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Myotis 2012
Devizes and District Motor Club held their annual round of the ASWMC
navigational championship by running the one of a kind and for this year a new look ‘Myotis Rally’. This year’s
rally was presented in the form of marked maps and special tests (which decided
the winner) all on Salisbury Plain. 4 Bath members took part in this exciting
event which started in Devizes. The regular crew of Chris Stratton & Martin
Moore in the ‘Expert’ class finished an impressive 5th after
visiting all the PC’s and RC’s and only dropping 1 minute all night. After
Giles Pursey’s absence, his regular navigator Mark
Dunkerley sat with a long time Bath member Dave Clifford. The ‘Expert’ crew
went well all night whilst only missing 1 RC and dropping 3 minutes which meant
12th place for them. Novice crew of Mike & Sean O’Reilly was
back for the first time this year finishing in 14th after dropping
20 minutes all night, despite the nightmares of punctures (then the jack broke)
and losing the power steering. Regular crew of Dave & Ross Whittock
unfortunately had to retire after 40 miles due to a suspension failure which
punctured up into the bonnet.
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Autosolo April 21st
Results
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Autotest Results from April 15th
See Autotest
Page
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An Evening with John Davenport
Bath
Motor Club presents ‘An Evening with John Davenport’ on Monday 13th
August at The Rose & Crown, Hinton Charterhouse. For more information
please see the Poster.
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Equinox
Rally
The
17th & 18th March 2012 saw round 2 of the ASWMC
Navigational Road Rally Championship starting in Cricket St Thomas. 2 Hours
plotting time with the Rally starting at 23.01pm saw 150 miles of rally route
which gave the crews a very long nights rallying. 3 Bath crews took part and
all took home an award. In the Masters class Chris Stratton and Martin Moore
finished 2nd in class and 3rd O/A and only missing out on
2nd overall by the furthest cleanest rule after a tie. In the
Experts class Giles Pursey and Mark Dunkerley
finished 1st in class and 6th O/A. They also picked up
the 1st classic award. In the Novice class Dave and Ross Whittock
finished 3rd in class and 9th O/A. A
positive night for Bath Motor Club.
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December & February 12 Car
Results
December’s 12 car was organised by DDMC, and had 9 cars start and saw
Bath member’s finish 2nd and 7th. February’s 12 car was organised by
Cirencester CC and also had 9 cars start and saw the Bath crew of Chris
Stratton and Martin Moore win the rally with 3 other Bath crews finishing 3rd,
4th and 7th.
For Full Results See 12
Car Page
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2012 Autosolo
After his successful event in November 2011, Martin
Moore will be running the
Bath Motor Club Autosolo
on April 21st at Castle Combe Race
Circuit. See Autosolo
page for further information.
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Bath Motor Club
Festival Rally Feb4/5th 2012
Congratulations
to Dave Whittock and his team for putting on a very successful road event on
Saturday night.
Despite challenging road conditions, 31 cars started the event and little route
mileage was lost due to the snow and ice.
Feedback on the British Rally Forum shows that the event was well appreciated. (Full report to follow).
We hope
the team will repeat their success in 2013 for Bath Motor Club’s 50th
anniversary.
See Festival page
for results.
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Bath MC has won the ASWMC Club
Championship in 2011, which is the second year in a row.
Details of award winners are in Martin’s
newsletter
The Bath MC committee would like to thank all competitors that
have registered under Bath MC during their events in 2011,
which promotes the image of the club in the South West. This award is a reward
for all the competitors of Bath MC.
This success is quite remarkable for a club which has around 50
members!
This award will be presented at the ASWMC awards in Feb, where all
clubs from the South West are present.
As some of you are aware the club has a busy year in 2012, the list of the major events are below.
2013 is the 50thAnniversary of the club, where further activities
are being planned by the committee.
If you are interested in getting involved in any of the events being run in
2012 or 2013 then
please let any committee member know, as your help will be very much
appreciated.
2012
Major Events
4th / 5th February Festival Road Rally
(Round of ASWMC Road Rally Championship)
15th April Autotest (Round
of ASWMC Autotest Championship)
21st April AutoSolo (Round
of CMSG AutoSolo Championship)
7th October Autotest (Round
of ASWMC Autotest Championship)
On behalf of the Bath MC committee, we would like to wish all
the members of Bath MC a prosperous and successful 2012
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Boxing Day Bash(Organiser Mark Mays)
Held on the 27th December at the
Warminster services Lorry park, some Gymkhana tests
combined with a walking treasure hunt around
Warminster area, with a
Pub finish for results at lunchtime.
Results:
1st Sue & Trevor Titt 521.57 Pts
2nd Mike & Sean
O’Reilly 553.61 Pts
3rd Ray Sissins & John
Uphill 570.95 Pts
4th Dave, Ross & Di Whittock 612.72 Pts
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Chairman’s 2011 AGM notes
The AGM has passed and gone, for those who did not attend,
Bath M.C. is still healthy and punching above it's weight. We are moving
forward with Solo's, road rallies and twelve cars with other clubs, looking to do a sprint and we have not giving
up on the Azimghur. Bath has also proved we can
organise and run events to a very high standard with the Tour Britannia
stages and helping other clubs to run and marshal their events. Last year Bath
was top club in the ASWMC and we got our name on the trophy for the first time
and it's looking good for this year too. The reason for this is all our members
who compete in events are winning scoring heavy points in their
championships. We have a 14 year old Conner
Sissins on his second event won his class at the Silverstone Solo, so the
future looks good. Bath M.C. are looking for volunteers to join the committee
to help run and replace those members who would like to step down, so if you
are interested come along to our open committee night and see how it works or
give me a ring one evening (01225 705869).
We are also trying to organise something special for the 50th
anniversary so put your thinking heads on as any
ideas are welcome. We are all on e-mail so it's easy to get in touch and have
an input to your club -
if you don't, we don't know what you want. It's that time of year
again so MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR
...from RAY.
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Guy Fawkes Rally
The 26th & 27th November 2011 saw 4 Bath Motor Club crews taking part on a challenging ‘Guy Fawkes Rally’ which was a 185 mile event with 9 miles of forestry. Regulars Chris Stratton and Martin Moore in the Masters class unfortunately had to retire due to an alternator failure. Also in the Masters class was a newish pairing of Duncan Stonier and Peter Blackett who also had to retire due a Roll which after seeing the aftermath, it left the car with a crushed rear end and a wheel just hanging on to the vehicle. In the Expert class were regulars Giles Pursey and Mark Dunkerley who had a very good night finishing 2nd in class and 8th overall. In the Novice class was first time road rally pairing of Father/Son crew of Dave and Ross Whittock. A long night and a big step up from 12 Cars saw them claim 3rd in class and 12th overall. A mixed night overall for Bath Motor Club.
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November 12 Car
Friday
18th November saw the running of round 4 and the first 12 car of the
Bath Motor Club Championship 2011/2012. This was also the first road event
which was run as a combined event between Bath, Cirencester and Tavern Motor
clubs. In the end we had 10 entries out on the night, with 5 from Bath, 3 from
Cirencester and 2 from Tavern. The event organised by Mike Patton started and
finished at the Leigh Delamere services.
RESULTS
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Report from the Castle Combe Sprint in August – by
Ross Whittock