Presidents Trial Win for Simon Groves

It was a Groves family day with Emma winning her Class in her Beetle

Simon Groves and Luke Butler, happy to win Camel Vales Presidents Trial. Photo by Vince Feeney

Without any action since 2022, Calvin Moores and his Camel team had a lot of work in Bonyalva Woods, near Hessenford in Cornwall, to prepare for this year’s Presidents Trial. The sections looked pretty dry in the week leading up to the event, but overnight rain resulted in a challenging, muddy trial.

Duncan Stephens had a good run in the morning and, along with Simon Groves, only dropped points on the Washington section, both going to lunch on four.

The situation changed during the afternoon with Duncan dropping eight on Firebreak, allowing Roger Teagle to get by into second place.

The lower classes struggled with the muddy conditions and Andrew Rippon was the best car outside Class Eight on 60 marks compared to Simons 15.

Results:-

CarSimon GrovesTroll15
2 & 3Emma GrovesVW Beetle89
5,6 & 7Andrew RipponVW Beetle60
8Roger TeagleBuggy24
90David TurnerSuzuki X90117

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Richard Kinver wins Bovey Down Trial

Roger Teagle was second in his Fugitive

Paul Brooks presents Richard Kinver with the Broken Diff Trophy for the winner of the Bovey Down Trial (Photo by Peter Browne)

Windwhistles Bovey Down Trial was held in warm weather with the opportunity to tackle both Normans Hump and Clinton in the daytime.

Richard Kinver was best overall in his front engined Ford Special, dropping 10 points on the day. Roger Teagle was four marks behind in his rear engined UVA Fugitive.

James Gibson was third overall in the Goo Ford Special but came so close to an overall win, falling short by dropping 12 on the third section and penalised six on the first timed test. But for that he would have been on equal points with Richard Kinver and it would have come down to test times!

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Roger Teagle had the lowest car score but the overall award went to Dave Haizelden on Index.


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