Dar to host National Rally Championships Awards Night 

23Feb 2023
Marc Nkwame
Arusha
Sport
The Guardian
Dar to host National Rally Championships Awards Night 

AS Tanzania braces to begin another motor sporting season in May, the Automobile Association of Tanzania (AAT) is hosting a special Night of Champions in Dar es Salaam, to award top motor sporting personnel in the country who shone during the previous racing season.

Tanzanian rally driver, Tufail Amin, battles it out in the 2019 National Rally Championship which took place in Dar es Salaam. Amin emerged as the champion in the showdown. PHOTO: COURTESY OF TUFAIL AMIN

Several motorists from Tanzania and Zambia with outstanding performances in motor rally events will be awarded during the Atlantic Tanzania National Rally Championship Awards Night which takes place at Khana Khazana Venue along Ghuba Road at Masaki on Friday.

Among the outstanding rally champions to be awarded include Tufail Amin, topping the bill with 122 overall points.

Others are Manveer Birdi in second position with 107 points and Harinder Deere who comes third having amassed 96 points during the 2022 Tanzania National Rally Championships.

The Overall Navigators Champions getting the awards are Ravi Chana, leading the pack with 83 points, Manmeet Birdi with 81 points, and Zambian Dave Sihoka also with 81 points and closing third.

Overall winners of the National Rally Champion (NRC 2) are Gurpal Sandhu and Dave Sihoka.

Sandhu hails from Arusha and usually races for the AESL Rally Team. His Navigator, Sihoka, comes from Zambia.

The National Rally Champion (NRC 3) winners are Amin and David Matete.

Then comes the youngsters, the Junior Champions getting the accolades for their top performance are Prince Charles and Mohammed Kimenya.

The top award for the best team goes to Amapiano Motor Sports of Dar es Salaam.

The Best Club Event award goes to Arusha Motor Sports Club. The Arusha Motor Sports Club organizes and hosts the annual Guru Nanak Motor Rally in the Northern Zone.

As for the Best Club, the award has been won by Mount Uluguru Sports Club of Morogoro.

Meanwhile, Tanzania gets to host the first National Rally Championship event of 2023 through the Rally of Iringa, organized by the Iringa Motor Sports Club in the Southern Highlands. The rally has been scheduled to take plac between May 13-14 2023.

It will be followed by the Rally of Tanga, which takes place between June 10-11 2023.

In July, Tanzania gets to host the African Rally Championships event through the Automobile Association of Tanzania from July 21-23 2023.

The Rally of Morogoro is going to take place from the second day of September 2023 to the third.

The Rally of Arusha, on the other hand, is set to take place from October 20-22 in the Northern Zone.

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