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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- December Competitor Of The Month – Ryan Stutchbury/Ben Perrett
The Goodwood Stages saw a number of club members in action at a very wet and windy Goodwood circuit. Ryan with Darren Stutchbury alongside had a rare outing in the family Clio and from a start number of 40 finished 14th o/all despite getting a time penalty for clipping chicane with his door mirror. Ben was driving his first event and after having a major spin on the first stage in terrible conditions, which certainly woke his co-driving Dad up, recovered well to finish his first event 41st o/all.
It should also be noted that Ellie Hucklebridge was also competing on her first event co-driving for brother Oliver. They were setting some good times before engine issues intervened.
Other club members results were:-
Driver/Navigator Overall Class
Ian Hucklebridge/Sam Cox Fiesta R5 9th 6th
Sean Quigley/Colin Quigley Fiesta R5 5th 5th
David Martin/Kelan Watkins 205 50th 17th
Kevin Ambrose/Daryl Ambrose Chevette 53rd 19th
Pete Wilkins/Caroline Brampton BMW 41sth 13th
Paul Garraway/Ben Garraway Sunbeam 31st 3rd
John Mills/Sharon Mills Mini 40th 11th
Other club member results in December include:-
The Donington Stages in early December saw a number of club members competing with the following results
Driver/Navigator Overall Class
Sean Quigley/Colin Quigley Fiesta R5 4th 4th
John Yates/Alex Lee Porsche 911 RSR 33rd 8th
Neil Beaumont/Dylan Thomas Evo 20th 6th
Sam Cox/Jack Cox Clio 60th 20th
The Christmas period saw members out on a couple of events. The Rixy Stages was very successful for SCMC teams with Rob Swann/Steve McNulty being the overall winners and followed home by fellow member Darrell Taylor. Further down the leaderboard the Quigley’s used the Subaru this time finishing 18th o/all, 2 places behind Jamie McBain/Jordine Crooks in their 205. Mark Fisher & Peter Spalding continue to have no luck at all having to retire on the first stage after multiple punctures.
Ian & Oliver Hucklebridge took their Fiesta R5 to the Jaffa Stages at Pembrey and continued to learn the car, gaining more confidence with the R5 all the time with 7th o/all.
As always, let us know your results so that we can include you in the monthly round-up.
Thanks to Andy Manston M&H Photography (www.mandhphotography.co.uk) for the photos
- November Competitor Of The Month – Rob Swann/Steve McNulty & Keith/Angelica Mainland
November saw the Isle Of Wight’s first closed-roads running of the Weaver Brothers Island Stages Rally. The event run over 7 stages saw Rob & Steve come out as overall winners by 18 seconds.
SCMC had a number of crews competing on the event, results below
Driver/Navigator Finish o/all Class
Will Nicholls/Nick Broom Fiesta R5 5th 5th
Darrell Taylor/Jonathon Kennedy Fiesta R5 7th 7th
Sean Quigley/Colin Quigley Fiesta R5 4th 4th
John Peck/Jon Barratt Evo 5 DNF
Mark Fisher/Peter Spalding Escort DNF
Lewis Arkison/Pete Bold Escort DNF
Scott Stutchbury/Darren Stutchbury Clio 35th 9th
At the other end of the speed scale Keith and Angelica had their annual outing on the London to Brighton veteran car run aboard their 1904 Orient Buckboard and finished yet again. Despite some electrical issues which delayed progress they still managed to get to Brighton by 3:30pm.
Other club member results in November include:-
Declan Dear co-driving Matthew Hirst in their Skoda to a win on the Wyedean Stages and in turn winning the Welsh Rally championship for the 4th time in a row. Rob Dennis also had an excellent result on the same event finishing 16th o/all, 2nd in class.
The NHMC Cadwell Stages also saw a number of club members competing with the following results
Driver/Navigator Finish o/all Class
Jamie McBain/Jordine Crooks 205 10th 3rd
Sam Cox/Georgia Russell Clio 19th 7th
Neil Beaumont/Dylan Thomas Evo 25th 5th
David Martin/Kelan Watkins 205 DNF
- October Competitor Of The Month – Sean & Colin Quigley and Jamie McBain
Sean & Colin Quigley put their new Fiesta R5 to good use on The Challenger Stages at Bovington. Monsoon conditions made the first couple of stages very tricky but the Quigley’s set the pace and held onto victory by 12 seconds.
SCMC had great representation at The Challenger Stages, other members results included:
Driver/Navigator Finish o/all Class o/all
Darrell Taylor/Charlotte Ruth McGlashan Fiesta R5 3rd 3rd
Paul Garraway/Ben Garraway Sunbeam 27th 6th
Scott Stutchbury/Darren Stutchbury Clio 52 49th 15th
David Segal/Alfie Element Ford Escort” 50th 16th
Pete Wilkins/Caroline Brampton BMW M3 56th 10th
Tony Perrett/Ben Perrett Fiesta 72 37th 9th
Unfortunately, John & Sharon Mills failed to finish in the Mini.
Jamie had another busy month combining rallycross with rallying. The BTRDA rallycross season finished off at Knockhill with Jamie not only winning the classic class at Knockhill but the classic championship overall. Jamie also took a class win and 7th o/all in his rally 205 at the AdgeSpeed Stages held at Three Sisters Race Circuit.
Other club member results in October include:-
Declan Dear co-driving Matthew Hirst in their Skoda to a win on the Cambrian Rally Interclub
The annual Jersey Rally saw Mark Kelly finish 2nd o/all and Dave Edmunds/ Dom Jeans 39th o/all
Oliver Hucklebridge continued to gain experience in his Escort finishing 39th o/all at the AdgeSpeed Stages navigated by Sam Cox
- September Competitor Of The Month – Rob Collard & Rob DennisRob Collard finished off a fantastic season by winning the British GT3 Championship. Partnered by his son Ricky in their Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2, September saw a race win at Donington at the beginning of the month then a steady run to 5th at Brands Hatch last weekend to take the title.Rob Dennis took his Escort to 2nd in class on the Woodpecker Stages based in mid Wales using the Sweet Lamb & Ceri forestry complexes.Other club member results in September include:-Darrell Taylor/Steve McNulty 2nd o/all Vale of York StagesDeclan Dear co-driving for Matthew Hirst in their new Skoda 13th o/all on the Woodpecker Stages and they had a great win on the Trackrod rallyThe Three Shires Stages closed road event saw excellent results with Rob Swann 5th and Sean & Colin Quigley 14thSCMC had great representation at the Castle Combe Circuit Stage Rally last weekend. Results belowDarrell Taylor/Jack Norris/Fiesta R5 – 3rd o/all/ 1st in classDave Edmunds/Dom Jeans/Escort – 35th/ 14th in classDavid Martin/Adam Taylor/205 – 42nd/ 18th in classScott Stutchbury/Darren Stutchbury/Clio – 39th/ 16th in classDavid Segal/Denise Gubbins/Escort – 46th/ 19th in classUnfortunately, John & Sharon Mills didn’t finish in their Mini.
- July Competitor Of The Month – Rob Collard
Rob partnered by his son Ricky took their Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2 to 2nd place in both Race 1 & Race 2 at the Snetterton round of the British GT3 Championship in July. This follows consistent results in previous rounds including a win at Oulton Park which leaves Rob leading the championship with two rounds remaining.
Other club member results in July include Mark Kelly finishing 2nd o/all in the Tour Of Epynt Rally despite a high speed spin, Oliver Hucklebridge with Sam Cox alongside gaining some more seat time in his Escort at Pembrey finishing 38th o/all and Keith & Angelica Mainland visiting Sweden to drive a Volvo 940 in the Slottssprinten.
- June Competitor Of The Month – Will Nicholls/Nick Broom & Darrell Taylor/Steve McNulty
Will & Darrell took full advance of the The Abingdon Motorsport CAR-nival weekend by entering the sprint on the Saturday followed by the rally on the Sunday. Both challenged the more specialist sprint machinery for FTD with Will finishing 4th fastest and Darrell 5th. Sunday brought mixed fortunes with Will and Nick winning the Abingdon CAR-nival Stages (the 5th time they’ve won the event) but unfortunately turbo failure brought Darrell’s event to a premature end.
Darrell and Steve made up for this disappointment by winning the John Overand Memorial Stages at Melbourne Airfield, East Yorkshire a few weeks later.
It was great to see so many club members supporting the Abingdon Motorsport CAR-nival and it should be noted that Ben Smith had a great result finishing 14th o/all from a start number of 59.
Outside of the Abingdon Motorsport CAR-nival weekend Richard Scarbrough co-drove Dan Bird to victory on the Rex Premier Anniversary Stages in their R5 Fiesta, Rob Swann finishing runner up. Declan Dear’s excellent run of results continued with Matthew Hirst winning the Kielder Forest Rally and Rhys Wyn Davies took his Darrian GTR+ to 2nd o/all on the Lucas Oil Rali Menai stages on Anglesey.
Other non-rally results for club members in June included Angelica Fuentes finishing 4th o/all in her borrowed Lockhart at the Brooklands Museum Double 12 Auto Tests, Jamie McBain returning to Blyton for the rallycross and winning his category and Rob Collard finishing 3rd o/all at Spa in the British GT Championship round with his Lamborghini Huracan.
Will Nicholls/Nick Broom photo courtesy of www.rallygallery.com
- April Competitor Of The Month – Declan Dear
Following on from their excellent win on the Get Jerky Rally North Wales – Interclub Event in March, Declan together with his driver Matthew Hirst won the Rallynuts Severn Valley Stages which used iconic forestry stages in mid Wales. The event ran alongside the British Rally Championship round that used exactly the same route and the pace that Matthew & Declan showed in their older R5 Fiesta would have placed them 6th o/all against the BRC regulars. It should also be noted that Rob Dennis had an excellent run in his Escort finishing 19th o/all, 3rd in class on the same event.
Other notable results for SCMC members in April that showed the broad spread of motorsport events SCMC members compete in were, Darryl Taylor & Steve McNulty winning the Lookout Stages, the Quigley’s venturing to Belgium for the Rallye Salamandre and finishing 8th o/all, Will Nicholls and John Peck being at the sharpe end at the Island Car Centre Sandown Sprint on the Isle Of Wight, Jamie McBain for his class wins at the Pembrey BTRDA Rallycross, Rob Collard for finishing 5th o/all in the British GT Championship at Silverstone and Angelica Fuentes for competing in her first Autosolo and finishing 5th in class in the Tour Auto.
It’s fair to say it was a busy month for SCMC members.
- March Competitor Of The Month – Jamie McBain
As headlined in the Motorsport News magazine “Mighty McBain” had a fantastic result on the Alan Healy Memorial Rally held at Cadwell Park at the end of March. Being a circuit rally championship event, the entry attracted a number of R5 cars, but Jamie finished 6 o/all and 1st in class with his Peugeot 205. Brake problems on the early stages had Jamie and co-driver Harry Walshaw down in 24th o/all but once sorted they set a number of top 5 stages times to fly up the leaderboard.
Other notable SCMC results in March included Mark Kelly’s 6th o/all on the British Rally Championship North West Stages, Declan Dear co-driving Matthew Hirst to their 4th consecutive North Wales Rally – Interclub Event win and Angelica Fuentes co-driving Gabriel Perez to 2nd o/all in their Skoda R5 on the Rally Hecho in Mexico.
It was a busy month for SCMC members.
- February Competitor Of The Month – Mark KellyMark took a fantastic 5 second win on the closed road East Riding Stages in Yorkshire at the end of February. With an entry including approx. 30 R5 cars of various manufacturers, Mark came out on top against them all in his R5 Skoda, a brilliant result with Will Atkins in the co-drivers seat.
- January Competitor Of The Month – Sean & Colin QuigleySean & Colin mixed it with the regular Motorsport News Circuit Rally Championship regulars at Brands Hatch on an icy Saturday in mid-January and ended their day in 5th o/all, an excellent result given the entry.Other SCMC members recording finishes wereBen Smith who had a great run finishing 27th o/all from a start number of 63Oliver Hucklebridge finished his first ever event in the drivers’ seat in a very credible 35th o/allScott/Darren Stutchbury 28th o/all in the ClioPaul/Ben Garraway 31st o/all in their SunbeamDominic Norman & Vlad Ardeleanu 45th o/all in the Golf
Photo courtesy of Mark Cuthbert - December Competitor Of The Month – Rob Swann & Ian Hucklebridge
SCMC members were very active in December claiming some excellent results.
Rob Swann and Steve McNulty claimed a superb victory on the Rixy Stages, a new tarmac event held at the Stanford Training Area in Norfolk.
Ian & Oliver Hucklebridge were back at Goodwood with car 1 on the door after last years victory. After a difficult icy first stage they recovered to finish 5th o/all against some R5 machinery. To round off 2023 the Hucklebridge’s took their Escort to Pembrey and in extremely wet conditions finished just 6 seconds away from overall victory in 3rd o/all.
Other club members in December with notable results included Duncan Brown who continues his campaign in the winter 12 car series with his Mini. Multi-talented Duncan drove to 2nd o/all on the Southern Car Club 12 Car event and then swapped to the other seat to finish 6th o/all on the FDMC 12 car event.
- November Competitor Of The Month – Declan Dear
Declan together with his driver Matthew Hirst clinched the Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh Rally Championship title for a record-equalling third time after winning the Wyedean Stages Rally in mid-November. It’s been another good season for the Delta Salvage team with many podium results in their Fiesta R5.
Other notable results for SCMC members in November were Mark Kelly winning the Neil Howard stages at Oulton Park, Jamie McBain & Ryan Stutchbury finishing 20th o/all from a start number of 80 at Cadwell Park, Keith & Angelica Mainland finishing the London to Brighton veteran car run yet again on their 1904 Orient Buckboard and Duncan Brown got his 12 car season off to a good start with 3rd o/all on the Sevenoaks and District Motor Club 12 Car event.