Last year’s winner Owen on top in Escort domination at Anglesey
Glyn Memorial Rally
Organiser: Caernarvonshire & Anglesey MC When: November 25/26 Where: Ty Croes, Anglesey Championships: ANWCC, WAMC, North Wales Stage Rally Challenge Starters: 58 Stages: 15.
Fastest on the first stage and never headed throughout the two-day Glyn Memorial Stages was last year’s winner Wil Owen, this time partnered by Paul Maund.
He powered his Ford Escort Mk2 to victory ahead of Roger Moran/ashley Trimble in a similar 2.5-litre engined-car.
Third, and taking the ANWCC Stage Rally Championship on the very last stage of the year, was local driver Eric Roberts, with Merfyn Williams, making it an Escort Mk2 1-2-3.
Chris Simmons/andy Moss took fourth in their Darrian, just ahead of a close Class B battle, settled in favour of Chris Stanfield/sarah Edwards (Peugeot 106) by just three seconds from Emyr Owen/eilir Williams (106), this result securing the ANWCC co-drivers’ title for Edwards.
Gethin Jones/tomos Williams won Class A and sneaked into the top 10 overall, Jones losing the ANWCC championship to Roberts but secured the North Wales Stage Challenge.
Stephen Ellison/mark Carter (Escort Mk2) won the Historic class and Lee James/alan Hinton took the Road Rally class. Robert Kennedy/catrin Jones (Nissan Micra) topped the 1000cc cars.
In the last round of the Junior Formula 1000 and Ecosse Challenge, Scottish crew Jude Macdonald and Michael Cruickshank (Skoda Citigo) clinched victory by just nine seconds from Elliot Payne/ Dominic Adams (Citroen C1).
Results
1 Wil Owen/ Paul Maund (Ford Escort Mk2) 59m 59s; 2 Roger Moran/ashley Trimble (Escort Mk2) +59s; 3 Eric Roberts/ Merfyn Williams (Escort Mk2); 4 Chris Simmons/ Andy Moss (Darrian T9 GTR); 5 Chris Stanfield/ Sarah Edwards (Peugeot 106 Maxi); 6 Emyr Owen/ Eilir Williams (106 Rallye); 7 Terry Clarke/ Ronald Roughead (Escort Mk2); 8 Mark Smith/tim Nunn (Escort Mk2); 9 Ryan Fagan/jordan Joines (Escort Mk2); 10 Gethin Jones/tomos Williams (Vauxhall Nova). Class winners: Jones/ Williams; Stanfield/ Edwards; Roberts/ Williams/ Owen/ Maund; Lee James/alan Hinton (Escort Mk2); Robert Kennedy/ Catrin Jones (Nissan Micra); Stephen Ellison/ Mark Carter (Escort Mk2); Jude Macdonald/ Michael Cruickshank (Skoda Citigo).