The Annual General Meeting of the Association of North East and Cumbria Car Clubs( ANECCC) was held last month, and John Ryan, Sport and Safety Director at Motorsport UK, was present to help celebrate the awards.

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At the end of the AGM, the Chairman presented the two main Association’ s Trophies; The Silver Salver – awarded for meritorious service to the Association; and the Bill Troughear Trophy – awarded to an unsung hero of the Association who has performed their duties in the background. This trophy was donated by the widow of the late Bill Troughear, who had been Chairman of the Association and Chairman of the Motorsport UK Regional Committee for many years.

The Salver was presented to John Parker, the Association’ s Forestry Liaison Officer, who has undertaken the role for 40 years and is keen to continue, while he can. As the Association’ s AGM coincided with John’ s 82nd birthday an additional presentation of a Colin the Caterpillar Cake was made by the Chairman to the birthday boy.

Award winners: Lindsay Burnip with John Ryan, John Parker and chair Andy Whittaker

Ryan also presented an update on various strategic projects that are being undertaken by Motorsport UK and took onboard the concerns expressed by some of the delegates and promised to provide suitable feed back to the ANECCC management committee.

The Association’ s Chairman, Andy Whittaker, warmly welcomed all the delegates, especially the North East 4x4 Club who have recently joined the Association. Delegates from the new club felt that the meeting was very informative.

The Bill Troughear Trophy was presented to one of the Association’ s Vice-Chairs, Lindsay Burnip, for the work she has done for the benefit of both the Association and Motorsport in the North of England and Scotland.

John Parker, the Association’ s Forestry Liaison Officer, receives the Silver Salver from Chairman, Andy Whittaker

The Phil Price Memorial Woodpecker Rally will remain in its new home of Newtown, Powys, in 2025, following the successful transition from Ludlow last year. The 2025 edition will feature a brand-new format centred around the spectacular forests of mid-Wales. Crews will contest around 45 competitive miles through iconic gravel stages, including the rarely used fast and flowing roads of Myherin. The technical challenges of Hafren will form the nucleus of the event, with the popular forest complex hosting three of the event’ s four tests in the morning loop. To keep road miles to a minimum and enhance the rally experience, servicing will be located at Llanidloes Rugby Club, offering the perfect location for access back into the forests for the afternoon run. The event is a competitive round for the Fuchs Lubricants British Historic Rally Championship, REIS English Rally Championship, and Pirelli Welsh Rally Championship.

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