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2017 Geoff Hall / Paul Bosdet : Photo Courtesy of Tony North Volume 8 : Issue 11 : November 2017 : Maurice Ellison Chairman's Chat For me October included trips to the Isle of Mull and North Wales (via Cheshire), one an enjoyable trip and one a little less so. On the Isle of Mull were the two events, which replaced the cancelled Mull Rally, and I marshalled on the Targa Rally and did my usual radio job on the Rally Time Trial. Both events were well organised given the short time available to achieve them and all the competitors and I enjoyed them. For more on these see my article on pages 23 to 30, “Isle of Mull October 17”. In Cheshire/Wales it was of course the WRGB when I controlled the recce for the Cholmondeley Castle stage on the Wednesday then spent three days based in the North Wales Regional Centre acting as a link between stag- es, the NW Regional Manager and Rally HQ in Deeside. Needless to say I never saw a competing car but then again that’s the usual case when controlling stages on the top of a mountain !! On a positive note, congratula- tions to Elfyn Evans &Daniel Barritt for winning the event, Sebastien Ogier & Julien Ingrassia for clinching the WRC Championship and, best of all, for M-Sport for taking the WRC Manufacturers title. On a negative note, sadly the event once again attracted some less savoury characters, those, spectators and even a media chap, hailing abuse or bottles at marshals or cars having had a few too many sherberts. As I said last year why don’t they just stay away and don’t ruin it for the vast majority of spectators who were well behaved. “ISLE OF MULL OCTOBER 17” The Beaton’s Mull Targa Rally – Friday 13th October The event took crews all around the island with a mixture of regularity sections interspersed with various tests and using both public roads and private land including some forest sections. It was good to see a 70 car entry list with a full mix of rally cars, historic and modern, to very basic family cars. When Derek Bedson and I arrived to sign on on the Thursday afternoon we were told most places had been filled so we should go to Regularity Section 2 (RS2) in the morning and Regularity Section 4 (RS4) in the afternoon and help wherever the section commander suggested. So on the Friday morning we arrived at the start of RS2 and due to a no show we were asked to man the finish of the section which we were happy to do. The section ran along a forest track which runs parallel to the Glen Aros Road but in most places it was fairly smooth and hard. Although we were well wrapped up against the weather it didn’t actually rain apart for a very brief spell. It was good to do something different from our usual radio jobs as we got to talk to the crews and it soon became apparent that the vast majority of the crews were thoroughly en- joying the event, typically shown when they arrived at the controls with broad grins on their faces. Obviously some had struggled to master the regularity timing (don’t ask me it’s probably nearly 40 years since I did one) but that didn’t seem to matter they were just having fun. One navigator said he had not had so much fun since he did road rallies back in the 80’s. After a bite of lunch we headed to Gribun Rocks for RS4 when again another no show resulted in us manning one of the intermediate controls right on the edge of the loch, a particularly windy spot but we still didn’t get wet. As you would expect from a rally there were a few less cars this time but once again the crews were still enjoying the event. One significant thing on both the sections we marshalled was that many of the crews thanked us for marshalling and we event got a sweetie for our trouble from one driver. It’s so good to hear this. Beaton’s Building Supplies Mornish Rally Time Trial – Saturday 14th October The trial took place on a forest track from near Calgary to the Hill Road above Dervaig and included a 3.1 mile ‘stage’. We were on Post 4, of 11, and for once had a reasonable view of part of the stage. Following a low speed recce run of the stage the 24 crews that started got 6 competitive runs through the stage apart from 2 crews who shared a car and each one missed a run or two due to the time for them to get round the public road back to the start. There were a couple of mechanical drop outs but there were no accidents. After Run 4 there was a lunch break and the Safety and Sweeper Cars delivered a burger to everyone who signed on, a great gesture by the organisers and the venison burgers were very tasty. Even after a couple of unforeseen delays the event finished by mid afternoon and again I believe everyone en- joyed the day. It was obviously a huge disappointment when the Mull Rally was cancelled but Saltire Rally Club and Mull Car Club along with the Guardians of Mull Rally put on two great events enjoyed by crews and marshals alike and with much more sociable hours compared to the Mull Rally ! Well done to all those involved in making these events happen in the short time available. Understandably the island was much quieter than usual this year but the locals I spoke to were all glad that so many people still came to the island. Let’s hope very soon that the re- port on the accident injury is published and with positive results such that it will be back to normal with the island buzzing with rally folk next year. Best regards, Les Fragle, Chairman/Secretary, SD(34) Motor Sport Group Pg. 42 Grumpy Old Git Contents Pg. 43 North West Racers Front Cover : Devils Own Rally Pg. 44 North West Racers Pg. 2 Contents Pg. 45 Prescott Classic Pg. 3 Chairmans Chat Pg. 46 Prescott Classic Pg. 4 Member Club Contacts Pg. 47 Prescott Classic Pg. 5 SD34MSG Contacts Pg. 48 Prescott Classic Pg. 6 Inter-Club League Pg. 49 Tong Park Reunion Pg. 7 2017 SD34MSG Championships Pg. 50 Tong Park Reunion Pg. 8 2017 SD34MSG Championships Pg. 51 Inside the Industry Pg. 9 Under 18 Championship Registration Pg. 52 Inside the Industry Pg. 10 2018 Championship Registration Pg. 53 Dirty Fingernail Club Pg. 11 2017 SD34MSG Calendar Pg. 54 Becky Kirvan-Rodgers Pg. 12 Around the Clubs : Mull CC & Others Pg. 55 Classic Castle Combe Pg. 13 Around the Clubs : Clitheroe & DMC Pg. 56 Classic Castle Combe Pg. 14 Around the Clubs : Clitheroe & DMC Pg. 57 Devils Own Classic Rally Pg. 15 Around the Clubs : Wallasey MC Pg. 16 Around the Clubs : Matlock MC & Others Pg. 58 Devils Own Classic Rally Pg. 17 Around the Clubs : Blackpool SSMC Pg. 59 Devils Own Classic Rally Pg. 18 Around the Clubs : PMC & Warrington Pg. 60 Solway Classic & Targa Rally Pg. 19 John Easson Award Pg. 61 Solway Classic & Targa Rally Pg. 20 Trackrod Pg. 62 Solway Classic & Targa Rally Pg. 21 Trackrod Pg. 63 Solway Classic & Targa Rally Pg. 22 Trackrod Pg. 64 Solway Classic & Targa Rally Pg. 23 Mull Targa Rally Pg. 65 NESCRO Challenge Report Pg. 24 Mull Targa Rally Pg. 66 MSA News Pg. 25 Mull Targa Rally Pg. 67 MSA News Pg. 26 Mull Targa Rally Pg. 68 MSA Guidance on Electric Vehicles Pg. 27 Mull Targa Rally Pg. 69 MSA Guidance on Electric Vehicles Pg. 28 Mull Targa Rally Pg. 70 MSA Guidance on Electric Vehicles Pg. 29 Mull Targa Rally Pg. 71 Training Dates Pg. 30 Mull Targa Rally Pg. 72 2017 ANWCC Championships Pg. 31 Adgespeed Stages Pg. 73 ANWCC 2018 Calendar Pg. 32 Adgespeed Stages Pg. 74 Odds, Sods & Bodkins & Events Pg. 33 Rallycross Pg. 75 Odds, Sods & Bodkins & Events Pg. 34 Rallycross Pg. 35 Gemini Communications Motorsport Team Pg. 76 Odds, Sods & Bodkins & Events Pg. 36 Grass Roots Motorsport : Patriot Stages Pg. 77 Odds, Sods & Bodkins & Events Pg. 37 Grass Roots Motorsport : Wern Ddu PCA Pg. 78 Odds, Sods & Bodkins & Events Pg. 38 Grass Roots Motorsport : UniRoyal Pg. 79 Competition Cars For Sale Pg. 39 Grass Roots Motorsport : UniRoyal Pg. 80 Competition Cars For Sale Pg. 40 Grass Roots Motorsport : UniRoyal Pg. 81 Competition Cars For Sale Pg. 41 Grass Roots Motorsport : A&PMMC Pg. 82 And at long, long last : Meeting Dates SD34MSG : Member Clubs & Contact Details Accrington MSC Liverpool MC Contact : David Barratt Contact : John Harden Email : [email protected] Tel. : 0161-9697137 Tel. : 01254-384127 Email : [email protected] Website : www.accrington-msc.org Website : www.liverpoolmotorclub.com Airedale & Pennine MCC Contact : John Rhodes Manx AS Email : [email protected] Contact : Mark Quayle Tel. : 07913 649131 Email : [email protected] Website : www.apmcc.co.uk Tel. : 07973-830695 Website : www.manxautosport.org Blackpool South Shore MC Contact : Dave Riley Matlock MC Email : [email protected] Contact : Garry Evans Tel : Email : [email protected] Tel. : Website : www.bssmc.com Website : www.matlockmotorclub.co.uk Bolton-le-Moors MC Contact : Jack Mather Mull CC Email : [email protected] Contact : Chris Woodcock Tel. : Email : [email protected] Website : www.blmc.co.uk LIMITED Tel. : 07973-830695 Website : www.mullcarclub.co.uk CSMA (NW) Contact : Steve Johnson Pendle & DMC Email : [email protected] Contact : Ray Duckworth Tel.