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crane, having pre-set the board to their judgment of the minimum clearance required.
Because the tests were laid out in a dog-leg arrangement, and as the competitors were continuously passing from test to test, it was difficult for the onlookers to compare the performances. But when it came to the turn of the last man—Norman Singer—most of the spectators were freely joining with a vociferous Scottish contingent in unrestrained applause for the cool, calm way in which this dark-haired, stocky, confidently competent Aberdonian moved from one astonishingly precise feat of judgment to the next. "Surely," we told each other, "he must be the Champion." And into the presentation hangar we trooped to find out. After a time allowance for possible protests the "top brass" filed on to the dais. CM'S publishing director, Mr John French, set the ball rolling by announcing that next year Commercial Motor will again sponsor the contest.
Mr Gerry Aston, formerly clerk of the course, and now chairman of the LDoY national organizing committee, introduced the president, Lord Chesham, who handed out the silverware with a kindly word for each recipient.
First the class winners collected their spoils; then came the special award winners; and finally the Finalists.
Four boy soldiers sounded a splendid fanfare on their silver trumpets and when the echoes died in the distant corners of the vast hangar there was for a moment complete silence. Then . . "Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time the title has gone over the Border. The 1971 Lorry Driver of the Year is Norman Singer!"
Those boys should have had bagpipes!