A packed room of 300-plus classic car club representatives attended the annual Classic & Sports Car Club Awards, held in association with Lancaster Insurance at the Hilton Metropole in Birmingham on Saturday night (16 November).
The awards ceremony takes place on the middle night of the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show and are compered by Simon Taylor with the presentations being made by Lancaster Insurance MD Mike Edgeley.
The trophies recognise the efforts of the classic car clubs, the backbone of the hobby, with a series of gongs celebrating both their efforts at the NEC and throughout the year.
This year's awards proved a very good evening for Morris clubs with the enormous Morris Centenary display co-ordinated by the Morris Minor Owners’ Club and Morris Register being adjudged the best large stand at the event (main image). With 'William' the oldest marque survivor on a turntable as the centrepiece, it was a hugely impressive effort.
There was more good news for the Morris Minor Owners’ Club when Ray Newell picked up the prize for Club Personality of the Year thanks to his tireless efforts not just in the high-profile centenary celebrations, but also to create a federation of co-operating Morris clubs.
