Whickham District Motor Club

Whickham District Motor Club Whickham and District Motor Club was established in 1963 and is one of the North East's largest and most involved motor clubs.

Whickham & District club member Phil Sandham was out last weekend on the Mewla Rally competing in the historic class wit...
04/09/2026

Whickham & District club member Phil Sandham was out last weekend on the Mewla Rally competing in the historic class with driver Dave Hopkins in his RS1600 BDA. The pair won the H1 class. 🥇

Phil has also been busy on several other events recently including:

The Tour of Epynt with Neil Matthews in his 2ltr Proton a brilliant car, they did 6 stages but sadly, only 2 stages without a issues.

Then Phil picked up a last minute ride on the Pendragon with Ruan Lowry in his Citroen C2 Clubman rally car. Ruan is only 18 but Phil says he drove the door handles off the little C2!

Earlier in August Phil picked up a another seat on the Grampian Rally, an enjoyable experience with a driver on his first rally in his home built MG ZF 1400cc car.

Then Phil headed off to compete in The Down Rally in Northern Ireland in a Rally 3 Fiesta. An awesome car 4 wheel drive! Richard O Lone was the driver again a brilliant ride and missed the class win by 1.5 seconds over the 70 miles so a very tight event.

Phil must be one of our most active members and although I don't want to give away his age, he's still enjoying being in the hot seat with over 50 years of competing experience behind him. 😎

💥 Annual Club BBQ 💥We've arranged another annual club BBQ at The Garage Bar and Grille one again. The date is Saturday 1...
03/08/2026

💥 Annual Club BBQ 💥

We've arranged another annual club BBQ at The Garage Bar and Grille one again. The date is Saturday 15th of August so if you'd like to come along please get in touch with Audrey to reserve a ticket.

Arrive from 6.30pm. There'll be plenty of food cooked to perfection once again. 😎

Well done Peter Metcalfe - Winner last night of both club events!Peter won the timing challenge dropping a mere 1 second...
31/07/2026

Well done Peter Metcalfe - Winner last night of both club events!

Peter won the timing challenge dropping a mere 1 second on the timing challenge AND his knowledge of vegetables was second to none when it came to the feel-it challenge. 👏

Peter seen below accepting his winners medal from Colin Fish. 🥇

Don't forget that it's our club treasure hunt this coming Sunday, organised once again by Colin Fish. Details below:Star...
29/07/2026

Don't forget that it's our club treasure hunt this coming Sunday, organised once again by Colin Fish. Details below:

Start at Kibblesworth club between 10-10.30am.
Finish at East Tanfield station DH9 9UY . Map 88/194 549.

This year's treasure hunt will be similar to last year's [except start venue] so no maps are required with easy to follow instructions around the total route of 20 miles with intermediate distances given as per Rally Tripmeter app.

Tea and coffee ,hot and cold snacks will be available from the Station Cafe....please support the Railway for allowing our use.

Feel feel to contact Colin via 0191 4105252 or 077 6903 4047 for further information or we'll see you on Sunday! 😎

Hadrian MC are organising a touring assembly event on the 23rd August and have extended the invitation to members of Whi...
26/07/2026

Hadrian MC are organising a touring assembly event on the 23rd August and have extended the invitation to members of Whickham & DMC.

It will be based at The Blacksmith’s Barn in Belsay. The morning leg will run to the west over classic road rally moorland roads to flank Kielder Forest and the Otterburn Ranges, before returning to Belsay for lunch. The afternoon leg will head east, through quiet lanes and pretty villages and visit some stage venues from the Yellow Brick Road Rally that the club ran in the 1990’s.

The event regulations have now been emailed to all WDMC members. The entry fee includes tea and coffee before the start, lunch at halfway and coffee and cake at the finish too! 😎

So feel free to pop an entry in if you fancy a nice Sunday drive that day.

There were a handful of club members out today marshaling on The Summer Trial @ Raby Castle. There was some lovely cake ...
19/07/2026

There were a handful of club members out today marshaling on The Summer Trial @ Raby Castle. There was some lovely cake available too after the test finished. 😎

On a slightly different note;

💥 NEXT WEEKEND - Albemarle Autotest 💥

We now have more than enough marshals for our event next Sunday at Albemarle. Ken Watson would like to say a big thank you to all that have volunteered to help out next weekend at the autotest. 👏

Last weekend, club member Jonny Chrisp was at Teesside competing on round 3 of Drift League GB, here's how he got on. 👇W...
13/07/2026

Last weekend, club member Jonny Chrisp was at Teesside competing on round 3 of Drift League GB, here's how he got on. 👇

What a weekend! Qualified 11th place with a 76.7 point run and was slightly disappointed as I knew I could have done better. My top 32 battle landed me against Michael Dargan, for years we have wanted to drive together, and it finally happened. What a battle it was. Both cars running the same power and both local Teesside lads who know the track inside out. Fortunately, I took the win.

Top 16 battle was against Jack Chapman. After battling him in round 1 we both knew how each other drove. Unfortunately, on his chase run coming into clip 2 his car shut down. Not the way anyone wants to win as it could have been a great battle. But we move on.

Great 8 battle against Rob Poole and I think he slightly underestimated the little Volvo as he was caught lacking up the start straight and had a large gap. He knew this and put in an amazing lead run but unfortunately wasn’t enough and gave me the win.

Top 4 battle against Robert Spray, that car is FAST! I drove the Volvo as hard as I could to keep up and managed to do exactly that taking the win.

FINAL, what a feeling this was lining up for the last battle of the day, this was against Jack Drake in his E46 ROCKETSHIP! What a car and what a driver. I drove that Volvo absolutely flat out to keep up with him, but he took the win and what a deserved win it was.

Driving with the Pro Class 1 guys today was definitely an experience and a half! Even lining up in pre-grid practice felt surreal. Unfortunately, I only managed 3 laps of practice with these guys today due to a snapped drive shaft. No spares with me so Tony Chrisp had to drive back to the workshop to grab a shaft. We got it fitted in time for qualifying. Qualified 22nd place with a 63.7 run. Top 32 battle with Chrissy Nailen and his monster of a car absolutely dusted me from the start.

Pembrey circuit next for round 4.

Well done Jonny and Team Chrisp Motorsport, and good luck with round 4. A very long drive away! 👏

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