2023 TDC Club Championship Dates & Driver Classification

Driver classifications and dates for the 2023 TDC Club Championhip;

Beginners:
Drivers who competed in their first ever autotest after 1st January 2019 and have not previously won the Overall Beginners Championship

Novices:
Graduates from the Beginner class
People with very limited competition experience as decided by the committee
Maximum of 3 years permitted as a Novice (excluding 2020)
Winning the Overall Novice Championship automatically promotes you to the Intermediate Class, the following year

Intermediates:
Graduates from the Novice class
People who have appeared in the Novice class of the TDC Club championship table in 3 or more of the last 5 years
No limit to the length of time you might compete in this class
1st & 2nd finishers in the Overall 2023 Intermediate Championship will be automatically promoted to the Expert Class, the following year
Other competitors at the organisers’ discretion

Experts:
Competitors who have appeared in the Expert class of the TDC Club championship table in previous years
Competitors who are, or have been classed as Experts or Semi-Experts in the Hewison, Northern Ireland Autotest Championship or other Autotest Championship
Previous winners or runners up of the Overall Intermediate Championship
Other competitors at the organisers’ discretion

2023 Club Championship qualifying rounds;

22nd January TDC Mondello Multi Venue Autotest
19th March TDC Club Autotest*
16th April TDC Multi Venue Autotest
7th May TDC Production Car Trial
9th June TDC Club Autotest*
19th July TDC Production Car Trial
27th August TDC Multi Venue Autotest
30th September TDC Millard Cup Sporting Trial
15th October TDC Club Autotest*
19th November TDC Howard Wilde Autotest*
27th December TDC Christmas Safari Cup Multi Venue Autotest

Best 8 results to count out of 10 or 11 events held
Best 7 results to count out of 8 or 9 events held
Best 6 results to count out of 7 or less events held

*Autotest Championship round
Best 3 results in Autotest Championship to count

It is not permissible to win the Premier Award in the Beginners’ Autotest Championship more than once.

Only Club Members can qualify for Championship Awards

Points for each event will be awarded, for each of the drivers’ categories based on the positions in the overall results, as follows:

20 Points for the Winner, 19 Points for 2nd, 18 Points for 3rd, 17 Points for 4th, etc down to 1 Point for 20th place.

Bonus points for officiating at events: A change for 2023 is that competitors will be awarded points for up to two events they elect to officiate at, as follows;

10 Class Points will be awarded, for each event officiated at
5 Overall Points will be awarded, for each event officiated at

Production Car Trials;
Cars with Limited Slip Diffentials will be penalised by 1.5 marks per section, on top of their actual score, to a maximum of 10 per section. Drivers of these cars can score for the Club Championship in these rounds.

Tks Stephen - there’s a lot in that!

in relation to the additional points for rounds a competitor officiates at, can you clarify -

- what roles constitutes ‘officiating?’ Is this just anyone who helps with an event or just time keepers?

- are these in addition to the best 8 rounds or counted as part of the best 8? (Assuming 10 or 11 championship rounds)

- if a competitor can earn these points in addition to regular points at an event they both compete and officiate at?

Clarification around the points to be awarded for officiating;

- To be awarded points for officiating will involve being "signed on" as an official for an event and carrying out duties such as, but not exclusively, signing competitors on, marshalling, time keeping, observing, compiling results, acting as one of the named officials on the regulations etc

- Any points awarded for officiating at an event can count as one of your best 8 counting scores (assuming 10 or 11 championship rounds), not in addition.

- Should anyone compete and officiate at the same event, their competing score will be the counting one. They will not be awarded points for officiating at that event.

I hope this answers Brian's queries above.

Tks Stephen 👍🏼