John Easson Award

Teenager Ioan Lloyd has his sights firmly set on the 2022 British Rally Championship – with help from the 2300 Club. The 19-year-old from West Wales won the coveted John Easson Award last month, getting the vote from the club’s judging panel, led by Ian Grindrod, ahead of other finalists […]

After winning the John Easson Award in 2019, Ewan Tindall should have spent 2020 enjoying the benefits of UK Rallying’s top scholarship. With a freshened-up Fiesta R2 as the weapon and the BTRDA Championship as the battleground, the talented North-East driver was looking set for a great season. And he […]

2300 Club are pleased to announce Ioan Lloyd as the winner of the 2021 John Easson Award. The three finalists travelled to Preston in very difficult conditions, as storm Barra raged causing travel chaos across the UK. The John Easson Award final went ahead as planned, Billy Grew, James Lepley […]

The 2300 Club of Blackburn is pleased to announce the finalists of the John Easson Award. They are: Billy Grew James Lepley Ioan Lloyd The award selection committee will meet the finalists on Tuesday, December 7 and following an interview, the winner of the JEA will be decided. The standard […]

Ewan Tindall’s season-long run of bad luck continued on last weekend’s Cheviot Stages when he was forced to retire on the penultimate stage. “The rally pretty much summed up my year as a whole,” said the current John Easson Award winner. “The speed has been there, but the luck hasn’t. […]

A blown turbo put paid to Ewan Tindall’s class-leading drive on the Galloway Hills Rally. The 21-year-old John Easson Award winner looked set for another superb result on the event, the penultimate round of the Scottish Championship, when disaster struck on stage five. “The day was going very smoothly, and […]

“Last week the John Easson Award ran by the 2300 Club opened its entries in search of a 2021 winner. Over the last 2 years, I have been fortunate enough to receive the help and guidance from winning the award in 2019 and I urge any young rally driver & […]

The 2300 Club of Blackburn is pleased to announce the appointment of John Cope as the new manager of the John Easson Award. John has taken over the reins from Allan Durham, who has been co-ordinator for over ten years, and will now oversee the running of the 2021 Award. “I was delighted to […]

2300 Club presents: The John Easson Award 2021 The 2300 Club is proud to announce the details of the 2021 John Easson Award for young rally drivers and more recently, co-drivers. First run in 2004, the Award is named after rally driver John Easson, a regular rally competitor and a […]

Photo credit Eddie Kelly Motorsport photography/Ewan Tindall/Facebook John Easson Award winner Ewan Tindall bounced back from his misfortune last time out with a cool and calculated drive on the Grampian Forest Rally After crashing out of the last round of the Scottish Rally Championship, the 21 year old was under […]