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Reynolds Trophy winner
At the Royal Irish Automobile Club Archive Christmas lunch in Dublin, Belfast motoring historian and author Paul Robinson was awarded the Reynolds trophy for his contribution to preserving Irish motor sport history.
The Reynolds Trophy is awarded by the Royal Irish Automobile Club Archive to the person or persons who make the greatest contribution to the preservation of Irish motoring or motorcycle history.
The trophy commemorates the late Dudley Reynolds, who as well as being a distinguished competitor in events such as the Monte Carlo Rally and Circuit of Ireland, was a past chairman of the RIAC. Past winners of the Reynolds Trophy have included the late Maurice Bryan( 2010), Tom Farrell( 2011), Harry Havelin( 2012), Tom Heavey( 2013), Kevin O’ Driscoll( 2014) Jim Boland( 2015) and MVMC & CC( 2016), Ian Lynas( 2017), Anselm Aherne( 2019), Bob Montgomery( 2021) and Brian Manning( 2023).
Paul is a member of the Ulster Automobile Club, a motorsport marshal, Club Safeguarding Officer, and has published four books on motorsport history. The most recent book is Craigantlet Hill Climb 1925 to 1947.
It is a perpetual trophy and comes with a silver medal.
Girls Karting Academy Success
The 2025 season of Girls Karting Academy events saw 803 girls join the motorsport community through the programme, which in turn has a direct impact on the British Indoor Karting Championship where there has been an increase in female entries – from 59 girls in 2024 to 169 girls this year. At the National Final, held in Warrington, 11 girls competed across four different categories, three drivers in Cadet, two in Junior, five in Lightweight, and one in Heavyweight.
Throughout the day, the competition narrowed everyone down to a Grand Final for each of the categories, and three girls reached the Grand Final in the Cadet and Lightweight categories. In Cadets, Ellena Santhosh finished an excellent eighth overall, after fighting hard to keep position. Within the Lightweight category, Megan Rowledge and Libby Woolven raced across the line to take second place and a 15th place respectfully.
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