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Clerk of the Course: Richard Wheeler
Route: 124 Miles
Maps: 147 148 & 161
Starters: 36
Winners: Alyson Acreman/Byron Jones (Peugeot 309 GTi)
Having held a secure second place at the halfway point of the Greenleaves Rally, Alyson Acreman/Byron Jones found that it had been transformed into a win by the Finish.
The rally, the fourth round of the Welsh Championship, had been led by a comfortable margin by Toby Adam/Pat Gadsby, however the Gremlin winners then missed a route check and as a result fell to seventh place.
The rally was based in Builth Wells and used 124 miles of the lanes between there and Hay on Wye. Despite being a Welsh Championship round the event only attracted 36 starters, this being largely due to its continued use of plot and bash navigation.
The entry was also affected by a number of leading Welsh contenders missing the event to vist the Rallye Catalunya, these included Dave Pitchford, Graham Evans and Andy Oakes.
Adam/Gadsby were not the only crew to fall foul of the events route checks - only six came home free of fails. Dennis Quinn/Andrew Thomson missed two route checks in the first half and were then slowed by a failing alternator; they came home in fifteenth place.
Alun Evans/Carl Williamson had already picked up a fail when they also suffered total alternator failure on their Escort. The first time pairing of Des Phasey/Ian Mills were another crew to arrive at Petrol with two fails on their card.
The second half brought no respite as Gareth 'Gog' Jones/Eryl Evans picked up a fail for a missed route check. While Hefin George/Dilwyn John were excluded for using spotlights in a Quiet zone. Baron Glaze/Pete Davies withdrew at the petrol halt with Davies suffering from a severe case of car sickness.
Acreman/Jones came home with a comfortable winning margin of six minutes, but had been fortunate that a section on which they'd dropped seven minutes with a wrong slot had to be cancelled. They led home a host of Blackwood MC crews; six of the cars in the top eight were from the club.
Steve Rogers/Paul Jones, using a VW Polo GTi while their regular Mini was having an engine rebuild, finished second, this was despite suffering from poor brakes on the stand-in car.
Mark Harris/Neil Bevan came in third, comfortably the quickest Semi-Expert crew on the night. They were just one of six Blackwood MC crews to finish in the top eight. Nick Bloxham/Martyn Allen, Gareth Jones/Paul Bevan and Jerry Jones/Mark Appleton completed the top six, all picking up valuable Welsh Championship points.
The results meant that Quinn/Thomson still led the Welsh series, while, despite their misdemeanour, Adam/Gadsby moved into second place.
Robert Thomson/Simon Greenway took the Novice award. They'd had a good run up to the petrol halt but, due to punctures, had to cut some of the route, they'd however built up enough of a cushion to maintain the class win.
OVERALL RESULTS
Pos | Driver | Navigator | Car | Penalty | |
1 | Alyson Acreman | Byron Jones | Peugeot 309 GTi | 7m 22s | |
2 | Steve Rogers | Paul Jones | VW Polo GTi | 13m 03s | |
3 | Mark Harris | Neil Bevan | Ford Escort | 18m 40s | |
4 | Nick Bloxham | Martyn Allen | Peugeot 205 GTi | 20m 25s | |
5 | Gary Jones | Paul Bevan | Toyota Corolla | 23m 17s | |
6 | Jerry Jones | Mark Appleton | BL Mini | 34m 37s | |
7 | Toby Adam | Pat Gadsby | Ford Escort | 1F 5m 37s | |
8 | Grant Parker | Gwyn Williams | Toyota Corolla | 1F 17m 32s | |
9 | Gareth 'Gog' Jones | Eryl Evans | Ford Escort XR3i | 1F 18m 40s | |
10 | Gerwyn Jones | Brian Jones | Ford Escort | 1F 19m 42s | |
11 | Islwyn Watkins | Martin Jones | Vauxhall Astra SRi | 1F 42m 47s | |
12 | Barbara Carter | Calvin Fenwick | Toyota Corolla | 1F 45m 07s | |
13 | Aled Garner | Dylan Garner | Toyota Corolla | 1F 47m 35s | |
14 | Des Phasey | Ian Mills | Ford Escort | 2F 8m 53s | |
15 | Dennis Quinn | Andrew Thomson | Ford Escort | 2F 9m 48s | |
16 | Darren Dixon | Pete Barnard | Peugeot 205 | 2F 18m 07s | |
17 | Alan Lewis | Huw Davies | Nissan Micra | 2F 46m 49s | |
18 | Phil Davies | Dave Williams | Ford Escort | 3F 32m 51s | |
19 | Nick Yates | Simon Yates | Ford Escort | 5F 24m 13s | |
20 | Robert Thomson | Simon Greenway | Peugeot 309 | 7F 36m 10s | |
21 | Philip Evans | Alun Probert | Ford Fiesta XR2 | 8F 27m 41s | |
22 | Christian Prynne | Doody Farmer | Peugeot 205 | 11F 48m 27s | |
23 | Norman Kohler | Adrian Bachelor | Peugeot 205 | 12F 53m 24s | |
24 | Andrew Down | Chris Head | Peugeot 205 | 12F 62m 36s | |
25 | Andrew Williams | Wyn Davies | Vauxhall Astra | 13F 52m 47s | |
26 | Chris Wright | Erik West | Mini | 13F 57m 58s | |
27 | Alwyn Arrowsmith | Clifford Jones | Ford Escort | 15F 43m 35s | |
28 | Paul Ross | Lee Bird | Toyota Corolla | 15F 46m 45s | |
29 | Oliver Cotter | Michael Church | Ford Escort Estate | 23F 44m 11s |