Other awards during 1999
Best Newcomer - Gary Jones Gary attended 81% of meetings,
travelling long distances, only missing meetings when repairing
damage. The whole team have taken an active interest in the
Club and the future looks extremely promising for them. His
commitment was rewarded with success towards the end of the
season when he won the Southern Championship.
Club service award winner - Tony Haynes During his
time with the Club Tony served on the Committee on many occasions,
taking on the role of Chairman, Treasurer and Committee member
as well as acting in a technical advisory capacity. His dedication
to our formula was obvious in many ways - he raised sponsorship
from ICI for specific meetings, he negotiated preferential
rates for Club members with both Fast and Hoosier tyres and
he wrote a number of articles on car set up for the Club magazine.
When Harry Sayell first decided to put up trophies for the
white and yellow grades in 1995, Tony was quick to add a cash
prize for the winners that year as an additional incentive.
In 1999, whilst on a business trip to South Africa, he took
time out to meet the new Midget team owner to discuss the
proposed technical specifications. Sadly this valued Club
member passed away in 1999. It was therefore decided to make
a posthumous Club Service Award (in place of the usual Best
Sportsman award) honouring the achievements of Tony Haynes.
1999 Chairman award winner - Gary Piper Many of the
Club's supporters go un-recognised and Gary is no exception.
Gary has spent a great deal of his spare time promoting the
formula. In 1998 he brought a £1000 sponsorship deal to the
Club from his employers - Fulcrum Solutions Ltd. Sponsorship
he could just as easily have had solely for himself. He did
the same again in 1999 and consequently put the Club in a
much more secure financial position. In addition he recently
brought the formula bang up to date by giving us our own web
site - www.gpmidgets.co.uk. Gary has not had the best of luck
on the circuit but still keeps coming back for more.
