Bus Driver of the Year Success!

This year’s Bus Driver of the Year contest saw Travel West Midlands best results ever with Yardley Wood’s Steve Hale picking up second place!The competition took place in Blackpool over the weekend of 10th September and included 115 Drivers from across the UK competing for the prestigious title.Steve beat off stiff competition and just missed first place. He scored the same as the winner but was beaten to the post due to having a lower score in the Theory Test which is what determines first place if it comes to the crunch.He scooped more than £2000 in prize money and a range of trophies including UK Bus Driver of the Year - Runner Up, The Best Mechanical Test Result, The Highest Placed National Express Driver and The Highest Place Travel West Midlands Driver.Our other TWM Drivers all received positions to be proud of too.Ian Lowe from Perry Barr was placed 36th, Pensnett?s Kulvinder Budhan came 45th and Paul Jarvis from Lea Hall picked up 77th.Divisional Staff Development Manager William Shaw said: "It was a fantastic result from all of our Drivers and it was good to see such a team effort with all of our competitors spurring each other on. I’d like to thank all of the trainers who put in so much hard work to prepare our Drivers for the competition."

Published 20th September 2005