This year, our Annual Awards Presentation was moved from an evening event to a less formal lunch time event as a result of feedback we received from our membership survey.

We were expecting a better attendance than the 28 members who came to last years Dinner held in  the aftermath of Covid restrictions. Unfortunately, we only managed to attract 34 members to the Annual Awards Presentation and Lunch held at The Petwood Hotel on 26^th February.

Despite the poor turnout, the event was a great success with a two course lunch followed by a slide presentation looking back at 2022 MGCC events. Twenty three awards were presented to members for achievements and participating in MGCC Lincolnshire events during 2022.

Howard Quayle, Director of the MG Car Club Ltd was invited to present the Awards and Trophies and then addressed the members as The Director Appointed to oversee The Lincolnshire Centre.

Highlight of the event was the announcement that our long standing member Douglas Samuel had been awarded “The Marque of Friendship” by The MG Car Club. This is a very prestigious award which we believe has never been awarded to a Lincolnshire Centre member before. It is awarded by the MG Car Club in recognition of outstanding contributions to the Marque by a member of the club.

The list of awards presented for 2022 are:-

1. LINCS TROPHY SPORTS CARS Malcolm Clark
2. LINCS TROPHY SALOON CARS Michael Denton
3. BUSH TROPHY Danny Read
4. TWELLS TROPHY                                                           Chris Chapman
5. BROOK HOUSE B TROPHY                                          Chris Chapman
6. BAITSTRAND TROPHY                                                 Denis Chandler
7. HALLS GARAGE TROPHY Ian Webb
8. HALL GARAGE ROSEBOWL                                        Steve Morris
9. JUBILEE TROPHY 1977 Sue & Chris Hall
10. MUNCASTER TROPHY William & Alex Stock
11. VICTOR WOOD TROPHY                                             William & Alex Stock
12. LONG BEACH TROPHY John Hebb
13. ABBEY LODGE TROPHY                                              David Stonehouse
14. CHIPPY STROSS TROPHY                                           David Stonehouse
15. MIKE TAYLOR TROPHY                                              Ian & Sue Mackenzie
16. BRIAN HOWELLS TROPHY                                        William Sharp
17. ROB ELY TROPHY                                                         Ian Webb & Malcolm Clark
18. BRIAN SCOTNEY TROPHY                                         Colin Stubbs
19. NON COMMITTEE MEMBER                                     John Rogers
20. Marque of Friendship Award                                        Douglas Samuel
21. BMC trophy                                                                      Malcolm Clark. Ian Webb and Bob Welch
22. Longbridge Trophy                                                         David Stonehouse, Robert Taylor, Helen Blake
23. Chairman’s Cup                                                               William Sharp

Prior to the presentation of the awards, a slide presentation was shown “Looking back at 2022 Events in the MG Car Club”

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Although all the Covid legal restrictions were lifted many members were still reluctant to book for this, our largest social event of the year. Only 27 members booked and unfortunately, two members had to cancel the day before due to a positive test for Covid.

Then, on the afternoon of the event, The Olde Barn Hotel informed us that their gas tank supply which should have been replenished automatically was very low and they could not allow guests to stay although the dinner could still go ahead. Fortunately, they rechecked their calculations and decided the gas supply would last until Sunday morning so the guests were able to stay in the bedrooms as booked.

A good time was had by all the select few who did attend the event.

The number of awards to be presented was rather depleted as many events for which trophies are normally presented were cancelled due to Covid restrictions. Awards were presented as follows:-

The Twells Trophy to Darren Keeler

The Brook House B Trophy to Danny Read

The Bush Trophy to Danny Read

The Lincolnshire Sports Car Trophy to Malcolm Clark

The Bryan Scotney Trophy to Mark Bellamy

The Longbridge Trophy to David Stonehouse, Robert Taylor and Helen Blake

The BMC Trophy to Malcolm Clark, Ian Webb, and Michael Denton

The Chairman’s Cup to David Stonehouse

Take a look at the photos and don’t forget to click on the 12 min video presentation.

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