British Sand Ace Championship

The ACU British Sand Masters Championship formerly the SandAce - British Championship is an Auto-Cycle Union motorcycle championship which was initially run and organised by the Guernsey Motor Cycle & Car Club. It was first run in 2006 as the Guernsey SandAce and became the Conder Ferries SandAce - British Championship in 2012.

British Sand Masters Championship
CategoryMotorcycle Track Racing
CountryUnited Kingdom
RegionChannel Islands and Lancashire
Inaugural season2006
Riders' champion2023: Paul Cooper

Without Ferry support the ACU championship status was lost in 2018 for want of sponsor. In 2019, after retrieving International status, members of the Guernsey Motor Cycle & Car Club voted to forego their staging of the championship to concentrate purely on local club meetings featuring motocross bikes, cars and just a few Track Racing bikes.

In 2022, following Covid restrictions, the Cheshire Grasstrack Club took on the responsibility of staging the national championship, the ACU British Sandmasters Championship, on St.Annes Beach, Lytham, Lancashire, on the Fylde coast

Historically the Championship was one of many motor sport events taking place on Guernsey and the Channel Islands as a whole. It took place annually and was run at Vazon Beach on the west coast of the island. Guernsey Sand Racing has been going on since the 1920s. Today the Guernsey Championship is run between April and September and there are two, three four wheeled championships. On Jersey similar local events are staged by the JMC & LCC at St.Ouens Bay.

British Championship Classes

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There are two championship classes. They are up to 500 cc Solo machines and up to 1000 cc Right-hand Sidecars. The Sidecars were included with the introduction of the British Championship.

International

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There is very much an international flavor to the meeting, competitors from Australia, Denmark, France and Germany have all taken part.

Main Sponsors

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The current sponsor is Fylde Council, (Lancs.). Condor Ferries were previous sponsors.

Solo Medalists

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Year Venue First Second Third
2006   Guernsey   Mitch Godden   Anthony Bougourd   Daniel Winterton
2007   Guernsey   Mitch Godden   Vince Kinchen   Mike Clarke
2008   Guernsey   Anthony Queripel   Vince Kinchen   Phil Ashcroft
2009   Guernsey   Mitch Godden   Anthony Queripel   Phil Ashcroft
2010   Guernsey   Mitch Godden   Daniel Winterton   Phil Ashcroft
2011   Guernsey   Mitch Godden   Anthony Queripel   Daniel Winterton
2012   Guernsey   Danny Warwick   Anthony Queripel   Daniel Winterton
2013   Guernsey   Danny Warwick   Rodney McDonald   Andrew Appleton
2014   Guernsey   Danny Warwick   Rodney McDonald   Daniel Winterton
2015   Guernsey   James Shanes   Zach Wajtknecht   James Wright
2016   Guernsey   Zach Wajtknecht   Paul Cooper   James Wright
2017   Guernsey   Paul Cooper   Daniel Winterton   Josh Dingle
2018   Guernsey, Unofficial   Paul Cooper   Andy Whittaker   Rob Fortune
2019   Guernsey   Paul Cooper   Jerome Lespinasse   Arran Butcher
2020 - '21   NO COMP'N   COVID-19
2022   Fylde   Paul Cooper   Charlie Powell   Jordon Noel
2023   Fylde   Paul Cooper   Daniel Winterton   Mark Wrathall

Sidecars Medalists

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Year Venue First Second Third
2012   Guernsey   Rob Wilson & Terry Saunters   Mark Cossar & Carl Blyth   Matt Tyrrell & Mark Courtney
2013   Guernsey   Rod Winterburn & Liam Brown]]   Rob Wilson & Terry Saunters   Gareth Winterburn & Billy Winterburn
2014   Guernsey   Robbie Wilson & Bradley Steer   Rob Wilson & Terry Saunters   Peter Lloyd & Daz Whetstone
2015   Guernsey   Gareth Winterburn & Billy Winterburn   Rod Winterburn & Liam Brown]]   Gary Shearer & Sam Bond]]
2016   Guernsey   Rod Winterburn & Billy Winterburn   Gareth Winterburn & Liam Brown   Rob Wilson & Danny Hogg
2017   Guernsey   Rod Winterburn & Billy Winterburn   Rob Wilson & Terry Saunters   Will Offen & Sam Black
2018   Guernsey Unofficial   Rob Wilson & Terry Saunters (to follow) (to follow)
2019   Guernsey   Rob Wilson & Terry Saunters   Neal Owen & Jason Farwell     Will Penfold & Ricky Pay
2020 - 21   NO COMP'N   COVID-19
2022   Fylde   Billy Winterburn & Ryan Wharton   Neal Owen & Jason Farwell     Rick McAuley & Stephen Russell
2023   Fylde   Colin Blackbourn & Carl Pugh   Neal Owen & Jason Farwell     Clint Blondel & Richard Webb


Results by rider

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Solos

Rider First Second Third Podium
  Paul Cooper 5 1 0 6
  Mitch Godden 5 0 0 5
  Danny Warwick 3 0 0 3
  Anthony Queripel 1 3 0 4
  Zach Wajtknecht 1 1 0 2
  James Shanes 1 0 0 1
  Daniel Winterton 0 3 4 7
  Vince Kinchin 0 2 0 2
  Rodney McDonald 0 2 0 2
  Anthony Bougourd 0 1 0 1
  Phil Ashcroft 0 0 3 3
  Mark Wrathall 0 0 1 1
  Jordan Noel 0 0 1 1
  Rob Fortune 0 0 1 1
  Andy Whittaker 0 1 0 1
  Charley Powell 0 1 0 1
  James Wright 0 0 2 2
  Mike Clarke 0 0 1 1
  Andrew Appleton 0 0 1 1
  Josh Dingle 0 0 1 1
  Jerome Lespinasse 0 1 0 1
  Arran Butcher 0 0 1 1

Sidecars

Driver First Second Third Podium
  Rod Winterburn 3 1 0 4
  Rob Wilson 2 3 1 6
  Gareth Winterburn 1 1 1 3
  Robbie Wilson 1 0 0 1
  Mark Cossar 0 1 0 1
  Matt Tyrrell 0 0 1 1
  Peter Lloyd 0 0 1 1
  Gary Shearer 0 0 1 1
  Will Offen 0 0 1 1
  Neal Owen 0 1 0 1
  Will Penfold 0 0 1 1

Sidecars

Passenger First Second Third Podium
  Billy Winterburn 3 0 1 4
  Terry Saunters 2 3 0 5
  Liam Brown 1 2 0 3
  Bradley Steer 1 0 0 1
  Carl Blyth 0 1 0 1
  Mark Courtney 0 0 1 1
  Daz Whetstone 0 0 1 1
  Sam Bond 0 0 1 1
  Danny Hogg 0 0 1 1
  Sam Black 0 0 1 1
  Jason Farwell 0 1 0 1
  Ricky Pay 0 0 1 1

References

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[1] [2] [3]

  1. ^ "British SandAce Championship". Archived from the original on 2016-10-01. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  2. ^ "New Page for Guernsey Motor Cycle & Car Club LBG". Gmccc.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  3. ^ "Guernsey's 'Condor Ferries' Sand Ace". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 2017-02-25.