Tag: Andrew Leahy

Exmoor Clouds Wins for Matt Facey and Andrew Leahy

Matt pipped Tom Jones by one point

Arnie Martin gives the thumbs up to photographer Vince Feeney. Forsaking his Escort Arnie was driving his Hollier Mountaineer in Class Eight and was instrumental in persuading Simon Groves to fix the driveshaft on his Troll when it snapped right at the point it fits in the diff.

Minehead Motor Club attracted a good four wheel entry for this years Exmoor Clouds Trial, although the motorcycle entry was a little disapointing.

Clerk of the Course Paul Merson presented a formidable challenge to Class Eight with restarts on almost every section. Even so Tom Jones came close to the win but had too give best to the ever dependable Matt Facey in the family E30 BMW.

Duncan Stephens was third overall in his UVA Fugitive and Dave Haizelden fourth with his familiar Reliant Scimitar SS1.

Andrew Leahy was best Solo and Martin Keswick best Outfit.

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Exmoor Clouds win for Neal Vile in his X90

A Tough Trial with only four marks separating the top ten cars. Restarts and deviations made it challenging for Class Eight and only Tom Jones broke into the top ten to gain Wheelspin points.

Paul Watson has just pulled away from the Class 7 restart and is about to blast past the Class Eight line. Paul was second overall in his Class 7 Imp, now with 2.0 Golf GTi power. (VidCap from a Josh Moss video)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=3PYi__zBqxY%3Fsi%3DnjvbQhK0_cxoHYSZ
Xanthia Petherick and Christina McClary KTM 525 (with permission of Xanthia Petherick)

Minehead Motor Club restarted the season after the summer break and Clerk of the Course Paul Merson had worked hard to create some exacting sections in the inevitable dry conditions. He succeeded and there was a closely fought battle amongst the cars with Neal Vile and Paul Watson ending the trial on 17 points in Class 90 X90 and Class 7 Hillman Imp respectively.

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