OFFICIAL RESULTS

Southport Classic and Speed 2024 – 14/15th Sept – Entries Reminder.

Dear All,

Just a polite reminder to get your entries in for our forthcoming events and book your places at the Club’s 70^th Anniversary President’s Dinner.

We are just under a month to go to our 4^th Edition Southport Classic and Speed Weekend.

You will all no doubt have been shocked by the terrible events in Southport a few weeks ago.

We were approached by the Editor of Classic Car Weekly, David Simister, a great friend of the Club and Southport Resident, to help raise funds for those affected by these events particularly the children’s families and Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool.

So fund raising activities will be taking place over the course of the weekend…bucket collections by the Southport Round Table during the daytime events and cash donations/pledges at our 70^th Anniversary President’s Dinner on the Saturday (14^th) evening.

For more details and to enter your cars in either event, simply go to:

www.southportclassicandspeed.com

Otherwise, you can use these direct links(ignore Motorfest – this is our event management hosting site) :

Southport Speed Sprint Revival: SOUTHPORT SPEED SPRINT REVIVAL – SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS & OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM – 14TH SEPT 2024 | Ormskirk MotorFest (there is also a link to the event Regulations which you will need for event classes and technical regulations. Minimum Licence Requirements is Motorsport UK RS InterClub or equivalent plus MS UK Specification FIA helmet. NOTE – RS Clubmans is not acceptable except for Junior Entrants.

If you aren’t competing, Spectator access to the Promenade Viewing area is via pre-paid ticket available from: Southport Speed Sprint Revival 2024 (ticketquarter.co.uk)

Classic and Speed  (Sunday) : Southport Classic and Speed 15th September 2024 Vehicle Entry Form | Ormskirk MotorFest

Special concession for pre-war cars – manufactured or registered prior to Sept 1939 (Sunday) – Free Entry:  Southport Classic and Speed 15th September 2024 – PRE-WAR VEHICLE ENTRY FORM | Ormskirk MotorFest

For details and to book your places or table at the Club’s 70^th Anniversary Dinner (Sat 14^th 7.30pm), please click on this link:

The President’s Dinner | SouthportC&S (southportclassicandspeed.com) (Black Tie/Lounge Suits..Ladies – Dress to Impress.. £62.50/Head Four Course 4* Waterfront Hotel. Room Concession available

Looking forward to seeing you in Southport.

Dear Competitor,

EARLY BIRD ENTRY REMINDER – SOUTHPORT SPEED SPRINT REVIVAL – SATURDAY 14^TH SEPTEMBER – CLOSES 11^TH AUG.

Just a polite reminder to get your early bird entry in for the Sprint…quite a nice saving for those on tight budgets!

If you aren’t aware, we have doubled the length of the course to just over 1 mile by running in both directions along Marine drive, with new start and finish locations closer to the Victoria Park paddock!

We are also now working in partnership with Classic Car Weekly, whose Editor, David Simister, is a native of Southport and a very good friend of ours, to raise funds at our Southport Events for the families of the Southport Atrocity, that has shocked us all.

Click here to enter your car. Click here to download SR’s with Class Details (we run standard MSUK and North and Midland Speed classes)

We would also like to invite you to join us in the evening for our President’s Dinner, which is also our 70^th Anniversary Dinner, at the Waterfront Hotel, Southport.

Special Guest of Honour will be the Mayor of Sefton, Cllr June Burns. We shall also be raising funds at the dinner for Southport.

Details: The President’s Dinner | SouthportC&S (southportclassicandspeed.com)

£62.50 per person or £465 for your Table of Eight Guests
Please email: dinner@aintree.org.uk to book your places or tables. ACC will invoice bookings payable by Bank Transfer.
Special Room Rate for Guests: Please book your rooms directly with the Hotel and quote ACC Dinner:  01704 516220 

Quote Discount Code: EVENTBB for 20% off best rates.
Your visit to the Waterfront will include free complimentary secure underground parking with direct lift access to reception and your rooms.

__________________________________www.waterfronthotelsouthport.co.uk__________________________

Looking forward to seeing you again in Southport.

Neville Hay’s Obituary and Funeral Details as follows:

Neville Hay was born in Kidderminster Worcestershire on 12th November 1938. He was educated at King Charles 1st Grammar School Kidderminster and as a young man always listed his interests as girls, cars, and the Theatre in that order!

Neville worked briefly as an Actor and then joined the Motor Trade for some years. His theatrical interests

continued and this was where he met his future wife Dorothy in 1957. They married over 60 years ago on September 10th, 1960, and have three grown up children Richard Stephanie and John and six grandchildren

In 1960 he joined a Timber Merchants and Importers, a specialist Joinery Manufacturing business, of which he became Chairman and Chief Executive until he sold the business in 1975.

He started commentating on Motor Sport for fun, as cars and Motor Sport have always been present in his life.

As a small boy in the forties, his love of History and Motor Sport history in particular started and continued throughout his life.

The direct involvement in motor sport commentary began fifty years ago, and expanded in to writing as early as the sixties, covering road tests and Motor Shows throughout Europe.

His theatrical and his own motor racing ambitions became sacrificed however in order to hold down three different means of making living in the sixties and early seventies of which Motor Sport became a dominant part.

By the mid-sixties his Motor Sport commentaries began to centre around Film Commentary, Public Address and Broadcasting and by the mid-seventies this was a full time occupation.

The Film, TV and Broadcasting activities required writing scripts of course and by now he was a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers whilst also working as a freelance Commentator for BBC Radio. Worldwide TV

Commentaries followed including Channel 7 Australia, Screensport, Eurosport, Sky ITV and Channel Four.

In 1981 Neville and Dorothy Hay founded the successful television production company Hay Fisher Productions.

They were joined in the business by their elder son, Richard, who became a director in 1985.

In 1993 Neville was delighted to be invited by the Directors of the BRDC to become an Associate Member

The Hays sold their interest in the business to son Richard in 1994, Their younger son John who is a Partner in a Suffolk Solicitors practice, has also been involved, regularly assisting in what is now his brother’s organisation as a skilled and experienced cameraman

Neville continued commentating regularly until 1997, while producing TV Films on Motor Racing history became a major activity throughout the Nineties.

He has a large private library of Motor Sport books and Archive Film and Neville and his wife produced, wrote and directed well over a hundred Archive programmes.

The writing side of his activities expanded in the late nineties and was encouraged by his friend, Ed McDonough, and Charles Harbord, founder of the Magazine “Cars for the Connoisseur,” who invited him to write a regular column.

Neville and Dorothy Hay moved to the Isle of Man in 1997 and over the last twelve years Neville has concentrated on writing They now live in semi-retirement close to the sea with, as Neville puts it, ‘as much garden as my wife can manage’.

His Biography of Prince Birabongse of Thailand and the British Racing

Driver Tony Rolt were published in 2009.

He continued to commentate for TV, Radio and Circuits at the events he enjoys such as Le Mans, the Goodwood Historic Meetings, the Silverstone Classic and the Ormskirk Motorfest.

He has devoted more time to his other interests including good food, wine and cooking. Alongside writing he is an avid reader and his broad tastes in music and the theatre reflect a lifelong interest in both.

The Hays have always loved animals, particularly dogs, and have two King Charles Spaniels, Vince and Harry who play a large part in their lives.

One close friend has been heard to opine that given the choice,

he would come back as one of their dogs!

Neville started commentating for ACC at the Aintree Festival of Motorsport, in 2004, when we celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Grand Prix Circuit over a 3-day event held in late November.

Neville had VIP treatment, staying at the same Hotel as Sir Stirling Moss, Tony Brooks and his great friend, Roy Salvadori and attending the two Black Tie Gala Dinners we held on the Friday and Saturday evenings.

He was also a regular visitor to Liverpool for treatment at the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital.

Neville then joined us for our Club Relaunch in 2009 and then became our Event Commentator for the Ormskirk Motorfest from 2011 to 2019, flying over from the Isle of Man and staying in his favourite Premier Inn at Scarisbrick, often accompanied by his wife, Dorothy, who would join us for our traditional “Motorfest Eve” Dinner in Ormskirk.

Neville would generally only commit to Motorfest a few weeks before the event because, to quote…”I never thought I would last this long!”

May his memory be preserved in the hundreds of motor racing films and documentaries he has produced, his motor racing commentaries and the pleasure we had from his jovial and enlightening company over the years.

The Club offers it’s condolences to Neville’s wife Dorothy and his children, Richard, John and Stephanie.

Nevilles Funeral arrangements are as follows:

Wyre Forest Crematorium, Kidderminster, DY13 8DE 2.30pm

Wake to beheld at The Crown and Sandys Hotel, Main Road, Ombersley, WR9 0EW

Photo: Neville on the grid of the first Ormskirk Motorfest in 2011

Presented by

We are now accepting entries for the OCEAN SPEED REVIVAL SOUTHPORT 2024 EDITION.

This will take place on Saturday 14th September 2024 and use the same section of Southport’s Marine Drive as the 2023 Edition.

We are delighted to announce we doubling the length of the course to 1 Mile/1650m!

Please download the Event Supplementary Regulations from here

Please read and understand these SR’s for event details, particularly the Classes that you may enter.

To enter your car, please click here This will take you to our Online Entry System (with another link for the SR’s).

Invited Clubs/Associations:

Association of North-Western Car Clubs (Championship Qualifying Round)
S.D.34 M.S.G.(Championship Qualifying Round)
Aston Martin Owners Club
Benjafields Racing Club
Bentley Drivers Club (all regions)
British Racing Drivers Club
B.A.R.C. (all regions)
B.R.S.C.C. (all regions)
Bristol Owners Club
Bristol Owners and Drivers Association (Championship Qualifying Round)
Ferrari Owners Club
Hillclimb and Sprint Association
Jaguar Drivers Club
Jaguar Enthusiasts Club
Lancashire Automobile Club
Liverpool Motor Club
Longton and District Motor Club (Championship Qualifying Round)
M.G. Car Club (all regions) (Championship Qualifying Round)
Midland Automobile Club
Morgan Sports Car Club

TVR Car Club
Veteran Car Club of Great Britain
Vintage Sports Car Club (Championship Qualifying Round)

Payment is by Bank Transfer or Cheque.

The event is a round of the ANWCC Sprint and Hillclimb Championship

and the North West based SD34 Motor Sport Group:

Enquiries: mja@aintree.org.uk Mobile (7-9pm) 07821 230 961

IMPORTANT – REGISTRATIONS CLOSE TONIGHT 14TH MAY

To book your place, please click on link below:

AINTREE GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT 70th Anniversary Celebrations – Tuesday 21st May 2024 – PRIVATE REGISTRATION | Ormskirk MotorFest

The Club is delighted to announce that dates have been agreed with Victoria Park and Sefton Council for the 2024 Southport Classic and Speed and Ocean Southport Sprint Revival.

The Sprint Revival will take place on Saturday 14th September.

The event will feature a significantly extended speed course, with relocated start/finish with the Paddock remaining in Victoria Park.

The proposed changes are subject to Motorsport UK Approval and Track Licence.

Classic and Speed will take place the following day, Sunday 15th September and will follow the established show format in Victoria Park followed by the Grande Parade along Lord Street and The Promenade.

Entries are now open for Classic and Speed 2024. To enter your vehicle, click here.

If you have a PRE-WAR Car (Registered prior to Sep 1939), we have a concessionary entry. To enter your vehicle, click here.

Aintree Circuit Club is delighted to announce the appointment today of two new event officials:

Alex Hughes has accepted the invitation from Club Chairman, Mike Ashcroft, to take up the position of Chief Marshal.

Alex has a very long-standing association with the Club being the eldest Son of Club President, Graham Hughes and brings with him a wealth of business, military and motorsport knowledge and experience to the role.

We have also appointed one of our long-standing Marshals, Michael Lovegrove, as Assistant Chief Marshal, who will work alongside Alex, ensuring we continue to deliver safe and successful events.

Update: We shall be publishing the Supplementary Regulations shortly.

Please use the contact box below to register your interest in entering the event:

PRESS RELEASE

Ormskirk Motorfest returns for 2023!

Aintree Circuit Club is delighted to announce the return of the Ormskirk Motorfest, the biggest event of its kind in the North,  after a long-awaited absence of 3 years.

Motorfest 2023 will take place on Sunday 28^th May (Spring Bank Holiday weekend) and will be organised in partnership with Ormskirk School and The Endeavour Learning Trust (ELT).

The event will take on a slightly different format to previous editions, with greater community engagement, and instead of the previous closed road parades, there will be a Touring Assembly into Ormskirk through surrounding areas and a fantastic new venue at Ormskirk School. This will avoid the impact to traffic locally yet still provide a wonderful opportunity to see the amazing vehicles and atmosphere that Motorfest has brought to and enjoyed by thousands, in previous editions.

Motorfest is now inviting owners to enter their vehicles online at:

www.ormskirkmotorfest.com

Michael Ashcroft, ACC Chairman and Event Secretary said:

“We are delighted to announce the return of the Ormskirk Motorfest for 2023 and our new partnership with The Endeavour Learning Trust. We think participants and the local community will warm to the new format and fully support the event as in previous editions. The event will remain free for the Public to attend. Ormskirk School is an ideal venue for Motorfest, and we look forward to working with the School and The Trust to ensure the event is a great success for all.”

Press Enquiries:          ACC – Stephen Mosley   stephen@actuariusart.co.uk