Competitors

Sutton & Cheam Motor Club boasts a large and varied membership made up of some of the top rally and race drivers in the country together with a large number of British, UK and even World Champions amongst their number.

Every month the committee awards the ‘Competitor of the Month’ award to someone who has achieved something great in their motor sport.

It doesn’t have to be first place, sometimes overcoming adversity (or is that reliability?) is enough. We’ll send you a voucher for £20 too. Tell us what you’ve been up to each month contact Nigel Griffiths at: the.gs100@gmail.com

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  • March Competitor Of The Month – Jamie McBain & Jordine Crooks

    Jamie McBain and Jordine Crooks enjoyed an excellent month of results in March with their Spark Developments Peugeot 205. The month began at the Bovington Stages, where they mastered the challenging wet conditions to secure 5th overall and 2nd in class, an impressive result given how much the weather favoured the four‑wheel‑drive cars.

    Mid‑March took the crew to Donington Park for the Dukeries Rally. As a round of the Circuit Rally Championship, the event attracted a large number of R5 and Rally2 entries, making the competition especially tough. Despite the depth of the field, Jamie and Jordine delivered another strong performance, finishing 14th overall and taking 1st in class.

  • February Competitor Of The Month – Rob Swann & Steve McNulty
    Just like the Toyota WRC team in Sweden, SCMC members took the top four positions on the Isle Of Wight Stages in mid-February. Rob Swann & Steve McNulty came out as winners with Isle Of Wight resident Will Nicholls 2nd with Nick Broom alongside. The Quigley’s put in another strong performance with 3rd and Darrell Taylor rounded off the top 4.
    Other SCMC members who had good results on the the Isle Of Wight Stages were John Peck finishing an excellent 11th, Mark Fisher and Peter Spalding had some good luck for a change with 30th and Ryan Stutchbury just pipped the Garraway’s with 40th o/all. Unfortunately, Scott & Darren Stutchbury failed to finish.
    Both Rob and Steve were out again on the closed road East Riding Stages but in different cars this time. Rob finished 10th o/all in his trusty Fiesta WRC whilst Steve stepped back into a MKII for the first time in a while and finished 48th o/all with Ben Hardy. Darrell Taylor was also in action and finished 25th o/all.
    Well done to all SCMC members.
  • January Competitor Of The Month – Scott & Darren Stutchbury

    Scott & Darren put in a great performance at the Brands Hatch stages finishing 21st o/all from a start number of 46. With the event being a round of the Protyre Circuit Rally Championship, the entry attracts many R5 cars, so this further underlined their result in their 2.0 litre Clio.

     

    Other team members who had success at Brands Hatch includes Steve McNulty who co-drove Mark Maloney to 6th in his R5 Skoda and the Quigley’s got their season off to an excellent start with 5th in their R5 Fiesta. Unfortunately, Jamie Mc Bain/Jordine Crooks had flat shift issues in their 205 which resulted in a DNF.

  • December Competitor Of The Month – Rob Swann, Steve McNulty & Neil Beaumont

    The Rixy stages held at the Stanford Training Area (STANTA) in Norfolk was a happy hunting ground for most SCMC members. Rob Swann & Steve McNulty won the event for the third year in a row with their Fiesta WRC and they were chased all day by Darrell Taylor in his Fiesta R5 Rally 2. Neil Beaumont claimed a very respectable 6th overall in his Mitsubishi Evo 8. Unfortunately, Mark Fisher and Peter Spalding had further bad luck with master cylinder issues reducing their ability to slow down, so they sensibly decided to retire.

    Our chairman continues his adventures with sporting trials his Sabson, finishing an excellent 2nd in class at the The Plum Pudding Shakedown Trial in deepest Hampshire over the Christmas holidays.

    The Goodwood Stages in early December saw SCMC members put in strong performances with many making big improvements on their seeding, results below

    Ryan Stutchbury/Darren Stutchbury 8th o/all 5th in class

    David Martin/Adam Taylor 13th o/all 7th in class

    Paul Garraway/Ben Garraway 15th o/all 1st in class

    Pete Wilkins/Caroline Brampton 40th o/all 8th in class

    John Mills/Sharon Mills 39th o/all 7th in class

     

    Well done to all SCMC members.

  • November Competitor Of The Month – Sean & Colin Quigley and Scott & Darren Stutchbury

    Sean & Colin had a very successful November, firstly repeating last years overall win on the Challenger Stages at Bovington and then mixing it with the Protyre Circuit Rally Championship regulars at the Tegiwa Donington Rally and finishing 3rd o/all.

    Scott & Darren had a fantastic result at the Castle Combe stages finishing 12th o/all in their Clio from a start number of 39. Heavy rain made conditions tricky, but Scott & Darren held it together claiming family bragging rights with Ryan finishing 16th o/all.

    David Martin had also been setting some great times in his 205 but a

    broken driveshaft put an end to his day.

    SCMC members were well represented on the Challenger Stages with Richard Seal finishing an excellent 7th o/all. Other club member results included Scott & Darren Stutchbury 26th , Tony & Ben Perrett 41st, Pete Wilkins & Caroline Brampton 48th & John & Sharon Mills 58th.

    Unfortunately, John Peck and the Garraway’s had bad luck and didn’t finish the event.

  • September Competitor Of The Month – Declan Dear

    Declan together with his driver Matthew Hirst repeated last year’s victory on the Trackrod rally in their Skoda R5 taking the win by 16 seconds. The route took in some classic Yorkshire forest stages including Dalby & Cropton. Can they make it 3 in a row next year?

  • August Competitor Of The Month – Mark Fisher & Peter Spalding

    Mark & Peter’s luck finally changed after a series of non-finishes. Mark & Peter are regular visitors to Bala Motor Club’s Gareth Hall Memorial Rally at the Trawsfynydd Ranges in the Snowdonia National Park. Those who know the venue will know it’s not for the faint hearted, so their 27th o/all 6th in class was a great result. Well done both.

  • June Competitor Of The Month – Darrell Taylor

    June was a very busy month for Darrell, with events on 3 consecutive weekends. June started with a 2nd in the very competitive C18 class at our own Abingdon Carnival sprint and followed that up the day after by winning the Carnival stages outright with Steve McNulty co-driving. The following weekend saw a trip to Anglesey for the Menai Stages with 3rd o/all and a further trip north for the Argyll Stages the weekend after.

    It was great to see so many members entered for both the sprint and rally over the Abingdon Carnival weekend. Results for all members can be seen on the Abingdon Carnival website https://abingdoncarnival.com/

     

    Outside of Abingdon, Angelica Fuentes wheeled out Maurice the #minisprint for an outing at the Brooklands Museum Double 12 Auto Tests. An excellent morning saw Angelica lying 2nd o/all at lunchtime but a couple of test errors resulted in a 9 o/all finish at the end of the day.

     

    Photo courtesy of http://www.rallygallery.com/

  • May Competitor Of The Month – Oliver Hucklebridge

    A number of club members had good results this month, but Oliver Hucklebridge was selected by the committee for COTM in May for 10th o/all, 3rd in class on the Compbrake Stages at Three Sisters. Oliver has only just moved across to the driver’s seat from the other side of the car and was trusted with his Dad’s Escort for this event, so I’m sure there was relief when it was returned in one piece.

     

    Jamie McBain was also competing at the same event and continued his run of good results with 6th o/all.

    Other club member results to call out for May include David Martin & Jordine Crooks claiming an excellent 17th o/all, 7th in class in their 205 at the Fulbeck airfield-based Lincoln Green Stages, a great result.

    Our very own chairman continues his venture into Sporting Trails and now has his own car, a Sabson no less. Partnered by his co-driver from his rallying days, Matt Sunderland, the finished 8th o/all 1st in class at the Bluebell Trial in East Sussex.

    Good luck to all club members competing at Abingdon tomorrow.

  • April Competitor Of The Month – Angelica Fuentes & Jacob Gascoine-Becker

    Angelica co-drove Kurt Thiel in his Porsche 911 Carrera RSR to 7th o/all and 3rd in class at the Tour Auto. Starting in Paris and ending 7 days later in Nice, the route took in some classic French roads and race circuits along the way.

    Our other competitor of the mouth is Jacob Gascoine-Becker who’s just recently joined the club and is starting out on his motorsport journey. After initially trying an Autosolo at Brands Hatch, Jacob entered the Regis Sprint at Goodwood and finished 8th in class against some established sprinters.

     

    Other notable SCMC results in April included,

    Declan Dear co-driving Matthew Hirst to 6th o/all on the Carlisle Stages Rally which is a round of the British Championship which as you’d expect attracts an excellent entry.

    Paul Braddock also entered his Mini in the Regis Sprint and finished 9th in class.

    Our very own chairman has been bitten by the motorsport competition bug again and has taken up Sporting Trails. I believe the purchase of a car is on the horizon but for this month he was the ‘Bouncer’ to driver James Tickle in his Ibex at the The Alan Gisby Trial. Ian has certainly settled into his new motorsport discipline as the crew finished equal 2nd.

    Unfortunately, Darrell Taylor & David Burden had bad luck on the Manx & SMC Stages respectively but hopefully they’ll both have better events in the future.

  • March Competitor Of The Month – Jamie McBain

    Jamie continues his run of giant killing results in his Peugeot 205, this time taking 4th o/all 1st in class at the Bovington Stages in early March. With Jordine Crooks alongside him, Jamie had a day long battle with the Darrians and R5’s and only managed to loose one wing mirror along the way!

     

    Other SCMC members also competing a Bovington were, Paul Garraway taking his Sunbeam to a fantastic 18th o/all, 3rd in class, Pete Wilkins & Caroline Brampton 31st in the BMW and John & Sharon Mills finished 38th o/all in their Mini.

     

    Other notable SCMC results in March included,

    Declan Dear co-driving Matthew Hirst to 3rd o/all on the Malcolm Wilson stages

     

    The Dukeries Stages saw the following results

    Ben Smith/Ben Smith 16th o/all 4th in class

    Oliver Hucklebridge 36th o/all 8th in class

    Scott & Darren Stutchbury 40th o/all 11h in class

     

    Last weekend saw the Hucklebridge’s visit Pembrey again for the Kath Curzon Memorial Rally with some father v son rivalry. Ian had issues on the first stage dropping him towards the back of the field. Good stage times for the rest of the day brought him back up the field to finally finish 24th o/all just three places ahead of Oliver but it was close!

     

    Sorry if I missed anybody but please let me know your results so that they can be considered for COTM.

  • February Competitor Of The Month – Neil Beaumont

    Looking East towards Norfolk and the Snetterton Stages, Neil Beaumont stepped out of the shadows of Rob Swann to pilot his own ‘Chariot of Fire’ (Mitsubishi Evo 8) to 15th O/A, an impressive finish from the occasional competitor. Hopefully, Neil will keep up his performance at other events this year so keep your eyes peeled on the results sheet.

    Photo courtesy of David Garrison Photography

     

    Other SCMC members results in February were, joining our Competitor of the Month at Snetterton in February were Darrell Taylor (Ford Fiesta Rally 2) who finished 8th O/A and Pete Wilkins / Caroline Brampton (BMW M3) who finished 49th O/A. Sean Quigley / Colin Quigley (Ford Fiesta Rally 2) finished the event 11th O/A after suffering with a double puncture on the second stage. Steve McNulty (VW Polo R5) was at it again with Barbadian rally man Stuart Maloney in Norfolk where they ended 5th O/A, one place higher than January. The British Rally Championship visited The East Ridings Stages in February which boasted one of the largest entries seen on a Closed Roads Rally in the UK. 164 cars took the Start Ramp in Beverley, East Yorkshire. Rob Swann (Fiesta WRC) took top S & C MC driver honours at 12th overall. Sitting just ahead of Rob but in the navigator’s, seat was Declan Dear (Skoda Fabia Rally 2) who expertly guided Matthew Hirst to 8th O/A. Slightly further down the enormously competitive field we find Sean Quigley/ Colin Quigley (Ford Fiesta Rally 2) finishing at 22 O/A whilst Darrell Taylor (Ford Fiesta Rally 2) came close behind at 26th O/A.