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Northern Road Rally ChampionshipBULLETIN NO. 1, MARCH 2004 Somewhat
belated but nonetheless welcome to the 2004 championship. A particular
welcome to the 30 or so of you who are new registrations for 2004, I
hope you enjoy what is always a very friendly yet competitive series
with a mixture of events to suit all tastes. Those of you who were
registered in 2003 but have not yet signed up for 2004, this will be
your last bulletin but don’t worry you can still sign up at the start
of any of the rounds. Round
2, Malton’s Ryemoor is upon us already, indeed for many of you reading
this it will have been and gone! Hopefully you all got regs so those who
wanted to compete or marshal were able to do so. Speaking of regs you
should also have received them for round 3, the VK Derbyshire Rally on 3rd
/ 4th April. If you are planning on entering then do so
quickly, it usually gets close to a full entry. Regs for round 4, the
Witch Way in May will be out very soon. The
tables after round one are overleaf, good to see some different names up
there, it promises to be a cracking year that I reckon will go right
down to the wire. PAST
EVENTS
14TH
/ 15TH FEBRUARY, ROUND 1, BRUCE ROBINSON RALLY, LINCOLN
MC&CC 46 crews in all with loads of ANCC contenders thanks
to a bumper sign-up session at the start. The event had new Clerks of
Course in Mike Angrove and Kev Hutchinson, ably assisted by ‘old
hand’ Phil Foster. They put on a great route on maps 113, 121 and 122
including a lot of old favourites for those who know the area –
Kew’s Holt whites to start with and Wickenby to finish with the
customary trip through Biscathorpe fords somewhere along the way. The event was generally well received but one problem was in their interpretation of ‘All Roads’ on some of the navigation – it confused the hell out of the experts so my sympathies to the Novices who must have really struugled. You had to ‘ignore gated roads’ to get the nav to work, I don’t know whether this got a good airing at the finish as I had to dash off so didn’t see the results finalized. With numerous top crews suffering a variety of
misfortunes during the event, it was a comfortable win for Owen Turner
and Graham Raeburn in the end, but with notable performances from Team
Dimbleby in 3rd and Nicola
Hillier & Dave Broadley in 4th, putting the speed of
their new Metro to good use and now most definitely experts! Sorry this is only a brief summary but better than nothing! Thanks to the organizing team and all the marshals for a good start to the season. FORTHCOMING
EVENTS
3RD
/ 4TH APRIL –
ROUND 3, VK DERBYSHIRE RALLY, MATLOCK MC A
traditional Derbyshire event, using a good few whites although this year
they claim it will be the smoothest ever. Still you definitely need a
sumpguard for this one so if you normally come out in the shopping car
and haven’t been to this event before, I recommend you come along and
marshal, you will be more than welcome and that way you can see what
it’s all about. Regs available now, should have reached you by post,
if not contact Simon Randell on 07812 102375. 8TH
/ 9TH MAY – ROUND 4, WITCH WAY RALLY, PENDLE DMC Venturing into different territory this year, on maps
103, 104 and 110. Simple navigation by map references only but still a
very competitive event . Regs out soon. 12TH
/ 13TH JUNE – ROUND 5, MEMORIAL RALLY, GARSTANG &
PRESTON MC The
return of an event that was a championship round a few years ago. Runs a
bit further West than some of our crews may be used to. More details in
the next bulletin. A
CHANGE LATER IN THE YEAR…. 24TH
/ 25TH SEPT – NEW DATE FOR EDEN VALLEY’S WESTMORLAND Not
ideal as it is just two weeks after the Danum and clashes with the
Mercian, but the best that could be arranged after EVMC had to move away
from their Pendragon Stages in July. I am sure it will still be a
cracking event and hope many of you will support it. Please note that I
am using up my stock of calendars, etc already printed so this change is
not yet shown on some of the paperwork you may have picked up.
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