WOOLBRIDGE Motor Club handed out awards and over £3,000 donated to charity in an evening at Frampton Village Hall.

The evening saw a total of £3480 donated to four charities as a result of proceeds from a charity team kart race in association with the Clay Pigeon Raceway and the club’s own touring car run.

In memory of former club member and chairman John Forsyth £1000 was received by Phil and Susan Hawes on behalf of Parkinsons UK, with a total of £1480 being awarded to the Multiple Sclerosis Society UK and £500 each to The Front Skate Park in Weymouth and The Cystic Fibrosis Trust.

Gary Morris was recognised by the Woolbridge Motor Club for his achievements over the past year, including winning the RTV division of the four-wheel-drive championship.

Morris was also awarded the Victor Ludorum Trophy for scoring the most points across all of the club’s sporting activities at the club’s awards presentation.

He also claimed second in the Silver League Car Trials Championship and received an award from club president Colin Pook for actions above and beyond the norm.

Sherborne’s Mark Hoppé won the Jonathan Mears Memorial Trophy for winning the club’s autotest championship and three trophies for overall wins in individual trials.

Hoppé has seen a good amount of success over the past year, finishing third in the Victor Ludorum series and claimed the Field Trophy as he won the Car Trails Championship.

In the four-wheel-drive events Simon Crook from Dorchester received the Hogcliff Trophy for winning the CCV division whilst John Kirby collected the ‘Mitsibishi’ Trophy as the overall winner of both the RTV and CCV classes.

Kirby, from Maiden Newton, also claimed third place in the Cars Trials Championship and finished second in the Victor Ludorum as well as claiming the Autotechnic Trophy for an outright win in a car trial.

More awards were to return to the Kirby household with John’s daughter Sarah winning an award for the best performance by a young driver in four-wheel-drive events, in addition to the Junior Victor Ludorum.

The family had further accolades when Sharon Kirby was awarded the Committee Cup, awarded for marshalling and/or officiating on the most occasions, which was shared with Tim and Jackie Fry from Wareham.

Father and son duo Peter and Richard Turner claimed the victory for driver and navigator respectively in the Navigational Challenge, with Charlotte Ryall receiving the Rod Purkiss Trophy for the most deserving navigator.

One of the most well supported championships within the south Dorset Club was that for speed hill climbing.

Stephen Wareham from Bere Regis took fourth place in the speed hill climbing as reward for his efforts in his Austin Mini, while Andrew Forsyth took the runner-up position with his OMS single-seater racer.

The Silver Jubilee Trophy went to South Petherton’s Simon Neve, who took the top spot at the end of a season driving his Mitsubishi Lancer road car whilst he rebuilt the engine of his more rapid and specialised Evo RS.