Rosemary gets Lifetime Achievement Award

Former rally ace and renowned driving instructor Rosemary Smith was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Committee of the Institute of the Motor Industry Leinster Members Association at their Awards Dinner 2013 held in the Louis Fitzgerald Hotel in Dublin last Thursday evening, writes Trish Whelan.

The Award was presented to Rosemary by Richard Warbrick, Managing Director of Goodyear Dunlop on behalf of the IMI Leinster Members Association.

Also present at the Awards Dinner was Steve Nash, the new CEO of The Institute of the Motor Industry UK, who flew in especially for the occasion.

Veteran motor sport interviewer and presenter Michael O'Carroll interviewed Rosemary on her various achievements on the night.

Previous recipients of this special award were Cyril McHugh, former CEO of SIMI, and Enda Fagan, former lecturer of DIT Bolton Street and mentor of the National Apprenticeship Competition and World Skills Olympics.

SIMI President Alan Lyons spoke of the long association between the SIMI and the IMI and he congratulated Rosemary on her achievement and the IMI Leinster Members Association for acknowledging the talents and exceptionally high level of success in choosing the recipients of their awards.

Pictured are Steve Nash, CEO of the Institute of the Motor Industry UK; Robert Dowds TD; Rosemary Smith; Richard Warbrick of Goodyear Dunlop; and David O'Neill, of the IMI Leinster Members Association Ireland.

We also picture Rosemary, having being presented with her award, and Richard Warbrick; as well as a photo of her Hillman Imp which is 50 years old this year.