Nathan Freke, presents awards at Southampton Engineering Training Association

UK Formula Ford Championship leader, Nathan Freke, was joint guest of honour at the Southampton Engineering Training Association awards evening on Thursday 27th July. Nathan accepted the invitation from the Lord Mayor of Southampton to join him in presenting the awards to the Engineering Apprentices who had successfully completed their training in 2006.

The presentations to the successful candidates was followed by a question and answer session with Nathan about his racing career and the importance of engineering excellence in Motorsport. ‘I was surprised to be asked to present these very important awards, but had no hesitation in accepting. It is an honour to present these newly qualified engineers with their awards after their hard work in completing the course’. commented Nathan afterwards.

Story by Clive Freke