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HILLCLIMBING

PR, programme production and photography

Simon McBeath works for the Gurston Down Hillclimb near Salisbury in Wiltshire as Press Officer for the organising club, the British Automobile Racing Club (South Western Centre), and designs and produces programmes for the club's eight events throughout the Gurston season (April to September).

Photography at Gurston is an integral part of the above roles, and in 2009 Simon and his wife Tracey Inglis launched their own web-based photo gallery, Everley Photography, displaying a wide variety of images including some from hillclimb events at Gurston. From the start of the 2010 season we have been uploading photos of virtually every car at the meetings.
Please visit

www.everleyphotography.co.uk

and if you would like to see images of a particular car from earlier years back to 2001 (when we went digital) please email us from there, giving details of the car's competition number and the event date, and we will send you some proofs to peruse.

During 2007 & 2008 Simon was teamed up with Maximage, a web-based photo library located in nearby Salisbury. All the images taken in 2007 and 2008 are available from here. So if you competed at Gurston during that period or know someone who has and you're looking for photos, check out the Gurston archive from those years in the Motorsport section of the Gallery at

www.maximage.co.uk
 

 

Hillclimb School Instruction


Simon is also one of the four MSA-approved Instructors at the Gurston Down Hillclimb Drivers’ School. "As a former (and I hope, future...) hillclimb competitor, I hope my 25+ years of successful competition in speed hillclimbs all over the UK mainland will enable me to help newcomers and experienced hillclimb competitors alike to enjoy their sport even more. Gurston Down has been my local (and favourite) venue throughout my hillclimbing career, and for a time I held the class record for up to 2 litre single seat racing cars. I have also driven a wide variety of cars from most categories up the hill. Hopefully I can assist fellow enthusiasts to reach the finish at Gurston a little sooner than they might otherwise have done, or at the very least, to ensure they maximise their fun on the way!"
 

Gurston Down hillclimb, with its unique (in England) downhill start.This is me driving Ian Chard's DJ Firehawk on the hill.
Pic by Tracey Inglis

  
 

 

Aboard the Pilbeam MP54 with which I used to hold the 2 litre racing car class record at Gurston!
'The older I get, the faster I was!'
Pic by Tracey Inglis

 
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