TRK Twaddle
Lots of you seem to be having fun out there, which is
just as it should be. The summer has arrived and even the second Autotest,
which ran during a pretty wet week was dry; even if there was a little mud
under the surface. The entries are rising which is interesting in view of the
general trend at National B level. With the 12-cars being mostly
oversubscribed last winter, PCTs continuing to get decent entries, Scatters
holding their own and the Autotest series still popular we seem to be in a
position where some thinking needs to be done to make life easier for people
to make the jump from club events such as these to the Nat B events which are
declining. The MSA is thinking along those lines but I’m not sure that they
see things from our perspective; I guess it must be the same in all sports.
Those of you out there who are Autotesting etc, but not taking it further let
us know whether there is anything stopping you or if you’re content to stay
at club level (and there’s nothing wrong with that in itself).
On to the real purpose of this column, which is to show
you all how you’re getting on in our various championships and to encourage
you to try even harder.
Firstly the Rose & Crown table (below) which shows
that my theory that by entering events you’re off to a good start even if
you don’t do particularly well in any; young Daren Hall is 61 points
ahead of the old twit me, very closely followed by Chris Penfold –
but there’s lots of the competition year left for all to change.
|
Member |
Points |
|
Daren Hall |
258 |
|
Chin |
197 |
|
Chris Penfold |
191 |
|
John Bond |
159 |
|
Stefan Davis |
159 |
|
Lee Naylor |
147 |
|
Paul Hands |
147 |
|
Daniel Whittington |
142 |
|
Christopher Wise |
131 |
|
Ian Crocker |
130 |
|
Dave McNair |
130 |
|
Andy Webber |
130 |
|
John Redmond |
130 |
|
Colin Billings |
130 |
|
Chris Scudder |
113 |
|
Steve M Thompson |
112 |
|
Keith Crocker |
108 |
|
Robert Sartain |
105 |
|
Robert Fisher |
105 |
|
Martyn Ellis |
104 |
|
David Edmands |
98 |
|
John Milligan |
98 |
|
Steve Dann |
98 |
|
Nick Maxwell |
95 |
|
Jim Giddings |
87 |
|
Mick Rose |
82 |
|
Paul Mayhew |
78 |
|
David Balderson |
77 |
|
Rosie Jones |
77 |
|
Colin Shipway |
70 |
|
|
Paul Stevens |
68 |
|
Darren Russell |
65 |
|
Andrew Actman |
65 |
|
John Bridge |
65 |
|
Mark Instance |
65 |
|
John Kemp |
57 |
|
Hales Vaughan |
53 |
|
Aaron Wright |
45 |
|
Tony Forbes-Marsden |
43 |
|
Tom Luff |
43 |
|
Andy Kilby |
40 |
|
Chris Kemp |
38 |
|
Gareth Richardson |
37 |
|
Peter Geake |
33 |
|
Alex Giddings |
22 |
|
Jason Mortlock |
20 |
|
Rosemary Mead |
20 |
|
Nigel Mead |
20 |
|
Richard Harber |
19 |
|
Richard Scotchmer |
11 |
|
Stacey Thompson |
10 |
|
Robert Booty |
10 |
|
Allan Sayers |
10 |
|
Mick Edwards |
10 |
|
Ric Lee |
10 |
|
| The
Tyrrell-Flemming Speed Trophy (shown below) is hotting up with three
contenders way ahead with over 300 points, Andy Webber
currently holding the lead.
|
Member |
Points |
|
Andy Webber |
352 |
|
Daniel Whittington |
333 |
|
Ian Crocker |
325 |
|
Stephen Stringer |
184 |
|
Steve M Thompson |
180 |
|
Keith Crocker |
177 |
|
Darren Russell |
171 |
|
Gareth Richardson |
159 |
|
Mick Edwards |
130 |
|
Iain Gibson |
130 |
|
Richie Gatt |
130 |
|
Neil Armstrong |
114 |
|
Martyn Ellis |
111 |
|
Roy Nicholls |
108 |
|
Steve Dann |
87 |
|
Matt Oliver |
80 |
|
John Milligan |
67 |
|
Jim Giddings |
65 |
|
Tony Gomis |
65 |
|
John Cresswell |
65 |
|
Chris Judge |
39 |
|
Bob Hoare |
33 |
|
David Balderson |
29 |
|
Tom Luff |
22 |
|
Bill Oliver |
20 |
|
The
Tyrrell-Flemming Non-Speed Trophy (table—top right) is more defined
in the lead with the Gibson brothers leading by a country mile
(I must start doing some rallies!)
|
Member |
Points |
|
Andrew Neil Gibson |
652 |
|
Iain Gibson |
652 |
|
Jason Mortlock |
166 |
|
Richard Lee |
113 |
|
Mick Rose |
103 |
|
Tom Athow |
90 |
|
Richard Athow |
90 |
|
Graham Child |
81 |
|
Kevin Ablitt |
81 |
|
William Smith |
73 |
|
Dawn Travers |
68 |
|
Ralph Travers |
68 |
|
Chin |
51 |
|
David Balderson |
47 |
|
Nigel Mead |
40 |
|
Rosemary Mead |
40 |
|
David Rose |
34 |
|
Martin Stevens |
34 |
|
Andrew Watkins |
33 |
|
Chris Scudder |
31 |
|
Jason Carter |
30 |
|
Steve M Thompson |
26 |
|
Clive Cooke |
24 |
|
Lorraine Chappell |
15 |
|
Hales Vaughan |
12 |
|
Allan Sayers |
10 |
|
Colin Billings |
10 |
|
Cheryl Tilbury |
10 |
|
Andy Kilby |
10 |
|
Nigel Mummery |
10 |
|
Please check the following list and if you have
results for any event which is not included please let me have them as soon as
possible. Events which I have details for to date:
|
13-Jan-06 |
CDMC Jan 12 car |
|
25-Jan-06 |
Jan Satter |
|
04-Feb-06 |
Goodwood Stages |
|
06-Feb-06 |
B19 PCT feb |
|
10-Feb-06 |
Feb 12car |
|
19-Feb-06 |
Craven Longcross |
|
19-Feb-06 |
BARC Treasure Hunt |
|
10-Mar-06 |
March 12car |
|
12-Mar-06 |
Rally of Kent |
|
22-Mar-06 |
March scatter |
|
26-Mar-06 |
March PCT |
|
26-Mar-06 |
Mini Tempest |
|
02-Apr-06 |
North Weald 2 Apr |
|
07-Apr-06 |
Cencus 12-car |
|
23-Apr-06 |
Cheiftan Sprint |
|
30-Apr-06 |
Funky Elephant |
|
07-May-06 |
Wiscombe Hillclimb |
|
10-May-06 |
MMKMC Atest |
|
11-May-06 |
Evening Autotest 1 |
|
21-May-06 |
Anniversary Stages |
|
25-May-06 |
Evening Autotest 2 |
|
31-May-06 |
MMKMC Atest |
|
08-Jun-06 |
Evening Autotest 3 |
|
10-Jun-06 |
Abingdon Sprint |
|
11-Jun-06 |
Abingdon Stages |
|
14-Jun-06 |
MMKMC Atest |
|
17-Jun-06 |
Britcar 17 june |
|
17-Jun-06 |
B19 Lydden |
|
22-Jun-06 |
Evening Autotest 4 |
|
06-Jul-06 |
Evening Autotest 5 |
The Chalky White Trophy is getting back to its
old pattern with the constant faithfuls back at the top and it’s good to see
so many names in the list – thanks for all your hard work.
|
Chalky White |
Points |
|
Chris Scudder |
8 |
|
Roy Dawson |
8 |
|
"Chin" Chinnery |
7 |
|
Andy Elcomb |
7 |
|
Nigel Mead |
6 |
|
Clive Cooke |
6 |
|
Stacey Thompson |
6 |
|
Rosemary Mead |
5 |
|
Daren Hall |
5 |
|
Christine Balderson |
5 |
|
Rees Thompson |
5 |
|
Steve Hatton |
5 |
|
Chris Judge |
5 |
|
Sue Billings |
4 |
|
Ralph Travers |
4 |
|
Colin Billings |
4 |
|
Andy Kilby |
4 |
|
Mick Rose |
4 |
|
Sarah Pollard |
4 |
|
Dawn Travers |
4 |
|
Chris Dennis |
4 |
|
Richard Pelling |
3 |
|
Richard Athow |
3 |
|
Martyn Ellis |
3 |
|
Richard Harber |
3 |
|
Keith Crocker |
3 |
|
Iain Gibson |
3 |
|
Colin Shipway |
3 |
|
Judith Cooke |
3 |
|
Martin Stevens |
3 |
|
S M Thompson |
3 |
|
|
Robert Sartain |
2 |
|
Ian Crocker |
2 |
|
Mark Instance |
2 |
|
David Balderson |
2 |
|
Hales Vaughan |
2 |
|
Darren Russell |
2 |
|
Barbara Athow |
2 |
|
Andrew Neil Gibson |
2 |
|
Neil Phillips |
2 |
|
Karen Savory |
2 |
|
Jim Giddings |
2 |
|
Andy Webber |
2 |
|
Neil Brooks-Johnson |
2 |
|
Cheryl Tilbury |
2 |
|
Karen Webber |
2 |
|
Steve Pattinson |
2 |
|
Gee Dawson |
2 |
|
Andrew Watkins |
1 |
|
Viv Elcomb |
1 |
|
Robert Fisher |
1 |
|
Christopher Wise |
1 |
|
Andrew Cannings |
1 |
|
Robert Thompson |
1 |
|
Leila Thompson |
1 |
|
Richard Wise |
1 |
|
John Wright |
1 |
|
Mark Best |
1 |
|
Stephen Dann |
1 |
|
Mark Devaney |
1 |
|
Lee McNair |
1 |
|
Bill Oliver |
1 |
|
Vincent Wheeler |
1 |
|
Peter Johnson |
1 |
|
John Kemp |
1 |
|
John Milligan |
1 |
|
I
spent last weekend servicing for Colin Billings and Andy Kilby
on the Rievers Rally, the Nat B part of the Jim Clark Rally, in the Scottish
Borders. Great fun – up to the point when the gearbox gave up the struggle;
no doubt mention of this appears in the Chairman’s chat. It’s hard work
this servicing lark – hotel accommodation, decent meals, good company and
two fifteen minute sessions checking fluids and pressures (might have been
different if he’d had a spare gearbox!) with plenty of time to relax, read
my book, chat to Martine Kilby and other friends I met up there –
makes you wonder what the WRC people do to get so excited.
That’s it for now folks – keep those results coming
in PLEASE.
Chin