Speed Success
Posted by: Selina Fox
Dated: Tue 24th January 2012 9.00AM
A field of 60 competitors saw their skills put to the limit on a bitterly cold night at the British Schools Karting Championships in
Under its usual format of offering one practise session and one qualifying session gave the school the opportunity to trial its new sport initiative.
As usual the Shoeburyness were under way with Russell Beck and Connor Burrows providing the top spot action against the 'pro's'.
Local schools included 4 teams from
The Championships saw a boost in numbers with the arrival of fresh blood from Shoeburyness, who all meant business despite it being a new sport to them.
Russell Beck set the pace with the initial fastest laps for the Shoeburyness Boys team but was always closely followed by the novice of Connor Burrows. Another upset looked on the cards as an early spin in the final for Connor Burrows left him with it all to do but he took his fastest lap title back in the end.
The Shoeburyness girls team held their ground on the track proving to the boys that it was anyone’s game!
MLM yielded the largest grid of the day which composed its usual fast and frenetic brand of racing. The experienced drivers proved unbeatable and finished with almost a clean sweep.
After an exhilarating championship, Shoeburyness boys team won their spot in the top 3 teams making their way to
1st - MLM A = 118
2nd - AES = 111
3rd - Shoeburyness Boys = 100
4th - MLM B = 93
5th - Chaucer Tech = 89
6th -
7th -
8th - MLM C = 82
9th -
10th - Shoeburyness Girls = 78
11th -
Congratulations to all of the teams who took part.
A special congratulations to Georgia Holdaway, Sophie Ellis, Sasha Anotine, Russell Beck, Josh Mann and Connor Burrows for their brilliant driving skills and keeping calm on the track and good luck to the boys in the Regional final.
