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HE ENTRANCE fee for finalists ompetition has been doubled ntrance fee will remain at £10. DoY national council was endo ust week.
The resignation of the presiency by Sir Robert Lawrence, ow chairman of the National reight Company, was regretJIly accepted. However, the ompetition now has a life presient — Gerry Aston, managing irector of Guymer's Transport td, Walsall, Staffs, and LDoY hairnnan for many years.
Mr Aston, who has been conrected with the competition ince its inception in 1954, was iominated from the floor and inanimously elected. He was lerk of the course during the :ifties and Sixties.
Ted Teer, clerk of the course luring the Seventies, was ilected vice-president, and Arhur Sherlock-Mesher, re-elected ieputy president. Dennis Teer, son of Ted Teer, was re-elected clerk of the course.
Presentations corn memorating 25 years' service to the competition were made to Lt Col A. E. (Alec) Beake, who has been connected with the Chatham (Kent) and Sussex rounds; Bernard Hale, who has been con.nected with the competition since its first year and who started the Portsmouth round; and to Gordon Astbury, who retired last year as clerk of the course.
The LDoY national regulations have been extensively amended and will be published and available next January.
National secretary John Wells told the meeting that arrangements are in hand to hold the 1981 finals at the existing current venue, Cranfield, but that it is too early to say yet whether the date will be September 13 or September 20.
He said that the competition is looking forward to attracting more competitors next year than this year's lower number, caused by economic circumstances. However, he was anticipating, following his contacts with trade and industry, at least equal support for the finals next year from that sector.
While support from larger firms was always welcomed, it was interesting to note, said John Wells, that in 1980 both the LDoY champion, and the two runners-up, came from relatively small transport firms.
The financial success of the competition in 1979 had, he said, enabled the LDoY to maintain the basic entrance fee at £10 per competitor; the 1980 audited accounts would be placed before the national council next February; and it was expected that .LDoY broke even.