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Barcud Rally 2005

Sponsored by T D Davies & Son

Barcud Motor Club

30th/31st July 2005

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The organisers had received 140 entries for the 75 available starting places on the Barcud Rally, it was therefore a capacity entry that took the start from Tregaron Rugby Club. They faced a 99 mile route in familiar territory.

The opening regularity was five miles in length and had an ITC at the halfway point; there were also four PCs. It ran initially through the rough track to the south of Llanafan Forest, then, after going south down the B-road, turned up the track through Llethr.

A dozen cars were clean at the ITC, but all were late at the end of the section control. Fastest to RF1 was the Ford Sierra of Dafydd Edwards/Deian Rees, they were six seconds quicker than top seeds Gary Jones/Steve Herbert (Toyota Corolla).

Already out by this point was the Escort of Roger Hicks/Mark Hamilton, they had picked up a puncture and the car was suffering from low oil pressure. Gareth Richards/Gwion Pryderi (Ford Escort) put their car off the road and out of the event on the climb up to RF1.

After a short Neutral through Penrhydygroes the second regularity started by the south bank of the River Ystwyth. There was a long run to the first ITC, which was at Tyngwndwn; most cars were on time here. There were two significant retirements on this section; Huw Evans/David Richards (Ford Escort) picked up their third puncture of the night and had to withdraw having no more spares. Also out here was the Subaru Impreza of Malcolm Walters/Dylan Jenkins, they went through a wall, this caused a puncture, but they then found that the car had no jack.

Everyone bar Edwards/Rees and Andrew Phillips/Dalis Ifans (Mazda 121) dropped time at the next ITC, which was after the route passed over the 'wooden bridge'. The last-minute pairing of John Davies/Anthony Davies (Vauxhall Astra) and Stephen Wood/Aled Richards (Vauxhall Astra) only dropped a second here.

The route moved further south, with the leading runners only dropping time at RF3, at the end of the third section at Penllwynbedw. Des Phasey/Martin Phasey were fastest here, but they had already picked up a fail, having missed RF1; they were another pair to be troubled by punctures, plus a fan belt coming off at one stage.

Over two minutes was lost here by Martyn O'Connor/Peter Collins (Vauxhall Astra GTE) after they wrong slotted in a farmyard. They eventually finished in 14th position, without the wrong slot, they would have been in the top five. Aled Evans/Beth Evans were added to the retirement list on the section after the alternator belt broke on their Vauxhall Astra.

The petrol halt was taken at Stags Head after the third section. At this point Edwards/Rees held a lead of 14 seconds over Phillips/Ifans, with Davies/Davies a further ten seconds back in third. These were the only crews with under a minute of total penalties.

The 2004 winners, Jones/Herbert, were in fourth, but were about to retire as the gearbox failed on their Corolla.

Sharing fourth place was the leading Semi-Expert crew, Will Edwards/Andrew Edwards (Subaru Impreza), although they had another Semi pairing, Edryd Evans/Richard Briddon (VW Golf GTi), only 12 seconds behind in sixth place overall.

The second half opened with a long fourth section which looped down almost as far as Ffarmers, before finishing near Cellan. Almost all the leading runners cleaned the whole regularity, which contained four ITCs, plus the finish control. However, significantly, due to a calculation mix up, the leaders booked in over a minute late at the third ITC, in such a tight contest this dropped them down to fifth place.

Phillips/Ifans also had a difficult section and dropped a total of 27 seconds at two ITCs. This put Davies/Davies into first place, with one section remaining.

The run over Ffarmers saw the retirement of Mark Daniel/Hywel Ifans (Ford Escort) and Wood/Richards, the latter going out when they broke a drive shaft.

The final section started at Betws Bledrws and finished at Llangeitho. There were two tight sectors, the first used a white through Gellugarneddau and the second was in the Penuwch Maze. Everyone was late at ITC10, after the white. Owen Lloyd Edwards/Eurig Davies (Vauxhall Astra) were quickest here, this helped move them up to fourth overall at the Finish.

Davies/Davies were second fastest to ITC10 and this extended their lead to 29 seconds, which was to be their final victory margin. Evans/Briddon matched their time at the ITC and they moved up to second overall, a position they held to the end.

Phillips/Ifans finished in third, ten seconds off the runner up spot. Edwards/Edwards couldn't retain their first half pace, and fell from fifth at Petrol to ninth at the Finish, however they took the Semi-Expert Award as class rivals Evans/Briddon received an overall award for finishing in second.

The father and son pairing of Islwyn Evans/Gareth Evans (Ford Sierra 4x4) were the clear winners of the Novice Class, finishing over two minutes ahead of their nearest rivals.

Darren Williams/Dylan Jones (Vauxhall Astra) had been just outside the top ten at Petrol, but then bent their steering and had to cut to the Finish; they were eventually classified in 52nd and last place.

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OVERALL RESULTS

	Pos	Driver	Navigator	Car	Penalty
	1	John Davies	Anthony Davies	Vauxhall Astra	1m 29s
	2	Edryd Evans	Richard Briddon	VW Golf GTi	1m 58s
	3	Andrew Phillips	Dalis Ifans	Mazda 121	2m 08s
	4	Owen Llwyd Edwards	Eurig Davies	Vauxhall Astra	2m 31s
	5	Dafydd Edwards	Deian Rees	Ford Sierra 4x4	2m 41s
	6	Merfyn Hughes	Graham Dance	Subaru Impreza	2m 52s
	7	Delfryn Owens	Jeff James	Renault Clio RSi	2m 52s
	8	Glyn Price	Iwan Jones	Ford Escort	3m 14s
	9	Will Edwards	Andrew Edwards	Subaru Impreza	3m 19s
	10	Kevin Morgan	Owen Dodd	Toyota Corolla	3m 29s
	11	Andrew Williams	Karen Williams	Vauxhall Corsa	3m 32s
	12	Mark 'GT' Roberts	Steve Price	VW Golf GTi	4m 02s
	13	Martyn O'Connor	Peter Collins	Vauxhall Astra GTE	4m 50s
	14	Nigel Davies	Karen Davies	Ford Escort	5m 12s
	15	Nigel Nelson	Justin Summerfield	Vauxhall Astra	5m 15s
	16	Islwyn Evans	Gareth Evans	Ford Sierra 4x4	5m 31s
	17	Rhys Lloyd Jones	Darren Garrod	Peugeot 205 GTi	5m 38s
	18	Wayne Edwards	Sharon Jarvis	Toyota MR2	5m 53s
	19	Aled Jones	Gareth Thomas	Vauxhall Astra	6m 25s
	20	Nick Evans	Andy Oakes	Toyota Corolla	7m 08s
	21	Rhys Jeremiah	Rhydian George	Vauxhall Astra	7m 45s
	22	John Jones	Richard Hughes	Peugeot 205	8m 07s
	23	Emyr Jones	Paul Roberts	Toyota Corolla	8m 55s
	24	John Gilbey	Michael Gilbey	Vauxhall Astra	9m 30s
	25	Eiros Edwards	Wyn Mathias	Ford Focus	9m 44s
	26	Paul Davies	Philip Ralphs	Ford Escort	11m 12s
	27	Graham Hicks	Steven Hicks	Vauxhall Nova	11m 41s
	28	Steve Greenfield	Ryan Thomas-Hands	Peugeot 106 Rallye	11m 43s
	29	Jonathan Boucher	Richard Yeomans	Ford Escort	15m 20s
	30	Aled James	Iwan Mayes	Ford Escort	16m 05s
	31	Paul Williams	Hefin West	Vauxhall Astra	16m 13s
	32	Rhys Roberts	Phil Todd	Toyota Corolla	18m 57s
	33	Murray Price	James Morgan	Peugeot 205 XS	20m 16s
	34	Patrick Cowley	Augustus Pearce	Vauxhall Nova	21m 35s
	35	Ian Nicholls	Justin Belcher	Vauxhall Astra	22m 54s
	36	Chris Hodson	Andrew Falconer	Ford Escort	29m 38s
	37	Gwion Davies	Kevin Bulman	Peugeot 205	30m 17s
	38	Aled Davies	Lee Plant	Vauxhall Astra	31m 02s
	39	Dafydd Lewis	Gary Davies	Ford Sierra	35m 26s
	40	Nic Morris	Simon Naughton	Ford Escort	37m 12s
	41	Huw Morris	Laura Morris	Proton Compact	43m 05s
	42	Paul Carroll	Hefin Evans	Vauxhall Astra	48m 10s
	43	Des Phasey	Martin Phasey	Ford Escort	1F 7m 36s
	44	Kev Bolver	Richard Jerman	Ford Escort	1F 8m 32s
	45	Arwyn Williams	Irfon Richard	Ford Escort XR3	1F 11m 05s
	46	Geraint Richards	Alan Jones	Peugeot 205 GTi	1F 12m 23s
	47	Simon Bevan	Alex Crowley	Vauxhall Astra SRi	1F 14m 13s
	48	Geraint Davies	Emma Davies	Mini Mayfair	1F 26m 10s
	49	Rob Chell	Clive Phillips	Peugeot 205 GTi	1F 35m 22s
	50	Richard Eadon	Mark Coleman	Ford Sierra 4x4	2F 16m 55s
	51	Justin Jones	George Eadon	Ford Escort	14F 17m 53s
	52	Darren Williams	Dylan Jones	Vauxhall Astra	15F 2m 03s

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