Coalville Car Club

Weekly Bulletin No: 109 - 20th May 2008

New Members

Welcome to new member Clark Robinson.

Competitors

Congratulations to Ashley Woodward who won his class on a Hillclimb on 18th May, in his MG.

Dave Walker finished 7th in class on a car trial at Burton Dassett on 18th May in his Proton.

Club members Chris Faulkner, Nick Faulkner, Dave walker, Chris Thorley, Ben Heggs and Stuart Alexander took place on the recent Loughborough Car Club evening AutoSolo at Bramcote. Finishing as follows:- Stuart Alexander (205) 6th O/A 2nd I/C; Dave Walker (Proton) 9th O/A 3rd I/C; Ben Heggs (Escort) 15th O/A 6th I/C Class;  Chris Thorley (Proton) 17th O/A 6 I/C; Chris Faulkner (Sierra) 20th O/A 7th I/C; Nick Falkner (Sierra) 26th O/A 11th I/C.

Giles Smith will be competing on his first ever event, the Huntsman Endurance Rally 31 May/1 June, in his Peugeot 106, navigated by Jamie Cooper. Dave Walker/Chris Thorley (Mini) and Rob Stubberfield/Chris Faulkner (Punto) will also be out on the event.

James Worth/Colin Stephens will be taking part on the Rally of the Midlands 20th-21st June in their 2.0 Sunbeam.

Ashley Woodward and Adrian Hodgkinson’s intended programme of sprints for 2008 are as follows:- 15 June -  Silverstone; 3 August - Curborough; 30& 31 August - Anglesey; 20 September - Harewood.

Steve & Tony Graham's programme of events for 2008 is as follows:- 24 May - Jim Clark International (BRC); 7 June - Rally Show Chatsworth; 17 July - Manx International (BRC); 22 August - Ulster International (BRC); 27 September - Yorkshire International (BRC); 14 November - Roger Albert Clark - Lancia Fulvia; 27 Nov - Wales Rally GB (BRC)

Diary Dates/Events & Regulations

Loughborough Car Club will be running a series of Grass Autotests and AutoSolos; the dates and locations of which are as follows:- 20th May Grass Autotest. 3rd June AutoSolo. 17th June Grass Autotest. 1st July AutoSolo. 15th July Grass Autotest. Contact Richard Egger rpegger@dsl.pipex.com for more information.

Rugby Motor Club are running their usual series of Grass Autotests, dates are 28th May, 11th  & 25th June, 9th and 30th July and 13th August. Buckwell lodge, Walcote. 140/585838 Start 7pm prompt – take your clubcard.

The Huntsman Endurance Rally will take place 31st May and 1st June. www.huntsmanrally.co.uk or contact Vince Orme 0115 972 0333 vince-o.cdmc@virgin.net

The Welsh Endurance Road Rally will take part on 9th & 10th August. http://www.ammandmc.co.uk/ or contact Entries Secretary hywel.thomas@tiscali.co.uk

Entries are now available on the Cloverleaf Historic and Clubmans Road Rallies, which will run on Saturday 6th September. http://cloverleaf.wecc.co.uk

Marshals

The Huntsman Endurance Rally will take place 31st May and 1st June. Coalville are running the “Rising Wood” tests on the afternoon of Saturday 31st May. www.huntsmanrally.co.uk Test Commander is Ashley Woodward ashley.w@auto3p.co.uk Coalville Chief Marshal John Brindley aj-brindley@hotmail.co.uk

Lindholme MSC have asked for help in running a Clipstone Stage of the Dukeries Rally on Saturday 14th June. Contact Len Fowkes 01909 565458 or email len@fowkes42.plus.com

This year the Rally of The Midlands will take place Friday 20th & Saturday 21st June. Coalville have been asked to assist Rugby Motor Club with the running of the Mallory Park Stages on both the Friday and Saturday, names of interested persons to Chris Thorley  Further requests for assistance elsewhere have also been received from the Chief Marshal Marcos James,  mac_jam2002@btopenworld.com or 07985 420483.

This year’s Roger Albert Clark Rally will be running from Friday 14th to Monday 17th November. Contact Steve Cowley steve@cowley96.freeserve.co.uk

Notices

Coalville Car Club have now adopted a Child Protection Policy. A Permission Form to be completed by parents or guardians of all persons under 18 attending any events as part of Coalville Car Club is available from the Clubs’ Child Protection Officer Chris Faulkner.

Stuart Alexander is looking for a contributing navigator for some tarmac/concrete single venue events. Contact him at stuart165@btinternet.com if you are interested.

Chris Faulkner is trying to track down some Ford Alloys – 5x13’s for Nicks Fiesta. Chris Faulkner.

The Club Championship in 2008 has a new category - the "Highway Lighting & Signs Cup" will be awarded to the best "All-Rounder"; members will score points for each separate category they compete in; i.e. Stage Driver, Road Rally Nav, 12 car Driver, Marshal etc. Best score form each possible discipline to count. Minimum 3 categories one of which must be Marshalling, required to register a score.

Chris Thorley has a supply of 2008 Blue Books from the MSA & a copy of the spring edition of "Motorsports Now".

Chris Faulkner has A.N.E.M.M.C yearbooks if anyone needs one.

Chris Thorley has the DVD from the Motorsport Safety Fund. Available to anyone and everyone (but no-one has ever asked for it).

Club Members in Action.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SXV9wXcj3wY

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http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bramcote+autosolo&search_type=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4jeGtPRteM

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=A1gSNdRGpR0

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