Sixteen-year-old driver Austin Sorrie was awarded Driver of the Year honours on Wednesday, December 9 at Charlottetown Driving Park, as the Matinee Racetrack Development Project’s annual banquet and awards dinner took place at the Red Shores facility.

As a report by The Guardian explains, Sorrie had captured the program’s championship final with Lisfinny earlier in the season at the Summerside Raceway, and also won the ‘B’ division with Freddy My Boy. To read The Guardian note in tis entirety, click here.

The list of award winners appears below.

DRIVER OF THE YEAR
• Austin Sorrie

UNDER 21 DRIVER OF THE YEAR
• Ryan Desroches
(Sorrie became ineligible for the award when he was the top points earner of the entire 2015 matinee circuit)

FEMALE DRIVER OF THE YEAR
• Heather Gamester

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
• Zac Conway

JUNIOR ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
• Brady Sweet

RISING STAR AWARD
• Drew Neill

RISING STAR AWARD
• Kyle DesRoche

RISING STAR AWARD
• Jacob Sweet

RISING STAR AWARD
• Aleisha MacMillan

OWNER OF THE YEAR
• William MacKay

HORSE OF THE YEAR
• JK Crusher

MARE OF THE YEAR
• Queen Of Pembroke

MERIDIAN FARMS SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
• Raymond White

(With files from The Guardian)