CLICK HERE TO GO BACK MAURICE HOLMES MEMORIAL AWARD
This award is made to the Junior Driver who accumulates the most points over the season in races run by the NZMTC at Addington and restricted to Junior Drivers.
TROPHY The trophy is a horse shoe mounted on a wooden sheild. The shoe is one of those worn by Mount Eden in the 1 Mile time trial of 1:56.6 on 27th February 1971. This was during the InterDominions and was considered an exceptional performance.
PAST WINNERS 1974/75 F N (Fraser) Kirk 1975/76 P N (Peter) Jones 1976/77 C J (Colin) De Filippi 1977/78 R G (Ray) McNally M W (Murray) Rennie 1978/79 R A (Ross)Payne 1979/80 M W (Murray) Rennie 1980/81 P D (Paul) Young 1981/82 J F (Jim) Curtin 1982/83 N J H (Neil) Munro 1983/84 A M (Anthony) Butt 1984/85 N J (Neil) Hamilton 1985/86 A M (Anthony) Butt 1986/87 R M (Roger) Austin 1987/88 A M (Anthony) Butt 1988/89 G T (Graeme) Ward 1989/90 J S D (John) Lemon 1990/91 Miss D M (Debbie) Rickerby 1991/92 R A (Roddy) Butt 1992/93 K V (Kerry) Hadfield 1993/94 C D (Craig) Thornley 1994/95 Miss K P (Karen) Williams 1995/96 B A (Brent) Lilley 1996/07 D P (Danny) Campbell 1997/08 Miss K P (Karen) Williams 1998/99 B A (Brent) Lilley 1999/00 M P (Mark) Jones 2000/01 S G (Scott)Dickson 2001/02 P T (Paul) Court 2002/03 S R (Stephen) McNally 2003/04 S R (Stephen) McNally 2004/05 G D (Gavin) Smith 2005/06 J R (John) Dunn 2006/07 N P (Nathan) Williamson 2007/08 D J (Dexter) Dunn YEAR: 20072007 MAURICE HOLMES MEMORIAL AWARD WON BY NATHAN WILLIAMSON
Nathan (19 years) was first licenced in the 2004/05 season and is employed by his father Phil Williamson. He had his first totalisator drive in March 2005 at Oamaru and since that time has established himself as not only a very competent Junior Driver but is also excelling as a free lance driver as well.
His biggest success last season was driving Jasmyn’s Gift to win the Group 1 NZ Trotting Free-For-All on Show Day.
The Maurice Holmes Memorial Junior Driver Trophy applies to all Junior Driver races conducted at Addington during the season and Nathan through some consistent efforts has pipped his good friend and rival Gavin Smith in the race for the title. It is ironical that Gavin pipped Nathan in the past seasons NZ Junior Drivers Championship which encompasses all Junior Driver races throughout NZ.
Final Points Standings were as follows :-
Nathan Williamson 20 points Gavin Smith 19 points Sam Smolenski 13 points
In addition to the Trophy, Nathan received, courtesy of New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club, a return trip to Australia with spending money plus $500 worth of clothing.
Credit: Tony Lye |