Gari Evans with Richard "Ty-capel" Williams on their way to third overall on the Pacemaker (Joseph John Gilbertson)
The past couple of weeks have been very busy in the rallying calendar with events taking part throughout the country with the season now in full swing, meaning competitors are spoilt for choice with events to compete on. Needless to say, Lampeter and district motor club members found themselves on the entry lists, with the first event being the Bob Shaw memorial Brawdy stages held on the 7th of July. It is a tarmac venue in South Wales and is very popular among club members. On the entry list at car 6 were Emyr Morgan and Paul Jones in Emyr’s recently purchased Darrian T9 GTR. At car 18 were another Darrian crew of Rhys Wyn Davies and Dafydd Evans in a T90 model. Andrew Davies was navigating in car 34, a Chrysler Sunbeam for Dafydd Williams. In car 56 were Osian Jones and Owen McConochie in Osian’s Peugeot 106. Rounding off club members at 70 were Kevin Davies and Owen Rowcliffe, in another Peugeot, this one being a 206 model.
Dylan Davies and Mark Glennerster on route to victory on the Red Kite.
The weekend of the 21st to the 23rd of June was a very busy weekend in the rallying calendar, with a tarmac, road rally and forest rally all taking part. All three events saw club members in action, with the first event being the Donegal international rally. The Donegal is a very famous rally which attracts entrants from all over the world. Included in the entry list from Lampeter and district motor club were Meirion Evans and Jonathon Jackson who were once again out in the R5 specification Hyundai i20. They were seeded at 17. Also joining them in the international rally were Andy Davies with regular navigator Michael Gilbey out in Andy’s group N specification Subaru Impreza. They were seeded at 64. In the historic rally Llion Williams was once again navigating for Duncan Williams in Duncan’s Mk2 Ford escort, they were at 3 in the historic event. The historic rally began on the Saturday and would include 2 days of competition.
Read more: Action on the Donegal and Bro Cader with victory on the Red kite
RALI BAE CEREDIGION
Hi, the next lot of pr’ing for Rali Bae Ceredigion will now be on the weekend of the 13/14th July. It would be good to have quite a few club members there to help out on our patch. If you can help out please get in touch.
Cadog Davies guides Chris Hand round to third overall on the Ystwyth targa rally
The weekend of the Sunday the 16th of June saw two events take place on the rallying calendar, both of which well supported by club members. The first event was the Aberystwyth motor club organised Ystwyth targa rally that took place at the Sweet Lamb rally complex. The rally attracted an entry of 72 competitors and amongst them were a handful of club members, with the first being Cadog Davies who, originally was to be with Andy in his Subaru, but after a late night phone call the previous evening, partnered up with Chris Hand in Chris’ Mk2 Ford escort, they took the number 1 spot on the entry. At 15 were Daniel Williams in his regular BMW 318ti, he was again partnered with Shaun Richards. At 32 was Osian Jones who for this event had Tom Beckett on map duties, Osian had recently had a very good result on the classic tracks targa and was hoping for a repeat performance here. They were in a Peugeot 206. Lee Plant was at 35 in his Mitsubishi Colt, he had Andrea Beck with him on this occasion. Navigating in car 46 was Mike Phillips for his brother Gareth, they were using a ford focus. Rounding off club members Sam Woodcock and Sioned Davies were at 51 in a hired Subaru impreza, this was to be Sam’s first rally in 4 years and he was eager to get back into the sport.