ROAD RALLY ROUND-UP

A treacherously slippery Powys Lanes Rally was won by George Williams/ Cadog Davies in their Ford Escort as Mark Lennox/ian Beamond finished fifth to secure the Welsh Road

Rally Championship for the first time.

Paul Morgan/jamie Mills were the early leaders of the Builth Wells-based event. They had just extended their advantage with fastest time to the first timing point on the second section when their Honda Civic’s gearbox failed and they were out. Steve

King/rob Bryn Jones took over first place and held the position at the petrol halt, taken after 60 miles.

Williams/davies had been delayed on the first section when top seeds Daniel Jones/gerwyn Barry hit a bank; the incident cost the eventual winners over a minute. They fought back, being the only crew to clean the third section. They took the lead at the first timing point after petrol and pulled away from the rest of the field to win.

Powys Lanes Rally

Organiser: Epynt Motor Club When: November 9-10 Where: Powys Championships: WAMC; ANWCC Route: 120 miles Starters: 64. Results

1 George Williams/cadog Davies (Ford Escort) 5m26s; 2 Matthew Jones/osian Davies (Vauxhall Astra GTE) +1m46s; 3 Mike Roberts/ Dafydd-sion Lloyd (Escort); 4 Matt Barker/jordan Dziadulewicz (Peugeot 206 GTI); 5 Mark Lennox/ Ian Beamond (Escort); 6 Glyn Price/ Ryan Griffiths (Escort); 7 Chris Williams/byron Jones (Escort); 8 Christopher Williams/ John Aspland (Citroen C2); 9 Steve Knibbs/will Atkins (Peugeot 206); 10 Clive/daniel Jones (Subaru Impreza). Class winners: Masters: Roberts/ Lloyd; Experts: Jones/ Davies; Semi-experts: Williams/aspland; Novices: David Ginn/ Carwyn Roberts (Nissan Micra).