News & Info - Midland Hillclimb Championship

Good afternoon hill climb family!

I just wanted to post a bit of an update on how things are going with me after my accident.

For those that didn’t know I had a pretty serious accident at loton park on the 14th June, which resulted in me being air lifted to royal stoke hospital.

Unfortunately my injuries were quite serious and I ended up breaking my t12 vertebrae in my lower back which resulted in my spine being totally unsupported and needing to be operated on immediately as it was compressing the nerves to my lower body.

Luckily the operation went well and I’ve got some shiny titanium upgrades to support my spine. At this moment in time I do have mobility of most of my lower body, but it will be a test of time to see how much mobility I get back.

I’m still in stoke hospital and have been doing physio most days which has been going very well, I’m now up out the bed and walking with crutches and I’m fairly self dependant. The physios and doctors are all super happy with the progress I’ve made in a short amount of time, but it is going to be a really long road to recovery, and it’s not guaranteed I’ll get 100% of my mobility back, but I will be pushing as hard as I can with physio to give me the best chance.

I’m hoping to be discharged from stoke in the next few days and will be transferred to my local hospital or even sent home and will carry on with physio as an outpatient.

I would like to add a huge thank you to the staff,Marshalls, officials,medical team and everyone else at loton park. You really did such an amazing job of giving me the help I needed. You are all absolute heroes and I think I can speak collectively for us all that we appreciate everything you do so much!

And finally, a massive massive thank you to all my fellow competitors and everyone who is involved in hill climbing. The messages, cards, videos and support that I have received has really really helped me get through these tough few weeks. I feel so privileged to be involved with this community and can honestly say it’s like having a massive extended family.

Unfortunately it’s the end of my racing season this year, but as soon as I’m able you will all be seeing me back in the paddock or more likely the bar supporting you all, and in time I will be getting back in a car and getting back on the hills.

Look forward to seeing you all soon and good luck to everyone driving at Harewood this weekend, I’ll be watching the live stream from my hospital bed cheering you all on.

Apologies for the essay (I have a lot of time on my hands)

Thanks again

#clubdoug

Leading scores in the MHCC after Round 10 at Loton Park

BMTR Motorsport Tyres Midland Hill Climb Championship
90 points	Johnathen Varley	GWR Predator	Class K (i)
81 points	Richard Price	Caterham 7	Class B
78 points	Stuart Bickley	Force TA	Class I
77 points	Richard Snow	Porsche GT4 RS	Class A (ii)
75 points	Tom Weaver	Empire Evo 2	Class I
75 points	Alex Coles	Force TA	Class K (ii)
72 points	Matthew Price	Radical SR3	Class I
69 points	Steve Garner	Westfield Sei	Class D
68 points	Andy Tippett	Brabham BT30X	Class M
67 points	Peter Richings	VW Golf R	Class A (iii)
63 points	Dave Wilson	Lotus Elise JPS	Class A (i)
61 points	Jon Langmead	Lotus Elise	Class A (i)
Wynn Developments 'Top Ten Challenge'
63 points	Alex Coles	Force TA
57 points	Matthew Ryder	Gould GR59J
56 points	Johnathen Varley	GWR Predator
52 points	Alex Summers	DJ Firestorm
38 points	Stuart Bickley	Force TA
38 points	Graham Wynn	Gould GR59J
37 points	Sean Gould	Gould GR59J
36 points	Will Hall	Gould GR59J
31 points	Wallace Menzies	Gould GR59M
29 points	Tom Weaver	Empire Evo 2

Update Posted - Updated - 16/06/2025

Bill Pardoe - Championship Coordinator

Leading scores in the MHCC after Round 8 at Shelsley Walsh

BMTR Hoosier Motorsport Tyres Midland Hill Climb Championship
72 points	Richard Price	Caterham 7	Class B
72 points	Johnathen Varley	GWR Predator	Class K (i)
66 points	Andy Tippett	Brabham BT30X	Class M
63 points	Matthew Price	Radical SR3	Class F
63 points	Tom Weaver	Empire Evo 2	Class I
60 points	Jon Langmead	Lotus Elise	Class A (i)
60 points	Stuart Bickley	Force TA	Class I
57 points	Richard Snow	Porsche GT3 RS	Class A (ii)
57 points	Peter Richings	VW Golf R	Class A(iii)
57 points	Alex Coles	Force TA	Class K (ii)
51 points	Steve Garner	Westfield Sei	Class D
51 points	Matthew Ryder	Gould GR59J	Class L
Wynn Developments 'Top Ten Challenge'
57 points	Matthew Ryder	Gould GR59J
52 points	Alex Summers	DJ Firestorm
43 points	Alex Coles	Force TA
38 points	Johnathen Varley	GWR Predator
37 points	Sean Gould	Gould GR59J
36 points	Will Hall	Gould GR59J
31 points	Wallace Menzies	Gould GR59M

Posted - 12/06/2025

Bill Pardoe - Championship Coordinator

2025 Update On Registered Competitors

List of registered competitors by Class

Alex Summers wins both run-offs at Shelsley Walsh and Richard Snow continues his class record breaking

Unfortunately the weather had turned cooler last weekend at Shelsley Walsh after the great weather in the week leading up. However that didn’t slow the action on track for our entry of over 100 Championship contenders.

With many of the top cars and competitors in Northern Ireland for the British Championship it was Alex that led the way in both run-offs in the DJ Firestorm and set a best weekend time of 23.63 seconds. He was chased in both the run-offs by Zach Zammit, Alex Coles and Graham Wynn.

For the third weekend running Richard Snow set a new class record in A (ii) with his Porsche Cayman GT4 RS and leads the Championship on 57 points ahead of Richard Price and Johnathen Varley on 54 points – all having won their class on all runs this year.

The next rounds are again at Shelsley Walsh on June 07/08 alongside the British Championship.

Updated scores attached , although the Over 65s will be added later this week.

Bill

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