The Past and Future Come Together
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Over 200 members and guests helped celebrate the triumphs and success of the 2011 season for the New South Wales Speedway Kart Club at their 21st annual Presentation dinner on Sunday the 11th December.
The night was a fitting end to what has been a disrupted season due to weather but after 7 championship rounds the points were tallied and the champions were crowned.
It was only the second time in the clubs history that a midget class driver had earn top honors in the club taking out the Club Championship.
A full list of award winners is listed below however the highlight of the night was the standing ovation 11 yr old Kaidon Brown received as he accepted his Championship trophy from guest of honor for the night, speedway icon and legend Steve Brazier.
Before handing over the award Steve spoke about how important the club and the sport of speedway karting is to the young future of the sport as a valuable learning tool for drivers to learn race craft before stepping into mainstream speedway.
Another milestone was reached on the night as fellow Midget class driver Jake Donaldson made it a 1-2 for the class as he received his second place trophy.
It is the first time in the club history that the Midget class has taken the top two spots. Finishing in third was clubman heavy driver Tim Baker.
One of the most emotional awards presented on the night is the one that holds high esteem in the club, that being Life Membership. This year the honor was given to a member who has been part of the club since its founding years and is always available to the club and its members when evere required, that member was Rod Bright .
In his closing address to the audience club president Wayne Baines announced an exciting new plan that will see for the first time the CCSKC and the NSWSKC run a joint inter club challenge where drivers will compete at both venues for a separate points score with the season thru out 2012 .
It is the next step in the push forward of making speedway karting even stronger as a sport.
Once the awards were handed out the members and their families and guest all joined to relax and wind down the season with dancing and partying into the night. The award winners on the night were:
The Rookie of the Year : Jordan Binskin
The most Improved Junior driver : Jake Baines
The most Improved Senior Driver : Daniel Gow
Club Encouragement award : Bailey McDougall
The “ On Track Automotive Encouragement award : Neil Bird
Best Presented Kart sponsored by Stillshots : Connor Moreau
Rollover of the Year sponsored by Stillshots : Cameron Coghlan
Speedcar Top Gun Challenge : Jason Woodward
Premier League Winners sponsored by Stillshots : The Benson Bandits
Best and Fairest Award : Daniel Sayre
Volunteer Of the Year : Ann Johnson
Presidents Award : Dec Jordan
Wayne Selvage award : Jake Baines
Voluntary Service Award – Tony Johnson
Life Membership – Rod Bright
Class awards
Midget Class sponsored by Coghlan Oval Track Racing
Drivers Driver – Kaidon Brown
1st – Kaidon Brown , 2nd Jake Donaldson , 3rd Liam Walker
Rookie Class sponsored by Karting World & Sayre Racing
Drivers Driver – Taylor Rietdyk
1st Andrew Beattie , 2nd Luke Sayre, 3rd Taylor Coghlan
Junior Class sponsored by Fire Service Plus
Drivers Driver – Daniel Sayre
1st Daniel Sayre , 2nd Jordan Binskin , 3rd Jake Baines
Clubman Light Class sponsored by St Signs & Designs
Drivers Driver – Sean Mayo
1st Jason Woodward , 2nd Daniel Morris , 3rd Sean Mayo
Clubman Heavy Class sponsored by Carline Automotive Caringbah
Drivers Driver – Gray Slarke
1st Tijm Baker , 2nd Gary Slarke , 3rd Shannon Bree
Kt Light Class sponsored by Hopping’s Mowers
Drivers Driver – Peter Bourke
Dual Champions Daneil Gow , James Melling , 3rd Kyle Caunt
KT Pro class sponsored by Wescranes
Drivers Driver – Donald Stevens
1st Michael Jordan , 2nd David Boyd , 3rd Wayne Baines
So that is it for another year and as 2011 winds to an end the Executive of the club would like to thank everyone for a wonderful season and hope you all have a merry Christmas and a Happy and Safe New Year and look forward to see everyone in February 2012 as it all starts again .
