Northern Stage Rally Championship

Bulletin 12 – December 2004

It's nearly Christmas and that means yet another season's rallying is completed. The Grizedale Stages Rally, based up in Coniston in the Lake District saw the concluding round of the 2004 Championship. It was great to see the Driver's title decided on the last round with Richard Wormald and Nick Dobson both capable of winning the title. Richard was in a strong position but never having been in the forests before anything could have happened. Unfortunately, Nick didn't make it to the end of the first stage, leaving Richard with a more comfortable day than he was probably expecting, to take the 2004 overall driver's title with Dave "I'm already Champion" Hammond on the maps. - Commiserations to Nick - a bill for repairs just before Christmas is no way to end a great year.

Many of the other awards depended on who finished where overall, so now the dust (mud?!) has settled, here's the list of provisional winners for 2004.

1^st Overall Driver	Richard Wormald	1^st Overall Navigator	Dave Hammond
2^nd Overall Driver	Nick Dobson	2^nd Overall Navigator	Jonathan Padgett
3^rd Overall Driver	Greg Wilkinson	3^rd Overall Navigator	Gordon Blythe
1^st SV Challenge Driver	Chris Platt	1^st SV Challenge Navigator	Giles Dykes
2^nd SV Challenge Driver	Mark Thompson	2^nd SV Challenge Navigator	Gavin Wright
1^st MV Challenge Driver	Chris Peart	1^st MV Challenge Navigator	Jamie Forrest
2^nd MV Challenge Driver	Keith Turner	2^nd MV Challenge Navigator	Steve Ward
1^st Driver Class 1	Robert Barrett	1^st Navigator Class 1	Gavin Wright
1^st Driver Class 2	Chris Platt	1^st Navigator Class 2	Michael Robinson
1^st Driver Class 3	Mark Thompson	1^st Navigator Class 3	Giles Dykes
1^st Driver Class 4	Keith Turner	1^st Navigator Class 4	Steve Ward

These results will remain provisional until 24^th December 2003. Should anyone have any queries relating to the results these should be raised with me as soon as possible. Should any changes be necessary that affect the allocation of any award then the results will be reissued to all contenders with a second time allowance for protest. Otherwise the results will be declared final.

I would like to congratulate all award winners, Richard and Dave - worthy Champions after some excellent results and good consistency throughout the year. I would also like to express my thanks to all contenders for supporting the Championship – I hope that you have enjoyed this year’s Championship and that you will be back for more in 2005. Thanks also to Kent Cams for their continued support and the all the organisers of the events this year and to Steve Smith for maintaining the website.

Awards Presentation

The awards will be presented at Whitcliffe Mount Sports Centre, Cleckheaton (Map Ref 104/(104/180256) on Friday 4^th February 2005 from 8pm. The venue is close to the M62 motorway. ALL AWARD WINNERS MUST ATTEND, ARRANGE A REPRESENTATIVE TO COLLECT THEIR AWARD OR MAKE ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS WITH ME IN ADVANCE. Otherwise you will forfeit your trophy (SR 17).

Next Year

Yes, it’s all starting again very shortly! Included with this bulletin you will find details of the 2005 Championship. In a change to previous years there will be three Challenges – Tarmacadam, Forest and Multi-Use. There has been a lot of interest in a Tarmacadam championship but lack of decent sealed surface multi-venue events within the Association has prevented me running one. In 2005 I’m please to say that we now have some worthy events. I hope that the Championship will continue to appeal – it should give affordable (in rallying terms!) options and a format for novices to progress without the expense of joining national championships.

Regs will be posted to you over Christmas but will be available earlier on the website should you wish to submit an early entry and give me something to read with my Christmas pud!

A word of warning though – please submit entries for the first rounds without delay as the Jack frost is already filling up, regs for the riponian are already out and the NW Stages in particular is going to be heavily over subscribed I think. The NW Stages will be based in Blackpool with stages on the promenade, Weeton, Leyland, Pontins and Clifton

You should all get regs for the first events but please do not delay!

Next few event contacts are :

§ Jack Frost Stages : Yvonne Wright 01325 359895 www.darlington-motor-club.org.uk

§ Riponian Stages : Lynsey Walsh, 01845 525985 www.riponmotorsportsclub.co.uk

§ North West Stages : Ann McCormack, 01928 710 546 www.nwstages.bun.com

And finally….

I would like to thank you once again for your participation and take this opportunity to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous and successful 2005.

Mike

2005 ANCC STAGE RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP - Calendar

TARMACADAM CHAMPIONSHIP

Date	Type	Event	MC	Venue
15-Jan	MU	Jack Frost Stages	Darlington DMC	Croft
19-Feb	MV	North West Stages	Motor Sport NW	Weeton / Leyland
28-May	MU	Proflex Stages	Clitheroe & DMC	Leyland
26-Jun	MU	Torque BAC Stages	Bury AC	Swinderby
28 Aug	MV	Pendragon Stages	Kirkby Lonsdale MC	Penrith / Warcop
12-Sep	MU	Weeton Stages	Clitheroe & DMC	Weeton Camp
23-Oct	MV	Cheviot Stages	Whickham DMC	Otterburn

FOREST CHAMPIONSHIP

Date	Type	Event	MC	Venue
06-Feb	MV	Riponian Stages	Ripon DMSC	Ripon / North Yorkshire Forests
13-Mar	MV	Robin Hood Forest Stages	Lindholme MSC	Notts Forests
02-Apr	MV	North Humberside Forest Rally	North Humberside MC	Hull / North Yorkshire Forests
18-Jun	MV	Dukeries Rally	Dukeries MC	Notts Forests
8-9 Oct	MV	Rally Yorkshire	Trackrod MC	Malton / North Yorkshire Forests
13-Nov	MU	Hamsterley Stages	Ripon DMSC	Hamsterley Forest
03-Dec	MV	Grizedale Stages	Furness & DMC	Grizedale

MULTI-USE CHAMPIONSHIP

Date	Type	Event	MC	Venue
15-Jan	MU	Jack Frost Stages	Darlington DMC	Croft
16-Apr	MU	Shenpar Phoenix Stages	Eastwood & DMC	Fulbeck
15-May	MU	John Overend Memorial Stages	North Humberside MC	Melbourne
28-May	MU	Proflex Stages	Clitheroe & DMC	Leyland
26-Jun	MU	Torque BAC Stages	Bury AC	Swinderby
23-Jul	MU	Opposite Lock Rally	Slaithwaite MC	Manby
12-Sep	MU	Weeton Stages	Clitheroe & DMC	Weeton Camp

Scoring will again be class based with 5 scores to count form the 7 in each section.

All events will count for overall Championship Award – best 8 scores from any event to count

All events are National B.

Regs will be posted over Christmas or be available from www.ancc.co.uk before (hopefully!)