It’s been an awesome year for Dukeries Motor Club in 2021.
From a late start after the need to cancel the Donington Rally in March, we were soon up at full steam ahead successfully running the Rex Pet Hotel Flying Fortress Stages in June. We had a belated start to the club-nights after lockdown eased but this allowed us to hold our 2020 Awards as a Summer Bash in August with a great turnout.
Planning for the Maxus Dukeries Rally started in earnest back in the summer and the event last weekend proved to be a huge hit with both competitors and spectators alike which makes all the hard work worthwhile. There has also been a lot of behind the scenes planning for 2022 and beyond within the committee and associated members.
Tonight, 10th December is our annual Xmas Awards night to celebrate the 2021 season accomplishments for competitors and the club alike. To crown the achievements we have already made this year, Motorsport UK have today announced that Dukeries Motorclub has been selected as the 2021 Club of the Year. Announcing the news via the Revolution magazine (available to download at https://www.motorsportuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Revolution_December2021.pdf), Motorsport UK published the following:
Club of the Year – Dukeries Motor Club
“In recognition of their efforts to excel in membership communication, embrace new technologies in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and, above all, deliver a strong calendar of events despite the challenges the global situation presents, Dukeries Motor Club have been selected as the Club of the Year
The Club has also sought to actively strengthen ties with the local area, make motorsport more accessible and is striving to return larger events to the East Midlands after the demise of the Dukeries and Premier Forest rallies.
Inspired by their outreach programme, the next generation of Club members are starting to filter through, bringing new and exciting ideas to the Committee for the future. Notably, for the first time in 20 years, an election had to be held to nominate the Club Chairman, such has been the impact of this drive to bring new members into the motorsport community”
This is the 2nd time the club has won the Club of the Year – The last time was 18 years ago in 2003. We are very proud to have achieved this recognition twice in a relatively short period of time. This is very much the culmination of the hard work put in by members of the club over the last two very difficult years and will spur us onto new challenges in the future. We have some exciting things planned for 2022 which will definitely need the support of the club and its members so everyone raise a glass tonight and toast both the success of the club and the bright future for us all.