British Sand Ace Championship

British Sand Masters Championship

Category	Motorcycle Track Racing
Country	United Kingdom
Region	Channel Islands and Lancashire
Inaugural season	2006
Riders' champion	2023: Paul Cooper

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.

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

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 Sponsors

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

Solo Medalists

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

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

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. "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.