Liam MacDonald of Invercargill has taken the Southland Sports Car Club Champions Trophy for the 13th time.
His achievement was recognised at the club’s 2024/25 season prizegiving at Teretonga Park in Invercargill on Monday night.
MacDonald first won the trophy in 2013 and has won it every year since except 2017 while last year he shared it with Anthony Ralston.
MacDonald earned the trophy by winning the Keith McFadzien Trophy for the Motorkhana Championship for the eighth time.
He was also second in the Sprint Championship, the two results giving him the Warren Robbie Memorial Trophy for the overall ClubSport Championship.
Craig Allan of Invercargill was the Club Championship runner-up for the second year in a row after winning the SSCC speed trophy for the Sprint Championship in his Honda Integra from Macdonald and Blake Cooper.
Allan was also third in the Motorkhana Championship behind Macdonald and Andrew Kennedy.
He also won the Stresscrete 1601cc+ speed trophy and finished runner-up in the ClubSport Championship.
Blake Cooper was the Junior Driver of the Year, winning the Women’s Committee Trophy for the third year in a row.
Cooper was fourth in the Motorkhana Championship, third in the Sprint Championship and the winner of the 0cc-1600cc speed trophy in his Honda Civic, those results giving him third overall in the ClubSport Championship. He also became the National Junior ClubSport Champion during the year.
Dave McLean of Balfour won the Race Championship and with it the Noel McIntyre Trophy exactly 20 years after he first won it.
McLean also won the Maxis Projects Ltd 1601cc-2500cc class from Nieko Scoles and Jeremy Skeggs and finished second in the Flying Farewell Championship.
Lynden Prebble of Dipton won the Erskine Flying Farewell Trophy and also the Auto Centre Trophy for winning the 2501cc+ class ahead of James Black of Dunedin. He was also second overall in the Race Championship.
Cindy Cooper of Invercargill was crowned the Women’s Champion for the fourth time after winning the 1301cc-1600cc class and finishing third in both the Race Championship and the Flying Farewell Championship.
The club also awarded life membership to two members — Noel Atley and Paul Rosel.
The Workers Award was shared by Allister Robb and Greg McLeod while Warren Watson won Marshall of The Year.
By Lindsay Beer
