Andrew Rippon wins Presidents Cup

Andrew had the best performance on Index

Kofi Farley was onboard with Mike Greenwood in his Suzuki X90

Camel Vale use the Index system to determine the winner of their Presidents Trial, a single venue event held in Bonyalva Woods near Hessenford in Cornwall. Historically the club has run the Bodmin Trial at this time but couldn’t overcome the problems in running that event in Cardinham Woods.

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President Haizelden

Ben Gladwyn had the lowest score on the day but David Haizelden won the Presidents Cup on Index

Camel Vale had good weather for their day in Bonyalva Woods with cars ending the day covered in dust rather than the usual mud.
Ben Gladwyn had a successful Presidents, dropping 3 marks on the day, the lowest score. The Presidents Cup was awarded to David Haizelden who was best on Index. (Photo by Nicola Butcher).

Camel Vale drew an excellent entry of 28 for their single venue trial in Bonyalva Woods. The restarts rather got the better of Class 8 and the days main battle was between Ben Gladwyn in his 1300 Beetle and Dave Haizelden, back in the Reliant Scimitar which won the Torbay in the hands of Jack Selwood while Dave was organising the event.

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President Facey

With Covid still affecting Road Events Camel Vale were still able to run a very successful Single Venue Presidents Trial

Camel Vale acknowledged the forthcoming American election by naming the sections after former Presidents. There was no ballot but Matt Facey came out on top of a competitive field.

If you go down to the woods one day…… Presidents Cup Winner Matt Facey and Hollie Wood emerging from the ferns in a capture from one of Matts YouTube Videos.

Clerks of the Course Ryan and Ben Tonkin laid out ten observed sections, attempted twice, which went down well with competitors, providing a challenge for the experts but giving the less competitive cars the chance of seeing the top of some hills.

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Simon Groves wins Camel Vales Presidents Trial

A Trial of Two Halves

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Simon Groves gets his Troll crossed up as he approaches one of the restarts in Bonyalva Woods. (Vidcap from Duncan Stephens Video) Click Here to see more of Duncans work on his Donutsphotography page

The single venue event in Bonyalva Woods was a trial of two halves, dry in the morning and wet in the afternoon. It soon turned into a Class Eight battle between Simon and Paul Merson who were level until midway through the morning when Paul dropped four on Bonyalva Rise where Simon went clear and slowly increased his lead as the day went on, finishing on 19 compared to Pauls 27.

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Dan Keat wins Presidents Trial

Dan won by one mark over Simon Groves who had Dick Bolt passengering in his rather smokey Troll in Camel Vales single venue event in Bonyala Woods

There were a couple of retirements. Dave Haizeldens run of bad luck continued when  an injector stuck open causing his Scimitar to loose power. Craig Allen had the misfortune to loose the exhaust on the Beetle he was sharing with Nigel.


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Dan Keat won the Presidents Trial

It was a battle of the Class 8’s in this Single Venue Trial in Bonyalva Woods on 3 April 2016. Tris White led until two sections before the end when it all fell apart for the Troll driver and Dan Keat went on to win.

This was a well attended event with an entry of 30 doing battle with the sections organised by Ryan Tonkins young team.