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Andy Davies and Michael Gilbery celebrate Group N honours on the Ulster

            On the 17th of August the ever-popular Ulster rally took place, a very popular tarmac event with a long history in the rallying calendar. Making up the penultimate round of the Irish tarmac rally championship this event once again attracted entrants from Lampeter and district motor club. Seeded at number 14 in their an R5 specification Skoda fabia instead of their regular Hyundai i20, were Meirion Evans and Jonathon Jackson. This young pairing has been doing very well this year picking up excellent results on the Irish tarmac and were hoping to add to that tally here. They were out for points in the Irish tarmac championship. At 22 was Andy Davies with regular partner Michael Gilbey who were once again aiming for class position in their familiar group N specification Subaru Impreza, and were out to hopefully score as many points as possible for their Irish tarmac championship bid. Also competing was regular navigator Llion “tractor” Williams who was once again in the passenger seat for Duncan Williams in Duncan’s historic specification Mk2 Ford escort. They were seeded at 74.

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Jonathon Davies and Dafydd Evans on their way to a class win on the Harry Flatters

                Once again, it’s been a very busy few weeks for club members with rallies taking part throughout the country. 2 such events were the Classic lanes rad rally organised by the Welsh border’s car club, and the Harry Flatters rally, a tarmac event held over the infamous Epynt ranges

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Gari Evans with Richard "Ty-capel" Williams on their way to third overall on the Pacemaker (Joseph John Gilbertson)

The past couple of weeks have been very busy in the rallying calendar with events taking part throughout the country with the season now in full swing, meaning competitors are spoilt for choice with events to compete on. Needless to say, Lampeter and district motor club members found themselves on the entry lists, with the first event being the Bob Shaw memorial Brawdy stages held on the 7th of July.  It is a tarmac venue in South Wales and is very popular among club members. On the entry list at car 6 were Emyr Morgan and Paul Jones in Emyr’s recently purchased Darrian T9 GTR. At car 18 were another Darrian crew of Rhys Wyn Davies and Dafydd Evans in a T90 model. Andrew Davies was navigating in car 34, a Chrysler Sunbeam for Dafydd Williams. In car 56 were Osian Jones and Owen McConochie in Osian’s Peugeot 106. Rounding off club members at 70 were Kevin Davies and Owen Rowcliffe, in another Peugeot, this one being a 206 model.

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Dylan Davies and Mark Glennerster on route to victory on the Red Kite.

          The weekend of the 21st to the 23rd of June was a very busy weekend in the rallying calendar, with a tarmac, road rally and forest rally all taking part. All three events saw club members in action, with the first event being the Donegal international rally. The Donegal is a very famous rally which attracts entrants from all over the world. Included in the entry list from Lampeter and district motor club were Meirion Evans and Jonathon Jackson who were once again out in the R5 specification Hyundai i20. They were seeded at 17. Also joining them in the international rally were Andy Davies with regular navigator Michael Gilbey out in Andy’s group N specification Subaru Impreza. They were seeded at 64. In the historic rally Llion Williams was once again navigating for Duncan Williams in Duncan’s Mk2 Ford escort, they were at 3 in the historic event. The historic rally began on the Saturday and would include 2 days of competition.