Bridgend Automobile Club

 

News Archives 2005 (January to June)

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The next event is Karting at Llandow on 21 June 2005. The cost is £25 per person per event. Start time is 6-00 pm prompt so you need to be there about 5-30 to sign on and get kitted up.

Results as follows:
 
Name
1 Paul Steddy/Barry Gower
2 Rob James/Matt James
3 Leighton Smith/Gary Morgan
4 Carl Fricker/Ian Godney
5 Colin Colemen/Fred Coleman
6 Dylan Lewis/Rob Coleman
7 Chris Garner/Craig Finch
8 Gareth Tilleke

See you at the next one on 12 July 2005.
 

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Due to requests by members and a lack of organisers, the Gymkhana scheduled for Tuesday 14 June 2005 at Ewenny Woods will now be held on Sunday 12 June 2005 starting at 13:00

Results as follows:
 

  Name Run1 Run2 Run3 Run4 Run5 Run6 Total Penalty
1 Craig Pearce 1.38 1.27 1.24 1.22 1.19 1.16 8.26  
1 Carl Fricker 1.37 1.28 1.24 1.23 1.18 1.16 8.26  
3 Colin Coleman 1.43 1.35 1.32 1.32 1.26 1.24 9.12  
4 Ben Tucker 2.05 1.44 1.39 1.33 1.28 1.24 9.13  
5 Levi Jenkins 1.41 1.43 1.34 1.34 1.29 1.21 9.22  
6 Rob James 1.46 1.38 1.35 1.33 1.27 1.24 9.23  
7 Steve Jones 1.53 1.34 1.33 1.50 1.27 1.22 9.39  
8 Dai Lloyd 1.44 1.37 1.31 1.53 1.28 1.21 9.34 Penalty+1
9 Fred Coleman 1.44 1.36 1.32 1.32 1.26 1.26 9.16 Penalty+2
10 Leighton Smith 1.39 1.35 1.35 1.37 1.27 1.23 9.16 Penalty+3
11 Matt James 1.37   1.37 1.34 1.30 1.24 7.24 DNF
12 Paul Steddy   1.32 1.40 1.28 1.24   6.04 DNF
13 Anthony Greene 1.33 1.30 1.28 1.25     5.56 DNF
14 Tom Pederson 1.51           1.51 DNF
15 Barry Gower               DNF

Thanks to Dylan for putting on a testing event.

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Lys y fran piccie available in members photos

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The first karting event held on 32 May 2005 was a resounding success.

Results as follows (amended):
 
Name
1 Carl Fricker/Ian Godney
2 Rob James/Matt James
3 Leighton Smith/Tony Greene
4 Tom Pedersen/Gareth Tilleke
5 Paul Steddy/Barry Gower
6 ChrisGarner/Mick Wilcox
7 Dylan Lewis/Ben Tucker
8 Rob Coleman/Jeff Bessant
9 Colin Colemen/Fred Coleman

See you at the next one on 21 June 2005.
 

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Due to popular demand, we are holding a karting series at Llandow. The cost is £25 per person per event. Start time is 6-00 pm prompt so you need to be there about 5-30 to sign on and get kitted up. Dates are:

31 May 2005
21 June 2005
12 July 2005
20 September 2005

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The next event is a Gymkhana on Saturday 28 May 2005 at Llandow starting at 13:00. We hope to have a working party before this to ensure the woods is in prime condition on Tuesday 17 May 2005 at 7:30 pm. Volunteers please meet at the woods.

Results as follows:
 
Name
1 Vowles A
2 Smith L
3 James Matt
4 Bowley T
5 Fricker C
6 Evans E
7 Pedersen T
8 Wilcox M
9 Coleman C
9 Jenkins L
11 Coleman F
11 Lewis D
13 Burnett J
14 Mason J
15 Burnett P
16 Skeet L
17 Paskin C
18 Tucker B
19 Gower B
20 Bowley C
21 Bray K
22 Greene A
23 Moore A
24 Morgan J
25 Morgan J
26 Moore A

Thanks to Fred and Colin for organising the event.
 

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Due to clashes with so many other events, the Gymkhana scheduled for Sunday 15 May 2005 at Ewenny Woods has been cancelled unless organisers can be found and an official of the club can attend. volunteers please step forward.

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The next event is a Gymkhana on Saturday  23 April 2005 at Llandow starting at 13:00.

Results as follows:
 
  Name
1 John Morgan
2 Carl Fricker
3 Matt James
4 Tony Bowley
5 Barry Gower
6 Mike James
7 Rob James
7 Paul Steddy
7 Tom Pedersen
10 Euros Evans
11 Colin Coleman
12 Fred Coleman
13 Tony Greene
14 Dylan Lewis
15 Andrew Vowles
16 Jim Mason
17 C Pearce
18 R Humble
19 Terry Milic
20 J Burnett
21 Chris Bowley
22 Alex Moore
23 Leighton Smith
24 Ben Tucker
25 S Roberts
26 Chris Paskin

Thanks to Rob and Leighton for putting on something different!
 

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We will be holding a Playstation 2 driving competition at the Barley Mow on 29 March 2005 Starting at 20:00. The screen will be a 42" plasma courtesy of the Barley and the Playstation 2 will be courtesy of Paul Steddy.

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The next event is a Gymkhana on Saturday 19 March 2005 at Llandow starting at 13:00.

Results as follows:
 
  Name
1 John Morgan
2 Carl Fricker
3 Terry Milic
4 Rob James
5= Dylan Lewis
5= Mike James
7 Gwyn Bowyer
8 Tony Greene
9 Paul Steddy
10= J Burnett
10= Matt James
12 Ben Tucker
13 Andrew Vowles
14 Nick Phipps
15 Matthew Bowyer
16 Stuart Roberts
17 Paul Thomas
18 Barry Gower
19 Tom Pedersen
20 John Bevan

Thanks to Claire for again putting on an interesting and challenging event and thanks to the competitors who turned up despite the rugby.
 

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The next event is a Nav Scatter to be held on Tuesday 15 March 2005 starting at the Barley Mow at 7-30pm prompt. All on map 170.

Results as follows (Driver/Navigator):
 
  Name
1 Barry Gower/Paul Steddy
2= Les Skeet/Gary Morgan
2= Rob James/Matt James
4 Jim Mason/Mike James
5 Colin Goleman/Fred Coleman
6 Steve Jones/Terry Frayne
7 Mick Wilcox/Sophie Wilcox
8 Cleeve Jenkins/Richard Burrows
9 Andrew Vowles/Leighton Smith

Thanks to Claire for putting on a good event.

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The AGM, Awards Night and Buffet at the Court Coleman on 26 February 2005 was a resounding success and a good time was had by all. Congratulations to the championship winners who were:
 
Award Winner 2004
Chairmans Cup Carl Fricker
Clubman of the Year Colin Coleman
Clubmans Championship Claire Donovan
Co-Driver Paul Steddy
Competition Secretary’s Cup Gary Morgan
Drivers Carl Fricker
International Achievement Not Awarded
Junior Fred Coleman
Newcomer of the Year Leighton Smith
Shunt of the Year Tony Greene
Spirit of Motorsport Dylan Lewis

Many thanks to the Donovan family for arranging the evening and people who attended.

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Leighton is putting on a quiz on 22nd February 2005. It is 53 questions mainly on rallying but also F1, rally x , and general motoring.

Results as follows:
 
  Name
1 Les Skeet
2 Alex Moore
3 Fred Coleman
4 Claire Donovan
5 Paul Steddy
6 Colin Coleman
7 Tom Pedersen
8 Terry Donovan
9 Barry Gower
10 Jim Mason
11 Anton Du Croq Slip
12 Dylan Lewis
13 Andrew Vowles
14 Rob James

Thanks to Leighton for the challenging quiz which showed that we don't know as much as we thought we did!

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The next event is a Gymkhana on Saturday 19 February 2005 Llandow starting at 13:00.

Results as follows:
 
  Name
1 Morgan John
2 Bowley T
3 Moore A
4= Fricker C
4= James R
4= Lucas E
7 Vowles A
8= James Matt
8= Pedersen T
10 Tucker B
11 James M
12 Greene A
13 Lewis D
14 Jenkins L
15 Mason J
16 Davies C
17 Coleman C
18 Coleman F
19 Gower B
20 Smith L
21 Steddy P
22 Bowyer G
23 Bowyer M
24 Bray K
25 Collier K

Thanks to Claire for putting on an interesting and challenging event.
 

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The next event is a Nav Scatter to be held on Tuesday 15 February 2005 starting at the Barley Mow at 7-30pm prompt. All on map 170.

Results as follows (Driver/Navigator):
 
  Name Points
1 Barry Gower/Paul Steddy 137
2= Colin Coleman/Fred Coleman 124
2= Rob James/Matt James 124
4= S Jones/T Frayne 119
4= Les Skeet/Leighton Smith 119
6 Jim Mason/Mike James 114
7 Mick Wilcox/Sophie Wilcox 85
8 Tony Greene/Matthew Payne 77
9 Dylan Lewis/Dylan Lewis Retired

Thanks to Claire for putting on a good event.
 

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Anyone willing to help Bill? Contact the Club Secretary if you can.

"My son is getting married at Ewenny Priory in October 2005. His fiancée would like to arrange for him to driven to the church in a rally car and has asked me to help. Could this be arranged through one of your members?"
 

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The next event is a Gymkhana on Saturday 22 January 2005 Llandow starting at 13:00.

Results as follows:
 
  Name
1 K Bray
2 R James
3 A Greene
4 A Vowles
5 P Steddy
6 M James
7 L Smith
8 T Milic
9 C Paskin
10 S Roberts
11 B Gower
12 B Tucker

Thanks to Claire for putting on a well received event.
 

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The next event is a Nav Scatter to be held on Tuesday 11 January 2005 starting at the Barley Mow at 7-30pm prompt. All on map 170.

Results as follows (Driver/Navigator):
 
  Name Points
1 Barry Gower/Paul Steddy 180
2 Colin Coleman/Fred Coleman 175
3= Chris Paskin/Tom Welsby 170
3= Gary Morgan/Matt James 170
5 Rob James/Leighton Smith 160
6 Nigel Phillips/James Morgan 145
7= Andrew Vowles/Rhys Vowles 140
7= Mick Wilcox/Sophie Wilcox 140
9 Cleeve Jenkins/Richard Burrows 85
10 Non Member/Non Member otl (170)
11 Claire Donovan/Terry Donovan Retired
12 Chris Rooney/Non Member Retired

Thanks to Dylan for putting on a well received event. Non member have 7 days to join otherwise championship points will be forfeited and they will not be allowed to enter future events.
 

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Due to popular demand, there will be an additional Gymkhana  2 January 2004 at Llandow starting at 1-00pm. Shake off Christmas and start the new year as you mean to go on!

Results as follows:
 
  Name Car Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Penalties Total
1 Leighton Smith SRI 00:50 00:51 00:50 00:50 0 3:21
2 Tony Bowley Sierra 00:51 00:51 00:50 00:50 0 3:22
3 Tom Pedersen 205 00:51 00:50 00:51 00:51 0 3:23
4 Rob James MR2 00:52 00:51 00:50 00:53 0 3:26
5 Barry Gower 205 00:58 00:51 00:50 00:50 0 3:29
6 Kevin Bray Consul 00:54 00:53 00:53 00:52 0 3:32
7 Mike James Mini 00:55 00:53 00:53 00:52 0 3:33
8 Levi Jenkins 205 00:56 00:54 00:53 00:53 0 3:36
9 Matt James MR2 00:53 00:52 00:52 01:04 0 3:41
10 Chris Bowley Sierra 00:57 00:55 00:56 00:54 0 3:42
11 Fred Coleman Mini 00:57 00:55 00:54 00:59 0 3:45
12 Gwyn Bowyer 205 00:57 00:57 01:01 00:56 0 3:51
13 Anton Du Croq-Slip BMW 00:48 00:48 00:48 00:51 1 3:15
14 Carl Fricker 205 00:52 00:49 00:47 00:49 1 3:17
15 Guy Hancock TVR 00:53 00:56 00:51 00:53 1 3:33
16 Ben Tucker Clio 00:53 00:54 00:55 00:52 1 3:34
17 Chris Rooney BMW 00:54 00:55 00:52 00:54 1 3:35
18 Dave Wheeler Polo 01:04 00:55 00:58 00:54 1 3:51
19 Matthew Maidment 205 00:58 01:03 01:00 00:55 1 3:56
20 Stuart Roberts Cavalier 00:55 00:59 00:58 00:57 2 3:49
21 Tony Greene GTE 00:55 01:02 01:02 01:01 2 4:00
22 Matt Bowyer 205 01:01 01:01 01:03 00:59 2 4:04
23 Chris Paskin Golf 00:59 00:54 00:55 00:55 3 3:43
24 Andrew Vowles Cavalier wr 00:54 00:50 00:49 10 2:33
25 Paul Steddy Caterham 00:53 00:51 wr 00:51 10 2:35
26 Phil Peart Polo dnf 00:55 00:51 00:51 11 2:37
27 Nick Rooney Escort wr 00:56 00:52 00:50 12 2:38
28 Kieth Collier BMW 00:55 00:52 dnf dnf 22 1:47

wr/dnf=10 penalties

Thanks to Claire for putting on the first event of the year.
 

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The calendar of events for 2005 is available at Event Dates.

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The AGM and Awards Buffet is to be held on Saturday 26 February 2005 at the Court Colman Manor, Pen-y-fai. Cost of buffet is £20/person. See Terry Donovan or any committee member to book your place. Numbers are limited so book early to avoid disappointment.

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