14th February 2009
Rathfriland Motor Club celebrate prestigious UK award
The award, which was presented at a lavish reception in the Royal Automobile Club in London in January, will be re-presented by Allan Dean-Lewis from the Motor Sports Association in the presence of Club members and invited guests and dignitaries.
“The original presentation was held on the 16th January in central London at the MSA Night of Champions” commented Ian Hull, Rathfriland Motor Club President.
“Unfortunately, only two representatives from the Club were permitted to attend the presentation in London, so we decided to organise this dinner so that we could celebrate among those who worked so hard to achieve the award”
In a letter confirming the award back in January, Allan Dean-Lewis MBE, from the Motor Sport Association, congratulated the club members for the ‘enthusiasm and drive within the Club to organise the ‘Safety First’ schools presentations and the exceptionally high quality of Club and Event promotion and documentation during the year’.
The Rathfriland Club’s initial application for the award was endorsed by the Association of Northern Ireland Car Clubs (ANICC), which co-ordinates and represents the 32 member Motor Clubs within the province.
”We are delighted that Rathfriland Motor Club has won this prestigious title and we are particularly proud to be able to claim that we now have 2 clubs within the ANICC that have now won this award since 2001” said Nicky Moffitt, the Association Secretary.
Anyone who would like to join the Club’s celebrations can contact the Secretary on 07753846734 or by email at paul.biggerstaff@tiscali.co.uk to book a place.
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Photo Caption:
Northern Ireland prizewinners at the recent MSA Night of Champions.
Left
to right.
Lawrence Gibson (British Rallycross Champion),
Paul Biggerstaff (Rathfriland Motor Club),
Carl Stirling (British Junior Kart Champion),
Patsy Branney (Rathfriland Motor Club),
Nicky Moffitt (Secretary of the ANICC)
Background Information:
Association of Northern Ireland Car Clubs
Since its inception, the purpose of the ANICC has been to co-ordinate and represents the interests of Motorsport in Northern Ireland. The ANICC role has been to harmonise and assemble the dates, to promote the Northern Ireland Championships, to liase with their own and other governing bodies of the sport and with government departments, Sports Councils, the Lottery Fund and other sources of grant aid.
The Motor Sports Association (MSA)
The MSA is recognised as the governing body of motor sport in Britain by the world governing body, the Federation Internationale de L’Automobile (FIA). As such, the MSA is responsible for administrating and controlling the rules governing the sport within the UK.
Motorsport involves people at all levels: at grass roots through the activities of 750 Motor Clubs (with a total membership of over 200,000) who annually organise over 4,000 events for 100,000 competitors in 22 different disciplines; at elite level through events such as the British Grand Prix and the Rally of Great Britain.
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