey Award - presented by Neil Barnard
Neil Armstrong
Richard Roett Memorial Trophy – donated by Nassco Ltd, presented by Cliff Roett
Ian Warren
Marshals Awards - presented by Paul Marshall
Each stage commander received a clock donated by Marshall’s Trading Ltd, a gift basket with car care products donated by KG Enterprises Inc and a $500.00 gift certificate redeemable at The Tides Restaurant. Each marshal received a trophy donated by Marshall’s Trading Ltd
Stage Commander, Jeff Bovell; Most Outstanding Marshal, Michael Hinkson; Most Dedicated Marshal, Michael King; Rookie Marshal, Matthew Ward
Stage Commander, Ernest Brewster; Most Outstanding Marshal, Alvin Simpson; Most Dedicated Marshal, Elridge Grant; Rookie Marshal, Victor Adams
Stage Commander, David Reece; Most Outstanding Marshal, Tanya Russell; Most Dedicated Marshal, Henderson Yearwood; Rookie Marshal, Peter Alleyne
Chief Marshal Roger Sargeant also received a gift certificate redeemable at The Tides Restaurant

Barbados Rally Club Safari Championship
Navigators – awards presented by 2005 Champion Neil Barnard and Lindsay Farmer; non-perpetual trophies for the top three donated by Peter Lewis
Champion Andrew Croney (Suzuki Samurai/Mitsubishi Pajero/Suzuki Jimny), 230pts
The BRC Trophy, the Sextant Challenge Trophy, and a Don Barrow Potti Light
2nd Annalee Alleyne (Bridgestone Tyres/Barbados Muffler Centre/Autozone Inc Mitsubishi iO), 226pts
3rd Geoff Goddard (Simpson Motors/JCB Excavators/Yokohama Tyres Suzuki Samurai), 206pts
Drivers – awards presented by 2005 Champion Barry Gale and Lindsay Farmer; non-perpetual trophies for the top three donated by Peter Lewis
Champion Leslie Alleyne (Bridgestone Tyres/Barbados Muffler Centre/Autozone Inc Mitsubishi iO), 226 points
The BRC Trophy, the Peter Farmer Memorial Trophy and a Campbell Hausfeld rechargeable inflator/compressor
2nd Audley Croney (Simpson Motors/JCB Excavators/Yokohama Tyres Suzuki Samurai), 206pts
3rd Ian Warren (Simpson Motors/GWA Survey Supplies Isuzu Pickup), 192pts
Highest-placed Novice Navigator – awards presented by Richard Daniel
A trophy and an Automotive Art voucher, donated by Neptune Tours
Andrew Croney
Highest-placed Novice Driver – awards presented by Richard Daniel
A trophy and an Automotive Art voucher, donated by Neptune Tours
Chris Choat Jnr (Ontrac Systems/Ace Engineering/Freemotion Range Rover Special)
Highest-placed Female Navigator – award presented by June Noel
The Joan Alleyne Challenge Trophy
Annalee Alleyne

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