British Sand Ace Championship

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Condor Ferries SandAce British Championship

Category	Motorcycle Racing
Country	United Kingdom
Region	Channel Islands
Inaugural season	2006
Riders' champion	2017: Paul Cooper

The SandAce - British Championship was an Auto-Cycle Union Motorcycle championship which was run and organised by the . It was first run in 2006 as the Guernsey SandAce and became the SandAce - British Championship in 2012.

In 2019, after achieving International status, members of the unbelievably voted to scrap the SandAce championship to concentrate purely on local club meetings featuring motocross bikes, cars and just a few Track Racing bikes, killing off the concept of a national or International meeting.

The Championship was one of many motor sport events that take place on the island and the Channel Islands as a whole. It took place annually and was run at 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.

SandAce - British Championship Classes[]

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[]

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

Main Sponsor[]

The main sponsor was Condor Ferries.

Solo Medalists[]

Year	Venue	First	Second	Third
2006	Guernsey	Mitch Godden
2007	Guernsey	Mitch Godden
2008	Guernsey
2009	Guernsey	Mitch Godden
2010	Guernsey	Mitch Godden
2011	Guernsey	Mitch Godden
2012	Guernsey
2013	Guernsey		Rodney McDonald	Andrew Appleton
2014	Guernsey		Rodney McDonald
2015	Guernsey	James Shanes	Zach Wajtknecht	James Wright
2016	Guernsey	Zach Wajtknecht	Paul Cooper	James Wright
2017	Guernsey	Paul Cooper
2018	Guernsey	Cancelled
2019	Guernsey	Paul Cooper

Sidecars Medalists[]

Year	Venue	First	Second	Third
2012	Guernsey	Rob Wilson &	&	& Mark Courtney
2013	Guernsey	& Liam Brown	Rob Wilson &	&
2014	Guernsey	&	Rob Wilson &	Peter Lloyd &
2015	Guernsey	&	& Liam Brown	& Sam Bond
2016	Guernsey	&	& Liam Brown	Rob Wilson &
2017	Guernsey	&	Rob Wilson &	& Sam Black
2018	Guernsey	Cancelled
2019	Guernsey	Rob Wilson &	Neal Owen & Jason Farwell	Will Penfold & Ricky Pay

Results by rider[]

Solos

Rider	First	Second	Third	Podium
Mitch Godden	5	0	0	5
	3	0	0	3
	1	3	0	4
Zach Wajtknecht	1	1	0	2
Paul Cooper	2	1	0	3
James Shanes	1	0	0	1
	0	2	4	6
	0	2	0	2
Rodney McDonald	0	2	0	2
	0	1	0	1
	0	0	3	3
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
	3	1	0	4
Rob Wilson	2	3	1	6
	1	1	1	3
	1	0	0	1
	0	1	0	1
	0	0	1	1
Peter Lloyd	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	1	0	1
	0	0	1	1

Sidecars

Passenger	First	Second	Third	Podium
	3	0	1	4
	2	3	0	5
Liam Brown	1	2	0	3
	1	0	0	1
	0	1	0	1
Mark Courtney	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
Sam Bond	0	0	1	1
	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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