Due to popular demand and to let people shake off the Christmas spirit, we are holding an additional Gymkhana on Saturday 3 January 2004 at Llandow (opposite side of the road to the circuit). Start 1:30 pm prompt. This is the first event of the new championship year so if you want to win a championship, be there! Also as it is the new year, membership renewals are due, so bring an extra tenner (members who joined the club for the first time in October, November or December have free membership for 2004).

The next event is a Navigational Scatter to be held on Tuesday 13 January 2004 starting at 19:30 at the Barley Mow.

The next event is a Gymkhana to be held on Saturday 29 November 2003 at Llandow (opposite side of the road to the circuit). Start 1:30 pm prompt.

Results as follows:
 

1st	C Fricker	251 secs
2nd	C Jenkins	258 secs
2nd	T Pedersen	258 secs
2nd	P Steddy	258 secs
5th	P Lang	269 secs
6th	C Bowley	292 secs
7th	B Gower	256 secs + 1 penalty
8th	T Greene	264 secs + 1 penalty
9th	A Chappel	266 secs + 1 penalty
10th	F Coleman	267 secs + 1 penalty
11th	A Vowles	272 secs + 1 penalty
12th	T Bowley	275 secs + 1 penalty
12th	K Bray	275 secs + 1 penalty
14th	P Nicholls	292 secs + 1 penalty
15th	D Lewis	256 secs + 2 penalties
16th	T Milic	261 secs + 2 penalties
17th	M Payne	265 secs + 2 penalties
18th	A Greening	281 secs + 2 penalties
19th	P Gullis	294 secs + 2 penalties

A closely fought battle enjoyed by all except the losers.
 

Provisional dated for 2004 events available at  Event Dates. Maps of venue locations added to How to Contact and Find Us section.

The provisional date for the AGM/Awards Night Buffet is 28 February 2004 at the Bear Hotel, Cowbridge.

The next event is a Navigational Scatter to be held on Tuesday 25 November 2003 starting at 19:30 at the Barley Mow. Tickets available from Terry Donovan.

Results as follows (Driver/Navigator):
 

1st	John Morgan/Byron Jones
2nd	Colin Coleman/Fred Coleman
3rd	Barry Gower/Paul Steddy
4th	Tom Pedersen/Gary Morgan
5th	Mike Morgan/James Morgan
6th	Rob Halloway/A Halloway
DNF	Cleeve Jenkins/Richard Burrows

Welcome to the new members, I hope you had fun. Regrets to Cleeve and Richard for breaking down. Thanks to Terry for a good event even if the clue at the airport was a bit dodgy!

There will be an additional Gymkhana on 15 November at Llandow (opposite side of the road to the circuit). Start 1:30 pm.

Results as follows:
 

1st	Carl Fricker
2nd	Tom Pedersen
3rd	Alan Evans
4th	Paul Steddy
5th	Andrew Vowles
6th	Tony Bowley
7th	Andrew Greening
8th	Tony Green
9th	Matthew Payne
10th	Andrew Chappell
11th	Barry Gower
12th	Gary Morgan

Lots of laughs, what more can you want!
 

The next event is a Navigational Scatter to be held on Tuesday 28 October 2003 starting at 19:30. Cancelled.

The next Gymkhana is to be held on Sunday 12 October 2003 (Ewenny Woods) starting 1-00pm.

Results as follows:
 

	Car	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Pens	Total
Carl Fricker		01:38	01:36	01:34	01:33	01:30		7:51
Chris Davis		01:43	01:38	01:38	01:37	01:38	00:10	8:24
Steve Jones		01:47	01:37	01:38	01:39	01:48	00:20	8:49
Steve Griggs		02:19	01:39	01:39	01:35	01:39		8:51
Mark Humphreys		02:19	01:38	01:39	01:42	01:50	00:30	9:38
Andrew Chappell		01:47	01:42	01:50	01:39	10:00		16:58
Andrew Greening		01:40	01:37	10:00	01:39	10:00		24:56
Tony Bowley		01:41	01:39	01:40	10:00	10:00		25:00
Chris Bowley		02:09	01:44	01:37	10:00	10:00	00:10	25:40
Tony Green		02:19	01:43	10:00	01:40	10:00		25:42
John Ward		02:19	01:54	01:48	10:00	10:00	00:20	26:21
Alan Evans		01:35	01:30	10:00	10:00	10:00		33:05
Andrew Vowles		01:39	02:04	10:00	10:00	10:00		33:43

10:00=DNF

With al the DNFs it must have looked like a scrap yard out there!
 

The next Gymkhana is to be held on Sunday 28 September 2003 (Ewenny Woods) starting 1-00pm.

Results as follows:
 

	Car	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Pens	Total
Alan Evans	Suzuki Swift	01:33	01:31	01:33	01:44	00:10	6:31
Tony Greene		01:39	01:36	01:35	01:36	00:10	6:36
Andrew Greening		01:45	01:45	01:49	01:38	00:00	6:57
Andrew Chappel		01:53	01:46	01:47	01:42	00:10	7:18
Mark Humphrey	Renault 5	01:52	01:51	01:43	01:44	00:10	7:20
Vaughn Thomas	Landrover	01:59	01:54	01:48	01:47	00:00	7:28
Terry Milic	Ford Sierra	02:15	01:45	01:43	01:40	00:10	7:33
Tom Pedersen	Peugeot 205 GTI	01:41	01:57	02:21	02:10	00:00	8:09
Barry Gower	Peugeot 205 GTI	02:11	01:38	01:38	10:00	00:20	15:47
Jonathan Ward		03:50	10:00	02:18	02:14	00:30	18:52
Colin Coleman	Citroen AX	01:44	01:40	10:00	10:00	00:00	23:24
Paul Nicholls		02:00	01:54	10:00	10:00	00:10	24:04
Fred Coleman	Citroen AX	01:44	10:00	10:00	10:00	00:10	31:54

10:00=DNF

Another cracking event which took its toll on the cars. Anyone got a spare roof for a Citroen AX?
 

The next Gymkhana is to be held on Sunday 14 September 2003 (Ewenny Woods) starting 1-00pm.

Results as follows:
 

	Car	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Total
John Morgan	Buggy	01:37	01:40	01:40	01:38	01:37	8:12
Carl Fricker	Peugeot 205GTI	01:53	01:43	01:42	01:40	01:37	8:35
Paul Steddy	Peugeot 205GTI	01:59	01:55	01:44	01:45	01:41	9:04
Tom Pedersen	Peugeot 205GTI	01:58	02:11	01:48	01:44	01:44	9:25
Colin Coleman	Citroen AX	02:04	02:04	01:56	01:54	02:00	9:58
Fred Coleman	Citroen AX	02:00	01:52	02:14	02:09	02:01	10:16
Andrew Voles	Escort Mk1	02:01	02:15	01:59	01:59	02:03	10:17

Only one way to describe this event- carnage!!!!

Wanted to buy:
2x Peugeot 205 bonnets
1x  Peugeot 205 radiator
4x  Peugeot 205 headlights
2x  Peugeot 205 front grills and valances
1x Citroen AX NSF wing, bumper and headlight (even though nothing was hit)
1x Ford Escort exhaust
1x Buggy  gearbox linkage.
 

The next Gymkhana is to be held on Tuesday 26 August 2003 (Ewenny Woods) starting 7-30pm.

Results as follows:
 

	Car	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Total
Carl Fricker	Peugeot 205 GTI	00:59	00:51	00:50	00:52	00:51	4:23
John Morgan	Buggy	00:56	00:55	00:54	00:52	00:52	4:29
Tom Pedersen	Peugeot 205 GTI	00:57	00:58	00:54	00:54	00:55	4:38
Rhiddian Jones	Hyundai X2	00:59	00:52	00:53	01:05	00:51	4:40
Deian Phillips	Hyundai X2	00:57	00:57	00:56	00:57	00:56	4:43
Alan Evans	Suzuki Swift	01:01	00:55	01:04	00:52	00:52	4:44
Andrew Coe	Mini	00:57	01:02	00:56	00:55	00:56	4:46
Paul Steddy	Peugeot 205 GTI	00:57	00:56	00:54	00:58	01:03	4:48
Mark Humphrey	Ford XR2	00:59	01:00	00:58	00:55	01:01	4:53
Barry Gower	Peugeot 205 GTI	01:09	00:55	00:59	00:53	00:59	4:55
Mark Ellis	Vauxhall Cavalier	01:06	01:00	00:57	00:57	00:57	4:57
Anthony Greene	Ford Sierra	01:25	00:59	00:57	00:57	00:54	5:12
Andrew Chappell	Ford XR2	01:15	00:59	00:59	01:15	01:01	5:29
Chris Bowley	Suzuki Swift	01:16	01:12	01:06	01:03	01:11	5:48
Les Skeet	Vauxhall Cavalier	01:04	02:06	00:57	00:55	00:55	5:57

A Good time was had by all. Welcome to the new members.

The next Gymkhana is to be held on Sunday  20 July 2003 (Ewenny Woods) starting 1-00pm.

Results as follows:
 

	1st	Rhidian Jones	Mitsubishi
	2nd	John Morgan	Mitsubishi
	3rd	Richard Lewis	Mitsubishi
	4th	Alan Evans	Suzuki Swift
	5th	Carl Fricker	Peugeot 205 GTI
	6th	Tom Pedersen	Peugeot 205 GTI
	7th	Andrew Coe	Mini
	8th	Barry Gower	Peugeot 205 GTI
	9th	Deian Phillips	Mitsubishi
	10th	Terry Milic	Sierra
	11th	Nicholas Phipps	Sierra
	12th	Tony Bowley	Mini
	13th	Fred Coleman	Mini
	14th	Chris Bowley	Mini

Thanks to John Morgan for organising a great route.
 

A Marshalling section has been added to the site to let people know any marshalling requests the Club has received.

The next Gymkhana is to be held on Tuesday 24 June 2003 (Ewenny Woods) starting 7-30pm.

Results as follows:
 

	1st	Alan Evans	Suzuki Swift
	2nd	John Morgan	Mitsubishi
	3rd	Tony Bowley	Mini
	4th	Rhidian Jones	Hyundai X2
	5th	Paul Steddy	Peugeot 205 GTI
	6th	Andrew Coe	Mini
	7th	Tom Pedersen	Peugeot 205 GTI
	8th	Phil Wiggins	Peugeot 205 GTI
	9th	Carl Fricker	Peugeot 205 GTI
	10th	Mike Badham	Peugeot 205 GTI
	11th	Geraint Jones	Hyundai X2
	12th	Dylan Lewis	Peugeot 205 GTI
	13th	Chris Bowley	Mini
	14th	Barry Gower	Peugeot 205 GTI
	15th	David Thorne	Renault 19
	16th	Terry Milic	Ford Sierra
	17th	John Bevan	Ford Escort
	18th	Paul Nichols	Ford Sierra

(Competition: see if you can find the hidden words in the following paragraph which identify the items damaged during the event , there are 7 of them)

What an event! it had everything, everyone wanted to win, down at the Lazy 'B' ranch the cowboys will be talking about this one for ages. It was do or die. Now, in good form I might have won but I did not get that far, change our car to a 4x4, I say. To lose is a boot up the bum, perfect aim too. I need a beer, unfortunately they don't they serve it by the litre, even in the Barley Mow.

Thanks to everyone who helped make the event one of the best we have held and welcome to all the new members.

(For competition answers: email answers@bridgend-automobile-club.co.uk)

The next Gymkhana is to be held on Sunday 18 May 2003 (Ewenny Woods) starting 1-00pm.

Results as follows:
 

	1st	Tony Bowley	Mini
	2nd=	Tom Pedersen	Peugeot 205 GTI
	2nd=	Paul Steddy	Peugeot 205 GTI
	4th	Chris Bowley	Mini
	5th	Dave Taylor	Peugeot 205 GTI
	6th	Chris Davies	Peugeot 405
	7th	Barry Gower	Peugeot 205 GTI
	8th	John Morgan	Landrover Defender TD5
	9th	Richard Lewis	VW Polo
	10th	Colin Coleman	Mini
	11th	Fred Coleman	Mini

A good fun and action packed event with crashes and breakdowns. Who wants to watch the Grand Prix when you could be doing this!

BAC had a stand at the Classic Car Show at Pencoed on Sunday 11 May 2003. Significant interest was shown by the public at the varied cars on show. Many thanks to all members who supported the event and special thanks to Colin for supplying the battle bus which as the biggest vehicle there, served as an excellent landmark, not to mention the excellent facilities he provided. Some photos are shown in the Members Photo section. If you have any more, please forward them to me.

The next Gymkhana is to be held on Saturday 26 April 2003 (Llandow) starting 1-00pm.

Results as follows:
 

	1st	John Morgan	Mitsubishi WRC
	2nd	Vaughn Thomas	VW Golf GTI
	3rd	Tom Pedersen	Porsche/Peugeot 205 GTI
	4th	Alex Moore	Mitsubishi WRC
	5th	Paul Steddy	Peugeot 205 GTI
	6th	Colin Coleman	Previa/Mitsubishi Cordia
	7th	Barry Gower	Peugeot 205 GTI
	8th	Chris Davies	Mitsubishi Cordia
	9th	Richard David	Lotus Elise
	10th	Fred Coleman	Previa/Mitsubishi Cordia
	11th	James Bradley	Vauxhall Astra

Thanks to Terry for organising an excellent and enjoyable event with loads of spins and laughs.

Bridgend Automobile Club Ltd is to hold its Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 25 March 2003 in the Bear Hotel, Cowbridge commencing at 7-00 pm.

Following the AGM in the Bear Hotel, at approximately 8-30 pm, Bridgend Automobile Club is to having a presentation of the prestigious Championship Awards for 2002. The trophies to be awarded include the Drivers Championship, Co-drivers Championship, Clubmans Championship, Chairmans Cup, Competition Secretary Cup and others. Everyone is welcome to come along and acknowledge the achievements of your friends and colleagues. A luxury buffet is available at a reasonable £10 per head and as ever, there will be the infamous raffle. Tickets are available from Terry Donovan on telephone 02920 513 039. It promises to be an entertaining evening and we look forward to see you all there.

The function was well received and thoroughly enjoyed by all. If anyone has any photos of the evening, incriminating or not, please email them to me.

The awards presented on the night were:
 

		Chairmans Cup	Andrew Coe
		Clubman of the Year	Tom Pedersen
		Clubmans Championship	Terry Donovan
		Co-Driver	Steve Montoto
		Competition Secretary’s Cup	Chris Davies
		Drivers	Carl Fricker
		International Achievement	John Morgan
		Junior	Fred Coleman
		Newcomer of the Year	Colin Coleman
		Shunt of the Year	Dylan Lewis
		Spirit of Motorsport	Les Skeet

Congratulations to all recipients and thanks to Terry for organising a excellent function.

The next Gymkhana is to be held on Saturday 22 March 2003 (Llandow)

Results as follows:
 

	1st	John Morgan	Citroen Saxo VTS
	2nd	Tom Pedersen	Peugeot 205 GTI
	3rd	Paul Steddy	Peugeot 205 GTI
	4th	Mark Harvey	Westfield
	5th	Phil Gardener	Renault Alpine
	6th	Tony Boley	Ford Sierra Cosworth
	7th	Barry Gower	Peugeot 205 GTI
	8th	Chris Davies	Mitsubishi Cordia Turbo
	9th	Richard MacVae	Westfield
	10th	Claire Donovan	Citroen Saxo VTS
	11th	Chris Bowley	Ford Sierra Cosworth
	12th	Dylan Lewis	VW Golf GTI
	13th	Colin Coleman	Ford Sierra
	14th	Richard Chedzey	Westfield
	15th	Fred Coleman	Ford Sierra

Thanks to Terry for organising a very challenging and well supported event.

The next Nav Scatter is to be held on Tuesday 18 March 2003

Results as follows (driver first):
 

	1st=	Chris Davies/Paul Steddy	Mitsubishi Cordia Turbo
	1st=	Colin Coleman/Fred Coleman	Ford Sierra
	3rd	Vaughn Thomas/Dylan Lewis	VW Golf GTI

Thanks to Terry for organising the event.

The next Gymkhana is to be held on Saturday 22 February 2003 (Llandow)

Results as follows:
 

	1st	Chris Davies	Mitsubishi Cordia Turbo
	2nd	Dave Taylor	Peugeot 205 GTI
	3rd	Paul Cronin	Peugeot 205 GTI
	4th	Paul Steddy	Toyota Celica
	5th	Andrew Coe	Mini
	6th	Tom Pedersen	Mini
	7th	Colin Coleman	Ford Sierra
	8th	Fred Coleman	Ford Sierra
	9th	Chris Bowley	Mini
	10th	Tony Bowley	Mini
	11th	Alun Evans	Ford Sierra Cosworth

Thanks to Colin for a very unusual event. Never in the field of human motorsport have so many turned so right for so long.

Please note that the Gymkhana dates at Llandow have been changed to Saturdays to allow for the possibility of using the circuit.

The next Nav Scatter is to be held on Tuesday 18 February 2003 19:30.

Results as follows (driver first):
 

	1st	Chris Davies/Paul Steddy	Mitsubishi Cordia Turbo
	2nd	Colin Coleman/Fred Coleman	Ford Sierra
	3rd	Andrew Coe/Vaughn Thomas	Rover Metro
	4th	Steve Fellows/Gareth Short	4x4 Thingy
	5th	Dylan Lewis/Dylan Lewis	Golf GTI
	6th	Alan Evans/Terry Donovan	Ford Sierra Cosworth
	7th	Alun Jones/Gareth Short	Nissan

Thanks to Tom for putting on the event.

The Club event schedule for 2003 is now available at Event Dates.

The next Nav Scatter is to be held on Tuesday 14 January 2003, 7-30pm starting in the Barley Mow carpark.

Results as follows (driver first):
 

	1st	Andrew Coe/Tom Pedersen	Rover Metro
	2nd	Alan Evans/Terry Donovan	Sierra Cosworth
	3rd	Dylan Lewis/Vaughan Thomas	Golf GTI

Thanks to Fred and Colin for putting on a very challenging event.

The BAC Annual Dinner Dance is to be held on 1 March 2003 at the Bear Hotel in Cowbridge. If previous Dinner Dances are anything to go by, it will be an entertaining night as ever. Tickets are limited so get yours now to avoid disappointment. Contact Terry Donovan on 02920 513039.