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e-Newsletter 18^th August 2006

Ross Traders top 10 photos by= Dave Shields

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Contacts

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Next Events

Round 8

D= evonian Rally

Sun 1^st October

Torbay MC

website

Round 9

R= egis Rally

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Bognor Regis MC

website

Top Drivers

Paul Hernaman 216

Linda Orme 181

Charles Harrison 172

Paul Richards = 165

David Mustarde 163

Warren Chmura 16= 0

Paul Simmonds = 160

Jonathan Hancox 155=

Roy Gillingham 154<= o:p>

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Top Navigators

Ray Crowther 216<= /o:p>

Mike Burrows 211<= /o:p>

Richard Dix 204

Dave Wilson &nbs= p; 174

Mike Gray &nbs= p; 173

Mike Anderson = 172

Jean Chmura &nbs= p; 160

Richard Lambley 155

Michael Fogg 141

David Killeen 1= 37

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Newcomers Challenge Drivers

David Barker 137<= /o:p>

James Griffiths 115

Julian Broadhurst 104

Mike Molloy 97

Terry Secker &nbs= p; 94

Newcomers Challenge Navigators

David Killeen 1= 37

Avril Banks 104

Janice Molloy 97

Pip Secker &nbs= p; 94

John Parnell &nb= sp; 82

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Full points t= ables

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Marshals Wanted

If not competing in the last = round of the 2006 Championship, would you like to help out and have the chance = to get close up to the action? The Regis Rally needs your help as the event needs over 100 marshals for Regularity and Standard Time Controls a= nd Special Tests. The event runs on Saturday 14^th October f= rom 9am until 5.30pm visiting some very rural and interesting locations mainl= y in West Sussex on route, starting and finishing at Amberley Working Museum, Nr Arundel, West Sussex. If you w= ould like to get close up and personal with some wonderful classic machinery f= rom the 1950’s through to 1974 then this is the event for you. No marshalling experience is necessary as training will be given. Please contact the Chief Marshal Neil Worsfold, email: marshals@theregisrally.co.uk=

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Tour of Cheshire 2007

The date has been set for Sat= urday 10th March 2007. On current plans, the established popular format of this event will not change but it is likely to visit some new territory and venues a= nd even venture briefly outside Cheshire! The start and finish will again = be at Cranage Hall near Holmes Chapel and will support the North West Air Ambulance. Regulations are expected in early January 2007.
Videos of the 2006 event are now available on DVD or VHS at £7 including 1st class post and packing.&nb= sp; They will be copied to order so turn-round will not be immediate!<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Any profits will be split between event funds and the North West Air Ambulance. To order please write with = name and address, specifying DVD or VHS, with a cheque for £7 made out t= o ‘Knutsford & DMC Ltd’, to: Nigel Raeburn, 16 Hall Hill, Bollington, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 5ED.
The event organisers are grateful to GRAHAM BENNETT for making this video which is supplied in unedited footage with no commentary,but nevertheless= is quite entertaining!
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Paul Hernaman has consolidated his drivers championship lead with his 6^th place on the Ross Traders in the Porsche but can’t yet call himself the 2006 champion. Although Roy Gillingham is curre= ntly down in 9^th place, he could yet beat Paul’s current score with high scores on the Devonian and Regis. Other contenders Linda Orme a= nd Jim Deacon now only have a remote mathematical chance of winning the driv= ers championship, although they would have to change to an older vehicle cate= gory and win both of the remaining rounds.&nb= sp; So don’t open the champagne yet Paul!

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P= aul’s navigator Ray Crowther has now recorded his sixth score to topple Mike Burrows from the top of the table. However the battle between Crow = and Mike should continue through the last two rounds, Mike having a two-prong= ed advantage in that his next score to drop is a 27 whilst Ray’s worst= is a 33, and Mike’s finishing bonus is always one point more than Crow= ’s. Neither should disregard Dave Wi= lson and Richard Dix though, who could still beat them both with high scores on the final two rounds.

We= now have a championship holiday throughout August and September before the fi= nal two rounds which are just two weeks apart in October.

Points Tables Updated

T= he driver and navigator championship points tables on the website have been updated following points awarded for round 7, the Ross Traders Historic Tour. Please check your allocated poin= ts and email andy@hrcr.co.uk if you have = any queries.

C= ontenders who have scored on all seven rounds have dropped their lowest score. Roy Gillingham and Mike Gray, wh= o have scored in more than one class, have had their class scores combined for t= heir scores on the overall leaderboard

Ross Traders Historic Tour – Round 7 – 29^t=
h July

W= hen a code board that ‘disappeared’ before all the field had passed= was cancelled from the results, it worked to the advantage of Dave Keen and A= ndy Berry, allowing them to win the Ross Traders in their Ford Cortina Mk2 by= just over three minutes from twice previous winners Ali Green and Mick Briggs = in the Riley Elf. Linda Orme and Richard Dix came in third in their Es= cort Mexico, despite collecting a wrong test penalty on the first test of the = day. 2005 winners Geoff Breakell and Nigel Raeburn took 4^th by the narrow margin of only 5 seconds from Andy Gibson and Mike Burrows who had lost over 7 minutes at one ITC after wrong-slotting.

T= he Ross-on-Wye based event, which comprised ten special tests and six regula= rity sections, attracted an excellent entry of 55 starters with 39 of them cha= sing championship points. It was a day when results were decided by challenging road navigation and timing – not to everyone’s ta= ste but a good test of the navigators’ skills. With fails awarded= for missed intermediate regularity controls, several favoured crews, including Bob & Jean Taylor, Ted & Judy Howles and Roy Gillingham/Matt Fowle found themselves way down in the results due to a route plotting mistake.=

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1&= nbsp; Dave Keen/Andy Berry Ford Cortina 13m 25s

2&= nbsp; Ali Green/Mick Briggs Riley Elf 16m 30s

3&= nbsp; Linda Orme/Richard Dix Escort Mexico 23m 54s=

4&= nbsp; Geoff Breakell/Nigel Raeburn Alfa Romeo Giulia 26m 38s=

5&= nbsp; Andy Gibson/Mike Burrows MG Midget 26m 43s

6&= nbsp; Paul Hernaman/Ray Crowther Porsche 911 32m 32s

7&= nbsp; Paul Simmonds/Mike Gray Escort Mexico 34m 41s=

8&= nbsp; Geoff Twigg/Graham Carter Mini Cooper S 35m 53s

9&= nbsp; Paul Richards/Peter Cox Cortina GT 40m 59s

10= Keith Wilson/Lee Vincent Volvo PV 544 41m 21s

Devonian Rally – Round 8
Sunday 1^st October

In response to feedback from last year’s event, the regularity mileage= has been increased significantly, with a selection of classic navigational sections through the lanes of East Devon. The very best of special tests, on the private roads of some classic locations such as the 'The Hill' at Ide and in the beautiful grounds of historic Escort House (the lunch-halt venue), are joined by a new venue a= nd another not used last year, to ‘ring the changes’ and add variety.

R= ally HQ and the start are at the Exeter= Court Hotel, Exeter, one mile from junction 31 of the M5, and the hotel is offering a special rally rate for competitors and marshals.

R= egulations have been sent to contenders and further copies are available from the Entries Secretary Frank Butler, on 01803 525333 or frank.butler8@btinternet.co= m Alternatively, they can be down-loaded from the Torbay Motor Club website= , http://www.torbay-mc.co.uk/

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