Andy Davies slides his Impreza along the slippery stages (FOKUS photography)
The weekend of the 16th and 17th of March saw club members once again take the ferry over to the Island or Ireland to compete on the ever-popular Clonakilty Park West Cork rally, a rally which would be making up the second round of the British rally championship as well as second round of the Irish tarmac championship. The rally consisted of 15 stages held over two days giving nearly 140 stage miles.
Lampeter and district motor club were well represented on this event, with Meirion Evans and Jonathon Jackson competing in the international event once again in their Hyundai I20. They were seeded at 21 and out for points in the British rally championship. Also joining them in the international rally was Andy Davies with regular navigator Michael Gilbey at 71, they were out in Andy’s Subaru Impreza and aiming to add points to their group N bid in the Irish tarmac championship.
Kevin Davies and Alan James on their way to victory (Gary Jones)
The weekend of the 2nd and 3rd of March saw Lampeter and district motor club hold their annual event in the road rallying calendar, the Bro Caron. Due to snow conditions effecting the Mike Darowen’s running it was now the first round of the Welsh road rally championship as well as the first round in the club’s own road rally championship. Once again Marc Hughes took care of clerk of the course duties. Together, he and his team held an event of approximately 90 miles using mostly the northern half of OS map 146. This year’s event was held in March to avoid any clashing with the rugby matches that occur at this time of the year to help guarantee maximum marshal numbers that are required to run an event.
2nd & 3rd March 2019
2018 Winners Andy Davies & Michael Gilbey
Photo By Sonya Jones Rally Photography
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Meirion Evans and Jonathon Jackson setting excellent times on the Cambrian (Black mountains Media)
2019s stage rallying season kicked off properly with the first round of the Irish tarmac rally championship, the Galway International, taking place on the 10th of February. Being the first round of the championship, it attracted a very strong entry with many star names on the entry list. In amongst them representing Lampeter and district motor club were Meirion Evans and Jonathon Jackson in their R5 specification Hyundai I20, they were seeded at 15 in a sea of R5 cars. At 59 was current road rally champion driver Andy Davies who accompanied by fellow champion navigator Michael Gilbey, together they would be taking on the Irish tarmac rally championship in the hope of winning the group N category. The rally consisted of nine stages with them being at Attymon, Ballyfa and Colmanstown and all would run three times.