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CILWENDEG & TEAM GMF TIME TRIAL
CAMBRIAN & SARN HELEN
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VERY LATE NEWS & PICS!!!!
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JIM CLARK JOY FOR PRITCHARD
DENNIS MOTORSPORT EPYNT HILLCLIMB - MAY
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NEWS UPDATE!!
Saturday, 7 May 2011
Firstly, apologies for not keeping the news page up to date, no excuses, just not keeping my eye on the ball. I will give a brief appraisal of the year so far and some of what is going to happen.
Firstly we have seen the Old Forge Garage Gremlin Rally come and go. This year a new team took over and the event was well subscribed and ran very well. Craig Jones took overall responsibility as clerk of the course and took to it almost like a duck to water. With luck all who put the effort in this year will be up for it again in 2012. Brian Dennis deserves special mention for supporting the event, goodness knows how many years he has now been so generous.
Despite the price of fuel and the economic climate we still have a good base of competing members, I will try to list all but don't be surprised if I miss someone!! Jason Pritchard is chasing the BRC crown again this year, things haven't gone as smoothly as before but the season isn't over yet. Sara Williams has picked up a great sponsor, Klarius, for the year and is contesting selected events in her Subaru. Mike Jones reports that he now has 4 wheel drive once again in his Subaru, he will be out again soon with Robin 'Relic' Moses. Mark Haatton has had the Clio sorted and actually finished a rally at Talbenny recently, may their be many more for him and uncle Alan. Wayne Palmer has purchased the ex Straker Darrian in a bid to mix it with the big boys on Epynt, his chances are good and it'll be interesting to see the results. Will Arrowsmith is having a quieter year, finance is restricted but he continues to shine in XTH when he gets out. Stuart Cardell has gone totally retro this year with outings in Peter Lewis' Anglia and Bob Gibbons' Cortina. Mark Weller took the Golf out on the Gremlin but it was very poorly at the end and it hasn't sold so watch this space, it may be seen again! Phil Jones and Ian Jury binned the Micra coming home from the Powys Lanes so their outings are restricted but you never know what might be in the garage being built...................... Craig has been missing since last years Mewla but a Mk2 Escort is rumoured to be emerging, not sure if it is a rally car or not? Eian Pritchard still has a WRC Impreza and may be seen out and about but obviously Jason's rallying is taking up most of the effort. Jamie Vaughan has been making appearances in the co drivers seat this year, especially at Down Ampney with trips to Belgium on the menu as well.
As for the club, we have the Dennis Motorsport Epynt Hillclimbs on June 18th & 19th and the SGC Printing Harry Flatters Rally on July 31st. Our sponsors for both events must be some of the most loyal ever as they have now both been supporting our events for over 25 years, a record perhaps?
CILWENDEG & TEAM GMF TIME TRIAL
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Will Arrowsmith and Sara Williams were both out and about at he weekend, Will was out with Ceri Davies on the 50th anniversary Cilwendeg Rally and Sara had some seat time before Wales Rally GB National at the Team GMF Time Trial at Sweet Lamb. Will's event started well enough despite nudging a bank but as the even twent on the thrust bearing became noisy before a lack of gears forced retirement. It was a shame as a good finish on this event would have been a great achievment. Sara had better luck at Sweet Lamb and finished third overall in the Subaru, Theo Bengry was second in his Focus WRC and Sara's boyfriend, Shon Rees, won.......................................................................Note to Sara, more speed needed!
CAMBRIAN & SARN HELEN
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
Eight was a good number for BMC crews recently with Sara Williams finishing 8th on the Cambrian Rally and Will Arrowsmith 8th on the Sarn Helen Rally. Sara put in a career best performance but had it not been for 2 spins on one stage she would have finished as high as fourth! An entry has been submitted for the national section of Wales Rally GB, news of confirmation should be heard soon. Meanwhile Will survived a big moment involving an open gate on the Sarn Helen, he takes up the story: "The Sarn Helen was tough event, had a off on first section which cost over a minute ( lucky someone left a gate into a field open as I couldnt make the slot right, so had a sample of the Lampeter greenery, things didnt improve much and at the Llandovery petrol halt we were 14th overall having dropped 3:20 in total. The second section used Abergwesyn, Ffarmers and Cellan area and was the biggest part of the rally, (78 miles of the total 115) me and Ceri really got stuck into it and by the finish we dropped 1:35 which brought us back up to 8th overall, with a total of 4:55 dropped. We will try keep out of the fields on the Cilwendeg!!!"
PEMBREY WATERSPORTS DAY!
Sunday, 10 October 2010
Brecon Motor Club was well represented at The Peter Lloyd Stages at Pembrey last weekend, Both Wayne Palmer and Mike Jones finished well. Wayne accompanied by Mark Hatton in the usual Peugeot 106 could have done even better than 15th overall had it not been for the car playing up towards the end. The weather condition were not good and a well waterproofed car was essential with water lying everywhere. Mike Jones had Robin Moses with him as usual and put in a solid performance to bring the new Subaru home in 17th position.
VERY LATE NEWS & PICS!!!!
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
    A very quick post to get some Mewla pictures up. Apologies for the lack of news recently, my life has been taken over by a book and event organising. I am open to offers of help if someone would like to have a go at keeping the news current! We have had a lot of crews out since my last post and Sara Williams and Jason Pritchard have performed particularly well, Sara 2nd overall at Sweetlamb in July and Jason third overall on the Manx and sixth in Ulster. Eian Pritchard revitalised his driving career with a new Subaru and after finishing third on the Flatters, won the Mewla! Our grass roots members with not quite the bank balance but heaps of enthusiasm have been out there trying as hard and Will Arrowsmith has had a good run in his Escort, winning a number of class awards, his luck finally ending on the Flatters with a double puncture and an engine malady on the Mewla. Wayne Palmer has tried to make his already quick Peugeot 106 a bit faster again but has suffered some cruel luck along the way. Mike Jones & Robin Moses have upped their game and bought a Subaru Impreza! The first outing, on the Flatters ended with engine failure but the Mewla saw them finish 2nd in class. Craig Jones made the news for the wrong reasons on the Mewla, over enthusiasm seeing the Pug go end over end on stage 1 of the Mewla. He and Mike Bartlett were lucky to escape with some concussion. Mark Weller has been out in the Golf on the Pinged Hill Rally and with Craig recorded a decent finish.
MINI EPYNT PICS
Sunday, 6 June 2010
A number of BMC crews ventured out on the Herefordshire Motor Club Mini Epynt Stages, I don't have any results apart from knowing Jason Pritchard won, Wayne Palmer was 12th with Sara Williams, Will Arrowsmith wasn't too many places behind and Mike Jones and Robin Moses had a good day at the office with their Peugeot. Jamie Vaughan made his Epynt debut and finished but the Jones family had a mare with Craig damaging the engine in his 205 and Dad Phil not making it off the reserve list! Big thanks to Alex Jones, Matthew 'Pont' and Mark 'Evil Knevil' Bufton for manning the service 'in' control all day, a job well done. Enjoy the pics below!!.jpg)
JIM CLARK JOY FOR PRITCHARD
Monday, 31 May 2010
Jason Pritchard put his Welsh Rally test to good use at the weekend when he travelled to Scotland for the Jim Clark Rally. Held entirely on closed public roads Jason and co-driver Robbie Durant flew over the stages and finished a fantastic 5th overall. Next event for the Builth Wells based BMC member is the Mini Epynt Stages this weekend where he will keep himself in trim ready for the next tarmac round for the Dulux British Championship. Photo: Gavin Lodge 
DENNIS MOTORSPORT EPYNT HILLCLIMB - MAY
Some nice images from the May hillclimb to savour, thanks to JMS Photographic and Mark Griffin. Congratulations to David Thomas for FTD in the great little Global racer and thanks to all who helped to make the day possible, marshals, club members and of course the competitors for being so well behaved! See you all on June 20th.
LEUKEMIA AND PLAINS RALLY
Monday, 17 May 2010
A couple of club members ventured out at the weekend, Sara Williams found reliability again and finished a fine 16th overall on the Plains Rally in Mid Wales. Meanwhile, in South Wales, more specifically the Gwent Valleys, Stuart Cardell was guiding Bob Gibbons to a top ten placing on the Leukemia Rally. Their only problem all day was losing the exhaust, luckily a fellow competitor supplied them with tools to refit it!.jpg)
WELSH RALLY 2010
Monday, 3 May 2010
Brecon Motor Club was well represented on the Welsh Rally at the weekend, firstly the club manned a spectator junction and then 2 starts and 2 finishes. A long day, so many thanks to the members and others (Dan & Jackson) who worked hard at that.
There were 4 competing crews out, Jason Pritchard was out for the third weekend in a row, his aim was to set the Subaru up for the Jim Clark Rally which he duly did and finished eighth overall as well.
Will Arrowsmith and Chris Phillips were out together for the first time and they collected 1st in the road rally class and 15th overall. The result could have been even better but Chris picked up a penalty in a moment of madness! Chris, it happens to the best, don't worry about it..........
Wayne Palmer and Mark Hatton had a miserable day, the Pug 106 behaving badly once again when the gear linkage played up. Mike Jones and Robin Moses had a complete nightmare, the back brakes popped on the first stage and a bush repair just about kept them in the rally. With more dramas during the day, a straight on at Copse being one of them, it was the icing on the cake when they fell foul of the regulations and were excluded for not completing the route together. All in all not a day to remember!!  Will and Chris at the theatre finish in the Escort.
 Jason on the Burma Road in the Group N Subaru  Wayne wishing he'd stayed in bed!  Mike & Robin had a day not to remember............................................
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