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Saturday 29th January saw the ACU hold the annual Awards Presentation at the Park Inn Hotel in Northampton. The whole day was well attended with around 500 people in attendance during the course of the day. With the Youth awards taking place at lunchtime, as the stars of the future, from Motocross, Quad Racing, Grass Track and Trials all celebrating their season’s achievements. Within the Youth Motocross awards it was Connor Walkley that collected the most awards for the season, collecting the BYMX Open, Maxxis MXY2 titles as well as the Dunlop award for the Most Promising Motocross Rider within the ACU Academy. In the Youth Grass Track the main award winner was young Edmund Best who has continued on from his impressive season in the Cadet class in 2009. The evening Awards Dinner focused on another superb season for all riders within the ACU in their chosen discipline. The most prestigious award of the Evening went to Jack Challoner, who won the Pinhard Trophy which is presented to by the Sunbeam MCC for the best Under-21 year old sporting motorcyclist that is competing under the ACU. Jack Challoner beat off strong competition from fellow Trials rider Jack Sheppard. During the 2010 season Jack captured the FIM Junior Trial World Cup Championship and also finished 3rd in the UEM Trial Championship.
Greg Evans (above) took the time out of his busy training regime to collect his awards for winner the UEM Enduro Senior E2 Championship and also for finishing 2nd in the European Enduro Championship. Amongst the other stars of the Enduro world to be honoured were BEC E1 4t champion Daryl Bolter, BEC E1 2T champion Edward Jones, BEC Best Junior Ashley Wood, BEC E2 Expert Gavin Houson and Best Clubman Steve Holcombe Daryl Bolter also picked up the XC Championship trophy and Ady Smith was the best Over 40. Within Grass track the main awards went to Ritchie Moore and Ric McAuley for 3rd place in the FIM Track Racing 1000cc Sidecar World Championship and Andrew Appleton on winning the UEM Solo Grass Track Championship. |
Riders
come together to Celebrate at the ACU awards
Other
stand out awards during the course of the evening went to British Sidecar
Championship Stuart Brown and Luke Peters who in 2010 claimed yet another
title. In Quad racing it was Paul Winrow who collected his eleventh straight
British Quad Championship. Female Trials stars Becky Cook and Joanne Coles
celebrating finishing second and third in the Women’s Trials World
Championship.