Southern 100 Club Chairman, Phil Taubman has been honoured for the second time in six months for his dedication to motorcycle sport, especially his involvement with the Southern 100 for 60 years!

Fresh from a well deserved seven-week break in New Zealand, he was invited to attend the prestigious Isle of Man Bank Isle of Man Sports Awards 2015 ceremony at the Villa Marina, where the guest of honour was retired boxing Champion Audley Harrison MBE, under the impression that the Southern 100 Racing organisation had been nominated for an award.

However, much to the Club Chairman’s surprise, it was him who was to be honoured, receiving a ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ after a short DVD clip was shown outlining his contribution to road racing over six decades, from assisting with putting out bales around the Billown Course as a youngster, with his late close friend Gordon Clague to the dizzy heights of Clerk of the Course for the Southern 100 since 1997 and the Manx Grand Prix and Classic TT from 2008.