Tour of Epynt

Tour of Epynt was our first visit to Epynt of 2014 on a dry warm day.

Stage 1 was damp and we had a cautious run but stage 2 was a longer and dryer stage and we pushed on. Stage 3 was a repeat of stage 1 but now dry and we attacked going 20 seconds quicker than the previous. Stage 4 was cancelled due to the accident with Colin/Phil. Stage 5 was 15 and a half miles and we experienced a gear change problem towards the end of the stage dropping us some time.

They changed the direction of the next stage which was 10-15 miles when we were still having some problems with gear change. Stage 7 was a repeat of stage 6 and we had disconnected the flat change system and we pushed on to 10th fastest.
It was a very good result ending up with 11th overall and 1st in class.
A big thank you to Barrie Jenkins, Karl Davies and Chris Davies. Also another top job done by Kath.
Thank you to JMS Photography, Rhys Edwards Rally Photography and Wayne Turner for the photographs.

Rali Cwm Gwendraeth 2014

Rali Cwm Gwendraeth was the 1st event of the 2014 campaign. It had been very wet in the week leading up to the event.

Stage 1 started good but was held up on the 2nd loop which dropped us around 10 seconds. Stage 2 was a repeat of stage 1 and a better stage, 15 seconds quicker than the previous taking 2nd fastest stage time. Stage 3 was the 1st run over the beach road and we took it cautiously. Stage 4 was over the beach road again but we pushed on and was happy with the time and took second fastest stage time again.

It started raining heavy before the start of stage 5. We fitted the Michelin full wets and was happy with the preformance. The rain carried on to stage 6 but we were happy to come away with 2nd overall, 1st in class and the mixed crew award.

I would like to say a big thank you to Kath Curzon, Barrie Jenkins, Karl Davies, Neil Central Jones, Richard Roberts and Chris Davies. Also thank you to JMS Photography.

2014 Proposed Rally Events

These are the events and dates for the Welsh Championship that we hope to compete in this year.

9th February - Rali Cwm Gwendraeth

9th March - Tour of Epynt

23rd March - Tour of Caerwent

13th April - Bob Shaw Memorial Stages

4th May - Toyota Harlech Stages

25th May - Lawrence Landfill Stages

22nd June - Garth Tyres Mid-summer Caerwent

27th July - SG Printing Harry Flatters 

24th August - Event Signs Mewla

12th October - Peter Lloyd Stages 

1st/2nd November - Glyn Memorial Stages 

We are also hoping to compete in the Patriot Stages at Caerwent