2300 Club are very pleased to announce Johnnie Mackay as the winner of the 2022 John Easson Award. Our four finalists Billy Grew (Staffordshire), Johnnie Mackay (Aberdeenshire), Emily Easton-Page (Edinburgh) and Archie Swinscoe (Lancashire) all travelled to Preston. They all went in front of this year’s judging panel, which consisted […]
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The 2300 Club of Blackburn is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2022 John Easson Award. Following a record number of entries, a panel of judges led by JEA manager John Cope, assessed each application in detail. He said: “The quality of the entries was outstanding, and the judges […]
Ioan Lloyd brought the curtain down on his debut season in the BRC with a performance full of promise. The Cambrian Rally, based in North Wales, was the setting for the final round of the season, with the John Easson Award winner determined to finish on a high note. Lloyd […]
The 2300 Club had a twelve strong-marshalling team for Saturday’s Cambrian Rally. The weather forecast wasn’t great and proved itself when we woke early to heavy rain. As we made our way into the stage to sign on with another club member Mark Wilkinson, who happened to be stage commander. […]
There is a wealth of motorsport experience out on the Andy Mort Tour this Saturday. Although it’s a non-competitive event, the rally-style format always attracts drivers and navigators, together with marshals too. Historic F1 racer and 2300 Club member Paul Tattersall will be going at more sedate pace in his […]
There’s an interesting mixture of young and old out on next week’s Andy Mort Tour – and that’s just the drivers! As one of the best-organised Touring Assemblies in the north-west, the 2300 Club have been rewarded with an full-house entry of 60 cars and crews. “We were delighted to […]
For the classic car enthusiast, the Andy Mort Tour presents an unrivalled opportunity to see some beautiful machinery – and meet the drivers. Spectators are always very welcome on the event and this is where you can catch some of the action: 10.45: Ribblehead Viaduct (LA63AU). 12.30: Bridge House Farm […]
Historic rally champion Neil Calvert is to make a guest appearance on this month’s Andy Mort Tour. The highly-respected Burnley driver will be at the wheel of his famous Mk1 Lotus Cortina, running at car zero ahead of the capacity entry. Neil, who will have wife Arlene alongside reading the […]
The highs and lows of rallying were never more apparent than when Ioan Lloyd contested the Trackrod Rally Yorkshire last weekend. The penultimate round of the British Rally Championship saw our John Easson Award winner full of confidence, and looking forward to competing on some classic forest stages – including […]
Two thirds and a 13th overall was the reward for Ioan Lloyd after a superb drive on the Rali Ceredigion. The young John Easson Award winner thoroughly enjoyed his outing on the roads around Aberystwyth – and it showed. “What a cracking event the Rali Ceredigion is,” said a delighted […]