The Ambassador Trophy

New for 2009 and donated by Nick Walker of Newtonhill's 20th Century Classics, the Ambassador Trophy will be awarded to the club member who has competed in the most events throughout the year without winning a trophy. Intended to reward the stalwart clubmen who support the club by consistently competing without necessarily having the means of winning.

The John W. Beggs Ladies Trophy

Donated by club member Leslie Spilman-Vie in honour of her late father John, a dedicated hot-rodder and general car nut. This trophy is presented to the highest placed lady in the Club Championship, quite fitting as Leslie describes her dad as "something of a ladies man"! Click here to read Les's tribute.

The Groundwater Lift Trucks Junior Trophy

Another donation from a club member, many thanks to SRC front-runner Barry Groundwater for donating this trophy! Awarded to the winner of the Junior Championship, comprised of low-budget events and open to competitors under 21 years old. Groundwater Lift Trucks offer sales, hire, service and parts for a variety of forklifts, loaders and other equipment all over the UK.

Club Championship

The big one! A round of typically 16 - 18 events comprising a little bit of everything and open to everyone, the Club Championship is the most prestigious award on offer and requires considerable skills in a range of motorsporting disciplines to win, as well as no shortage of determination and dedication.

Fiesta Challenge Trophy

A low-cost series within the club championship open to small engined cars with limited modifications, The Fiesta Challenge has always been closely fought and is even more popular since it was opened to cars other than the Ford Fiesta! Click here to read more.

Autotest Championship

With several skilled and dedicated Autotesters among SDMCs ranks, this is another Championship that tends to be fairly hotly contested. As with the other championships this is based on class as opposed to overall points so the champion come year end will not necessarily be the driver of an Autotest Special!

Speed Championship

In previous years the SDMC Speed Championship encompassed Sprints and Hillclimbs, however as with SDMC member interest in these events dropping, for 2009 the only events now counting are the SDMC Autocross and Clubcross events. This should mean the action on the grass is closer than ever!

Novice Rally Championship

The first rung on the road rallying ladder, the Novice championship is comprised of a number of rallies organised by local clubs, with awards for the winning driver and navigator. The difficulty of navigation clues for these events are intended to suit the skills of a knowledgable newcomer, although don't make the mistake of assuming that this automatically makes them easy! The standings at the end of the year provide an indication of who paid attention at February's road rally classes!

Non-Expert Rally Championship

The next step up, basically when you go into a Novice event expecting to clean it you should be having a go at these! Although the route used will be the same for all three classes, the clues are more difficult and complex. In addition to this, the locations of all the time controls are not always given making the navigation more challenging. In some cases the same clues are the same as Expert level but with all the controls listed.

Expert Rally Championship

For the first time in 2009, the Expert Championship is comprised of road raliies only, having included some local stage rallies in the past. Intended for experienced crews, the Expert clues are often very cryptic, open to huge amounts of interpretation and include a variety of dead ends to confuse the unwitting navigator. Many of the controls will not be listed so success at this level depends even more on the skill of the navigator than at Novice and Non-Expert level.

Marshals Championship

Every time we're out playing there is always a crowd of yellow-bibbed heros on hand braving all weather to make sure everything happens the way it should. This award is dedicated to those who give up their weekends to stand all day at the start and finish gates at Autotests, get splattered with muck at Autocrosses, chase cars up hills at PCTs and get peppered with stones on rallies!

Social Championship

Another championship available to the non-competitor (although I don't think you can really describe John or Duncan as non-competitors!), the Social championship was introduced in 2007 and has been a huge success. Quiz Nights, Scalextric/PS2 Challenges, Bowling and Karting have all featured here, as well as the world famous SDMC Treasure Hunts!