Guild Awards 2018 – The Winners
Award-winning motoring journalists, photographers, broadcasters and automotive authors from the UK and Europe attended the presentation of the Guild of Motoring Writers’ Annual Awards on Thursday 29 November at the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, London.
A record-breaking 284 submissions (the most ever received in the 74 year history of the Guild) were entered in the categories open to professional motoring writers, authors, broadcasters and photographers plus categories for aspiring young journalists and those making a special contribution to motoring and motorsport.
Click each winner’s name to see their winning entry (note some are large files and may take some time to download).
AA Campaigning Journalist of the Year
Winner: Alex Grant
Presented by AA head of PR Ian Crowder
Highly Commended: Louise Cole/Maria McCarthy
British Car Auctions Feature Writer of the Year
Winner: Richard Webber
Presented by BCA public relations manager Tim Naylor
Highly Commended: Rachel Boagey/James Taylor
GKN Driveline Consumer Journalist of the Year
Winner: Claire Evans (part 2)
Presented by GKN Driveline director of marketing and communications Rachael Griffiths
Highly Commended: Christofer Lloyd/Maria McCarthy
GOMW Driver of the Year
Winner: Billy Monger
Presented by Guild chairman Richard Aucock and BRDC president Paddy Hopkirk
GOMW Photographer of the Year – General
Winner: Drew Gibson
Presented by GOMW deputy chairman Andrew Noakes
Highly Commended: Matt Howell/Olgun Kordal
GOMW Photographer of the Year – Motorsport
Winner: Jakob Ebrey
Presented by GOMW deputy chairman Andrew Noakes
Highly Commended: Kel Edge/Jayson Fong
GOMW Rider of the Year
Winner: Jake Dixon
Presented by Guild chairman Richard Aucock and BRDC president Paddy Hopkirk
IAM RoadSmart Safety Award
Winner: David Williams (part 2)
Presented by IAM RoadSmart senior communications executive Rodney Kumar
Highly Commended: Louise Cole/Gustavo Ruffo
Market Engineering Award for Automotive Technology Journalism
Winner: Nick Hull
Presented by Marketing Engineering managing director Richard Gotch
Highly Commended: John Evans/Jorn Madslien
Mercedes-Benz Award for the Montagu of Beaulieu Trophy
First: Karl Ludvigsen for his book on Reid RailtonPresented by Mercedes-Benz communications director Debbie Hull and National Motor Museum public relations manager Jane Riddiford
Second: Jonathan Wood
Third: Graham Rabagliati
Newspress Young Writer of the Year
Winner: Jack Phillips (part 2, part 3)
Presented by GOMW honorary secretary Chris Adamson
Highly Commended: Alex Kalinauckas/Sophie Williamson-Stothert
Pemberton Trophy
Winner: Giles Chapman
Presented by Guild chairman Richard Aucock
Peter James Insurance Editor of the Year
Winner: Laurie Caddell (collected on his behalf by Clive Harrington)
Presented by Martin Raybould, head of business relationships, Shield Total Insurance
Highly Commended: Ben Klemenszon/Chris Rees
Peugeot Motorsport Cup
Winner: Vaishali Dinakaran (part 2, part 3)
Presented by Peugeot media relations executive Mason Finney
Highly Commended: James Taylor/Dan Trent
Phil Llewellin Student Journalist of the Year
sponsored by CAR
Winner: Emily Macbeth
Presented by Beth Llewellin and CAR Magazine’s Phil McNamara
Highly Commended: Guy Hirst/Jake Horton
President’s Trophy
Winner: Dr Andy Palmer, Aston Martin
Presented by Guild chairman Richard Aucock
Prova PR Business Writer of the Year
Winner: Nick Gibbs (part 2, part 3)
Presented by Prova PR managing director Richard Postins
Highly Commended: Lem Bingley/Martin Kahl
Renault UK / The Guild of Motoring Writers’ Journalist of the Year
First: John Evans (part 2, part 3)
Presented by Guild chairman Richard Aucock and Renault UK communications director Matthew Bendall
Second: Erin Baker
Third: Christofer Lloyd
RM Sotheby’s Classic Writer of the Year
Winner: Mick Walsh (part 2)
Presented by RM Sotheby’s Europe COO Greg Anderson
Highly Commended: Sam Dawson/Greg Macleman
Sir William Lyons Award sponsored by Jaguar
Winner: Luke Chillingsworth
Presented by Michael Quinn and Jaguar’s Adam Calland
Highly Commended: Nathan Hine/Alex Whitworth
Special Commendation for a Contribution to Motoring
sponsored by Kia
Winner: Thatcham Research, collected by head of research Matthew Avery
Presented by Kia commercial director Simon Hetherington and Guild chairman Richard Aucock
Congratulations to all the winners!
Pictures by Jeff Bloxham
