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Neate's repeat wins at Manchester
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by Ashley Taylor
• Repeating his last year's success, in Class E(1), S. G. Neate (ABM Industrial Products Ltd., Dodge) recorded the best performance of the day in the LDoY round at Manchester last weekend. In Class A all placed drivers came from one company, Rowlands Brothers Ltd., and in Class F(1) all were from National Carriers Ltd. This, however, did not give either of them the team award which went to T. Wall and Sorts Ltd. (V. Rose, J. P. Walker and
C. Ramsay Hill) with a total of 257 penalty points.
The standard of driving was high throughout and Mr. V. P. Scone-Rees (Shell-Mex and BP Ltd.), who distributed the awards, commented that there was certainly no need for the British commercial driver to be underrated when comparing with his Con
tinental counterpart often working in less congested conditions.
At 146 the entry was slightly down on last year. As usual the independent haulage representation was small but public carriers in the shape of Freightliners Ltd., BRS and National Carriers Ltd. constituted 16 per cent of the total.
RESULTS
Class A: up to 16ft and over 1 ton unladen weight: 1, T. Hemmings (Rowlands Bros. Ltd.) BMC. 87 points: 2. R. Clough (Rowlands Bros. Ltd.) BMC, 89; 3, E. Scott (Rowlands Bros. Ltd) BMC, 100.
Class 8: over 16ft to 19ft: 1. E. Lister (Manchester Corporation) Karrier, 69; 2, G. C. Reading (T. Wall and Sons Ltd.) Commer, 77: 3. C. Ramsay Hill (T. Wall and Sons Ltd.) Dodge, 81. Class C: over 19ft to 22ft: 1, A. Swaisland (Springfield Transport Ltd.) Bedford, 46: 2, A. Kelsall (Frank Roberts and Sons) Ford, 53; 3.
C. A. F. Dunn (F. Roberts and Sons Ltd.) Ford, 89. Class D: over 22ft to 25ft: 1, 0. E. Hearn (Express Dairy Ltd.) Commer, 57: 2, T. Broome (BRS Parcels Ltd.) Austin. 80: 3, I. Collier (Cantrell and Cochrane) Bedford, 89.
Class E(1): over 25ft with two axles: S. G. Neate (ABM Industrial Products Ltd.) Dodge, 41; 2. J. P. Walker (T. Wall and Sons Ltd.) Bedford, 54; 3, S. Ramsbottom (Slumbedand) Bedford, 102. Class E(2): over 25ft with more than two axles: 1, S. H. Potts (T. Wall and Sons Ltd.) AEC, 57: 2, V. Rose (T. Wall and Sons Ltd.) AEC, 122: 3. R. J. Hamilton (Barry Wiggins Ltd.) AEC, 122.
Class Fill: flat or sided semi-trailers up to 33ft: 1. W. Todd {National Carriers Ltd.) Bedford, 94: 2, J. Gatley (Nat(onal Carriers Ltd.) Kerner. 166: 3, R. Ashton (National Carriers Ltd.) Bedford, 206.
Class F(2): box or tank semi-trailers up to 33ft: 1, S. Dutton (Distilleries Co. Ltd.) Bedford, 81; 2. R. D. Clarke (Manchester Corporation Cleansing Department) Karrier, 157: 3, C. Cooke (Distilleries Co. Ltd.) AEC, 274.
Class G: flat or sided semi-trailers over 33ft: 1, S. J. Hobday (Freight(iners Ltd). Dodge, 82: 2. W. Maloney (Freightliners Ltd.) Sedon, 82:
3, K. Humphries (BRS Ltd.) Guy. 131.
Class H: box or tank semi-trailers over 33ft: 1, C. Sharpies (Distilleries Co. Ltd.) Leyland, 84: 2. G. A. Winstanley (BRS Parcels Ltd.) Ford, 128: 3, C. Gibbon (William Timpson Ltd.) Morris, 137. Best overall performance: S. G. Neate.
Team award: T. Wall and Sons Ltd. (V. Rose, J. P. Walker. C. Ramsay Hill) 257.