South Western Club Road Rally Championship

Dale and Ryall Triumph on the Taunton!

The Taunton Rally returned to its home lanes for 2026 around the Blackdown Hills and Devils Triangle, recently an areas that’s been used by the Bagger Rally. The lanes are known to be tight and technical with plenty of mud, slots, triangles and sections not as map (NAM).

31 crews were on the entry list to tackle the 115 mile route which included a couple miles of whites. 29 crews started the event from The Beambridge Inn just outside of Wellington. Noise and scrutineering were held at Formula Cars just the other side of Wellington with fuel and trailer park all readily available between the two.

MTC0 came around at 22:30 and crews started to collect their plotting instructions which consisted of a mixture of marked maps and grid references as well as a few sheets of NAM junctions.

Midnight soon came around and crews were lining up for the start of the first section on Wrangway Hill. Slot right at the hairpin at the top of the hill and then immediately left to drop down to a loop around as well as a white at Culm Davy for the first time control (TC) and couple passage checks (PC). Over the river Culm via the humpback bridge and across the B3391 to another PC on Regency House white. A couple crews missed the slot onto the white and ended up heading into the next time control from the wrong direction, the correct route looping around Lickham Bottom. Skirting around Hackpen Hill and Foxhill the route then crossed the river three times including two fords before heading up Sheldon Hill and along Sheldon White, which is a yellow on the map, but has been very much a white for several years! The finish control soon arrived towards the Devon and Somerset Gliding Club for the end of the first section.

Will Jefferis and Toby Sweetland in the little Nissan Micra were the top championship crew and second overall at the end of the first section dropping 1:16 with Elliott Dale and Charlotte Ryall just a second behind in their Mk1 Es**rt and Mark Butler and Paul Hoad in fourth in the bright yellow BMW on 2:27. Matt Baker and Sukie Read were leading the novice charge in their 205 GTi dropping 5:50 with Mark Thorburn just behind in his Satria GTi with Simon Denman in the navigators seat, they were on 6:31. Stephen Luscombe and Andrew Joll rounded off the top three novices in the championship in their Citroen C2 dropping 7:47.
Some top runners were unfortunately out early on in the event, Phillip and Edward Luxton having gear linkage issues on Culm Davy White and also Evan Shepherd and Byron Jones having electrical issues only a handful of miles into the event. Adrian Beer and Nathan Coles MG ZR head gasket went and Jamie Raymond also dropped out in his lovely Mk2 Es**rt.

A neutral section took crews down the hill from Dunkeswell to the start of section 2 just outside of Honiton near Langford Bridge. Around Dumpton Hill and through the tricky slot at Wick, crews headed past Hillside, Shelvin and up across the jumps on Greenway Lane to the first time control. Along Luppitt Common and onto Gully Lane for the next time control before a loop around Riggles Cross to collect a PC before heading up to Smeatharpe. Slotting onto the airfield collecting a PC at the barn and then straight down to the hairpin right and back to the runway crossroads for the next PC. A handful of the drift and drag racers were camping on the airfield after the event during the day, so they enjoyed the extra bit of motorsport as the crews then weaved themselves through a rubble and silage pit for another PC before heading back onto the main road. Crews were not on the main road for long before slotting right onto another old part of the airfield at the top of Buckeshayes farm, running along the concrete parallel to the main road, around a row of cones and back onto the yellow and another time control at Newhouse Church. Along Beacon Hill to the NAM triangle which drops steeply downhill into a hairpin right and straight into another triangle for a PC. Down to Twistgates and through the narrow lanes below the A303, a difficult area to get right, before two triangles to bring crews to the finish of section 2.

Ashley Rice and Trevor Disney were quickest championship contenders in their Mini dropping 3:07. Butler was close behind dropping 3:24, local lanes for him, with Dale/Ryall only 13 seconds behind, moving them up to the leading championship crew.
Baker/Read were top novice crew again dropping 11:26 with Simon Fuidge second who was sat alongside Paul Boxall in a MG ZR on 12:47 and Thorburn third dropping 15:43 after missing a RC.

Crews headed to the third section of the night which looked to be longer than the previous two. Following the A30 through Yarcombe crews found the start on James Lane. Around the triangle on Bewley Down and down Money Pitt Lane to the first control. Through Godworthy to a sensibly placed PC to stop people overshooting the 90 right and sliding down the moor. It was still tricky dropping down the hill though being greasy in places on the gated road. Past Goldman’s and around the top of the hill to Webble Green and down to the Ford at the river Yarty, usually a popular spot for photos but maybe a little rough for large splashes this year. Up the hill to the Pound triangle which always catches crews out. Steep uphill into a tight hairpin left with a step on the inside, not all bumpers made it… Around the northern edge of Rower Hill through several tight corners before turning left onto the wide yellow and the fast downhill to a triangle at the bottom. Crews climbed steeply up Witch Lane which has deteriorated a lot over recent years and is worse than some whites, into a TC at the end. Down the hill to Longbridge with a nasty little kicker to catch some crews out before the slot 90 right at the crossroads. Following the river Yarty again below where crews were 20 minutes previously. Looping around the tight Mill Lane and over Case Bridge before heading towards Stockland and up to Rodway Cross for another time control. Still going, crews then dropped down to the 90 left at Ford and up the hill the other side near Shore Bottom. Down to Boniford Cross and back up to Heathstock to head up the hill through the NAM hairpins and along the long run across the top of Dalwood. At the end of the road it was left to head back up the valley towards Stockland again before the double triangles at Beckford Bridge, across the Yarty once more and back down the valley to finish the section on the B3261 at the Isle of Man.

Crews now had the chance to refuel and catch up some time at the fuel station in Kilmington. Rice/Disney were quickest again dropping just three minutes and moving them up to the lead of the event overall on 8:35. Phil Harris and Liam Burns were second quickest dropping 3:28 in their Perodua Myvi which also moved them up to second overall at fuel with Kevin Wills and Rhys Williams in their 206 third quickest dropping 4:12.
Quickest novice from the championship was Thorburn dropping 11:22 moving him up to second novice on the event and second in regards to the championship, first was being held by Fuidge who was only 14 seconds behind. Baker/Read rounded off the top three dropping 17:43.
Jefferis/Sweetland dropped out of the event before fuel due to Sweetland not feeling his best, a illness he had before and was hoping to power through. Luscombe/Joll also unfortunately didn’t make it this far on the event.

After filling with fuel crews headed through Axminster towards Chard to the start of section four on Brockhole Lane, South Chard. Along Burridge Common and down to Hook along a lane which just seems to be falling away into the ground. Looping around to Ridge and back to Cotley to pass the top of Burridge Common again before heading across to Red Post and Cock-Crowing Stone. A quick section then took crews towards Ferne Animal Sanctuary before looping around the mapped triangle and down to the A30 at Crawley. Heading North East on the main road before the twisty lane down to Howley and back up to the main road. Heading down to Whitestaunton crews then headed back up the hill around Northay and down to the bottom of Cinder Hill. Under the A303 at Marsh and around Marsh Hairpin and up to Brown Down. A short trip along the main road before dropping down through the rough forests damaged road to Watchford Triangle, across the common and through the ford to Knacker’s Hole. A loop around the east of Churchinford then looped crews back up to Brown Down for the finish of section 4.

Dale/Ryall were quickest dropping 3:45 with Rice/Disney second dropping 4:10 to hold onto the lead. Taunton MC pairing Luke Quinell & Kayleigh Di**le were third quickest in their Ford Puma dropping 4:24.
Thorburn was the quickest novice dropping 10:17 which also moved him up to leading novice. Fuidge was second quickest championship novice dropping 12:28 with Tommy Coles and Jade Ewings third in their Puma picking up 57:34 after cutting round and picking up some hefty time penalties.
Baker/Read unfortunately dropped out of the event after losing a wheel on this section. A shame after a good battle at the front of the class for them.

Straight into section five with no neutral crews were kept on their toes! Along Brown Down and down into the valley between Bishopswood and Birchwood and looping around the lovely NAM road the follows the river below Fyfett. Picking up a TC at the top of Otterford Lakes and then through Otterford itself. Hunter’s Lodge then took crews to another TC before looping towards Churchstanton and through Willand, past Munty and around the always muddy Valentines Farm to head into the next time control and the end of section five.

Nine crews were clean including Michael Lashbrook & Jacob Williams in their Mini Cooper S and Simon Heywood & Andrew Axford in their Honda Civic.
Coles/Ewings were the quickest novice crew dropping just 3 minutes with Thorburn and Fuidge both missing a time control dropping 30:00 and 33:00 respectively in second and third.

Straight into section six of the event, the last one of the night. Around Bolham Water hairpin and up to Gorwell hairpin before dropping down to the Madford valley and around the edge of Hemyock. Following the river Culm crews then headed up Ridgewood Hill via a white to get the correct approach for the TC. Along Bolham Hill before dropping back down into the valley again and through the ford at the bottom of Brimley Hill. Around the hairpin just before Churchstanton which had some interesting tyre marks the day after before dropping back down into the valley and up Ring Down to the final time control. Unfortunately, a tree blocking the final little loop of the event around Burnworthy brought the event to a finish just one time control early.
Dale/Ryall were quickest through the last section dropping 1:53 with Butler second on 2:44 and both Quinnell/Di**le and Lashbrook/Williams both third on 3:22. Thorburn was the quickest novice dropping 5:24 which was a top 10 section time as well. Fuidge was second dropping 6:05 with Coles/Ewings third dropping 8:50.

A short trip along the top of the Blackdown Hills took the crews to the Holman Clavel Inn for a well deserved breakfast and for some, a refreshing pint! MTC1.uk soon worked out the results while everyone tucked into one of the biggest and best rally breakfasts ever. The final section of the event really stirred up the order… Rice/Disney dropped over four minutes with a wrong plot, losing them the lead of the event and dropping them down to third overall at the end. Wills/Williams also dropped the offside into a ditch on the final triangle, dropping 10 minutes over the whole section, dropping them out of the top four back to sixth.

Once all of the results were calculated Dale/Ryalls consistent top times came to fruition at the end of the night, winning the event by over three minutes! Mark Butler placed second and top Semi-Expert dropping 18:40 over the whole night with Rice/Disney third behind them by just five seconds. Mark Thorburn piloted his Satria to win the novice class and come 14th overall, almost half an hour ahead of second novices! Final championship contender results were as follows.
1st – Elliott Dale & Charlotte Ryall, Ford Es**rt Mk1 – 0:15:30
2nd – Mark Butler, BMW 318Ti – 0:18:40 (1st Semi-Experts)
3rd – Ashley Rice & Trevor Disney, Mini Cooper – 0:18:45
4th – Phil Harris & Liam Burns, Perodua Myvi – 0:22:44
5th – Luke Quinnell & Kayleigh Di**le, Ford Puma – 0:24:30
6th – Rhys Williams – 0:28:34
7th – Michael Lashbrook & Jacob Williams, Mini Cooper S – 0:31:39
8th – Paul Watts, MG ZR – 0:35:06
10th – Pat Blight & Poppy Blight, Peugeot 206 – 0:40:43 (2nd Semi-Experts)
13th – Simon Heywood & Andrew Axford, Honda Civic – 1:11:15
14th – Mark Thorburn, Proton Satria GTi – 1:19:17 (1st Novice)
15th – Simon Fuidge – 1:25:38
18th – Tommy Coles & Jade Ewings, Ford Puma – 4:49:15

In regard to the championship Phil Harris still leads the drivers table on 308 but the gap is closing with Elliott Dale taking 11 points out of him on 279. Ashley Rice completes the three-car charge at the top just eight points behind them. A short gap then goes back to the battle to complete the top five, Luke Quinnell moves up to fourth on 233 with Michael Lashbrook fifth on 230, just one point in front of Pat Blight.
Andy Ewings was out again marshalling, picking up a constant 50 points to keep him at the top of the novice table on 165 points. Mark Thorburn moves a bit closer in second on 143. A second DNF for Stephen Luscombe collected only 10 points but still keeps him within the top three.

It’s a similar picture for the navigators with the relevant crewing’s in the same positions. Liam Burns is still ahead on 308 with Charlotte Ryall second on 279 and Trevor Disney in a close third on 271. Jacob Williams leads the next pack on 230 with Poppy Blight just one point behind to round off the top five.
Simon Fuidge extends his lead of the Novice Navigators Championship on 196 points with Michelle Ewings out marshalling again to collect 50 points to stay in second on 165 points and Andrew Joll with another DNF in third on 99 points.

The marshals table is dominated by South Hams MC with last years winner Alan Frame at the top again on 190 points with Nicola Harfper also out on the event to be in second on 150.

Congratulations to all award winners as well as everyone who finished the tough event. The Exmouth Memorial Rally is the next event after the summer break on the 12/13th September, we will see you then!

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OverallResults ~ Taunton Rally ~ 21/22 March 2026

The Taunton Rally returns for round three.

This weekends Taunton Rally run by Taunton Motor Club see the third round of the 2026 South Western Club Road Rally Championship.

31 entries will tackle the 115 mile route which returns to the roots of the Taunton Rally on map 193. Over recent years the Bagger has used the roads around the Devil’s Triangle (Between Honiton, Axminster and Chard) and the surrounding Blackdown Hills, but now, the Taunton Rally returns to bring a different light of the area which is known to be treacherous. Slot after slot, mud, high banked narrow lanes await…

Scrutinerring and Noise are around Wellington with the start of the event at the Beambridge Inn just outside of the town. Twisting over the top of the hills 115 miles later and the crews will be finishing at the Holman Clavel perched on top of the Blackdowns overlooking Taunton.

38 championship crews grace the entry list with championship leaders Phil Harris and Liam Burns at car 2 in their little Perodua Myvi with local Phillip and Edward Luxton at car three in their Rover 25, they will be looking for a good result on their home club event.

Ashley Rice and Trevor Disney in their Mini sit at car 5 and have done well in the area in the past. Paul Watts with his MG ZR sits at car 6 with Sam Treleaven guiding him around with the rapid Micra of Will Jefferis and Toby Sweetland just behind them at car 7.

Evans Shepherd and Byron Jones are making the trip down from Wales again with their bright blue BMW Compact in car 8 with Rhys Williams navigating for Kevin Wills in a 206 at car 9. Daniel Pidgeon makes a return with Brendan Wellman in a Fiesta ST at car 10 with the lovely Mk1 Es**rt of Elliott Dale and Charlotte Ryall just behind them.

Taunton MC paring Luke Quinnell and Kayleigh Di**le will be looking for a good result on the lanes they know in their Puma at car 12 with Adrian Beern and Nathan Coles at unlucky for some, number 13 in their MG ZR.

Simon Heywood and Andrew Axford had a good run as the course opening car on the Plymouth Rally and will now be looking to battle for a good result in their Civic in car 14. Michael Lashbrook and Jacob Williams in their Mini return as well after marshalling on the Plymouth as well.

Mark Butler brings a blue BMW Compact to the event rather than his usual yellow one with Paul Hoad alongside at car 19. One in front of the family paring of Pat and Poppy Blight in their 206. Simon Fuidge is sat with Paul Boxall this time in the little red MG ZR at car 22.

Stephen Luscombe and Andrew Joll lead the novices away at car 23 in their Citroen C2 with novice rivals Matt Baker and Sukie Read behind them in their 205 GTi.

Jamie Raymond is behind the wheel of his Mk2 Es**rt on the Taunton with his sister Gemma navigating him around the lanes. Mark Thorburn is behind them in his white 3 Series.

Tommy Coles and Jade Ewings return in their Ford Puma after a bath on the Plymouth. Even with the short turn around between these two events they had the engine out, fixed and back in and running within 24 hours of their DNF on the Plymouth!

Husband and wife paring Andy and Michelle Ewings bring their new car out for the Taunton, a feisty little Fiesta which should help them keep in the fight for the novice championships.

James Howe and his team at Taunton MC will have a fantastic route lined up for all the crews. The weather looks to be holding off, maybe a little cold for the marshals but I’m sure it will still be muddy and there will be a story or two to tell at the end of the night!

Harris and Burns make it two out of two!

The Plymouth Rally hosted the second round of the South Western Club Road Rally Championship and the only round in the picturesque county of Cornwall, not that you could see much in the dark…

20 crews were on the entry list with entries coming from as far away as North Wales. 16 of those started from Trethorne Leisure Farm, Launceston and headed into what was promised to be a challenging night.

A short trip down the A30 took crews to the start of the night just above Colliford Lake. Four route checks (RCs) woke crews up with all of them being in car parks or triangles while following the edge of the lake. Across the bottom of the dam and down around the top of St Neot crews headed north again to pick up Passage Check (PC) 4 on Letter Moor. Heading south again the organisers utilised the many mapped and unmapped triangles on Goonzion Down before coming into the end of the first section at Time Control (TC) 8 near Ley.

Elliott Dale & Charlotte Ryall were quickest off the blocks in their lovely Mk1 Es**rt dropping just 15 seconds with current championship leaders Phil Harris & Liam Burns third in the little Perodua Myvi dropping 58 seconds with Zak Linham who was sat alongside Colin Mitchell in a R50 Mini rounding off the championship top three in fourth, dropping 2:02.

Tommy Coles & Jade Ewings were leading the novice class dropping 14:09 in their Ford Puma with Simon Fuidge who was back with Eddie Gale in the Rover 25 second novice in the championship dropping 58:38, picking up a costly 30 minute penalty for missing the final TC.

Unfortunately, Mark Thorburn was out of the running early in his 3 Series and didn’t make it to the end of the first section.

A neutral section took crews to Trago Mills for the start of the next section, climbing up the steep twisty hill from the A38. Back down into the Loveny Valle and around the tight slot left at Two Waters Foot to then head into the first TC. Across the River Fowey and around the Bokenna Cross triangle to collect a RC, which a lot of crews missed, before heading back down into the tress at the bottom of the valley. Heading across the bottom of St Cleer the route crossed the A38 at Looe Mills and around the bottom of St Pinnock and across the top of Trevillis Wood via a couple triangles. Heading through the trees past Braddock and Brooks the crews headed back to the B3359 at Bury Down to again, utilise the large triangles that sat on each side of the quicker road. Down into the West Looe valley at Churchbridge and a tricky slot left just after the bridge then took crews back up the steep hill to Pelvean Cross and around the eastern edge of Herodsfoot and across to Duloe. A loop around West Benoak and down to the railway line at Causeland before heading up the valley and into TC22 for the end of the long second section.

Harris/Burns cleaned the section which moved them up to the lead of the event. Dale/Ryall dropped 2:12 which was the third best time and dropped them to third overall with Ashley Rice and Trevor Disney fourth quickest dropping 2:22 in their Mini. An unfortunate wrong depart from a PC earlier on in the night meant the Mini crew were trying to claw back as many places as possible.

Fuidge was the best novice dropping 28:58 with Cole/Ewings dropping back and having to cut route picking up a total of 3:54:00 worth of penalties, but more importantly, still in the event!

Linham seems to have lost his nav stomach after driving for the last couple years and the dreaded Mal de Nav took over at the end of the last section. Kayleigh Di**le also dropped out at the same time with brake issues in the Honda Civic. Mark Butler made it as far as TC18 before the clutch on his BMW left go and their night was over.

The next neutral took crews through Lametton Mill and along the A38 to the start of the next short section at TC23 at the top of Lydcott Wood. Following the river down the valley the crews too the not as map hairpins up out of the valley above Hessenford and across to the edge of Kernow Mill for the finish. I did say it was short!

Seven crews cleaned the section including Adrian Beer & Nathan Coles in their MG ZR who were sat at fourth overall, Stephen Luscombe & Andrew Joll in the C2 who were fifth overall and Pat & Poppy Blight in their Peugeot 206.

Fuidge was the quickest novice again dropping 2 minutes with Coles/Ewings rejoining at the final control so picking up a 30 minutes penalty missing the first control.

A quick fuel stop at Kernow Mill before heading straight back to it just north of Polbathic. A busy section with several controls in a small area needing intricate plotting to get it all in. The route criss-crossed the south west railway line before running north along the edge of Penimble and across the A38 again at Heskyn Mill. A large loop around Tideford Cross almost brought the event back to the A38 but crews headed up the hill through Lantallack Cross and to the northern edge of Landrake. Heading north again following the river Lynher PC32 took crews across the river and over to the finish of the section at the top of the hill near Paynter’s Cross.

Another longer section but only 2 seconds dropped by leaders Harris/Burns. Beer Coles took third place dropping just 1:30 with The Blights third best championship contenders dropping 4:17.

Fuidge dropped 19:15 to keep the novice lead with Coles/Ewings missing some PC’s and getting 2:10:00 of penalties.

The next section was another short one and start just one grid square above the last. A large puddle started which caused some issues, mainly the retirement of Coles/Ewings after taking in water in their Puma. Plenty of other crews had issues and several had mud and weeds stuck to the front of their cars to show! Looping around the mapped triangle east of Pillaton crews then headed north to Amy Tree and into TC35.

Eight crews cleaned the section and Fuidge only dropped one minute, which meant only the drowned Puma changing the results.

Crews headed through Callington on the next neutral section and up the A388 to Tayor Shop for the start of the next long section. Dropping down to the western edge of Downgate to collect a PC crews then headed north toward Stoke Climsland for TC38 and east for another PC. Heading north again to the bottom of Gunoak Wood for a handful of controls to loop back down to the top of Stoke Climsland and across the A road. Heading up toward Treburley via a couple not as map sections and past Trkenner and Trebullett and all the way up to Scarne for the final control of the night.

Five crews cleaned the final section including Harris/Burns, Beer/Coles, Rice/Disney and Dale/Ryall. Fuidge dropped 22:00 to be the best novice from the championship.

11 crews made it to the end of the difficult night to a well-deserved breakfast while the results were being calculated. Harris/Burns took the win by over two minutes with the following results for championship contenders.

1st – Phil Harris & Liam Burns, Perodua Myvi – 0:01:00

3rd – Adrian Beer & Nathan Coles, MG ZR – 0:06:54

4th – Elliott Dale & Charlotte Ryall, Ford Es**rt Mk1 – 0:07:10

5th – Stephen Luscombe & Andrew Joll, Citroen C2 – 0:22:56

6th – Patrick Blight & Poppy Blight, Peugeot 206 – 0:25:49

7th – Ashley Rice & Trevor Disney, Mini Cooper – 0:25:54

8th – Simon Fuidge – 2:16:51 (1st Novice)

Phill Harris took 104 points for the win to be leading the drivers championship by 40 points from Elliott Dale in second on 172. Close behind is Ashley Rice on 171 with both Pat Blight and Will Jefferis who picked up marshal points just behind them on 153. Andy Ewings was also out marshalling so picked up 50 points to move him into the lead of the novice drivers championship on 115 with Rhys Williams who missed this round second on 92 and Mark Thorburn with his DNF on 81 in third.

The navigator’s table was similar with the corresponding crewmates scoring the same points. Liam Burns tops the table with two wins on 212 with Charlotte Ryall second on 172 and Trevor Disney just a point behind on 171. Simon Fuidge tops the novice table on 138 with Michelle Ewings not too far behind after marshalling this event, now on 115. Sukie Read missed the Plymouth but sits third on 76 points.

The Marshals championship has been slow this season, despite being free, but we still have four contenders. Alan Frame leads with his official points from the Primrose, now on 140 points with Nicola Harper and Anne Brooks both second on 100 after attending both events.

A quicker turn around then originally planed takes up to the Taunton Rally this coming Saturday. We will see you there!

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The second round of the South Western Club Road Rally Championship 2026, The Plymouth Rally, kicks off this weekend from Launceston, Cornwall with an experienced crew behind the event from Plymouth Motor Club.

The event returned to the calendar last year after originally starting back in 1951 as The Presidential Rally, a long distance event which included trial like tests. Since then it’s evolved into a Road Rally, then a Forest Stage Rally before going back to a Road Rally in 1983.

Richard Brooks and his team have organised a thrilling 120 mile route on map 201 which hopes to test the experts and still get the novices around within OTL.

A disappointingly low entry of 19 crews will take to the start with last years winning navigator, Shaun Layland missing off the entry list. The 2025 winning driver finds himself in the other seat at car 5 alongside Colin Mitchell in a Mini R50.

Championship front runners Phil Harri and Liam Burns lead the field away in their Champagne coloured Perodua Myvi. Ashley Rice and Trevor Disney hope for another strong result at car 3 in their Mini Cooper with Kayleigh Di**le jumping in with Shaun Bee at car 4 in the high revving Honda Civic.

Michael Lashbrook and Jacob Williams start at car 6 in another Mini, a car that’s proving to be very popular in the south west now, with the lovely Mk1 Ford Es**rt of Elliott Dale and Charlotte Ryall behind at number 7.

Only one MG ZR is on the entry list, a car that’s usually used a lot more, at car 9 with Adrian Beer and Nathan Coles behind the wheel. They’ll be looking to kick start their championship campaign this weekend after picking up a DNF on the Primrose last month.

The family team of Pat and Poppy Blight complete the top 10 in the trusty Peugeot 206 with locals Stephen Luscombe and Andrew Joll at car 11 in a Citroen C2 again, looking for a good result after not finishing the Primrose.

Simon Fuidge is the second novice away at car 14 alongside Eddie Gale in a Red Rover 25 with Tommy Coles and Jade Ewings behind in a Puma, Mark Thorburn at car 16 and Andy and Michelle Ewings at 18, both in BMW Compacts.

Over half of the field are registered for the championship and a handful are heading down to marshal as well. Will Jefferis and Phil Luxton are both missing off the entry list as well as Toby Sweetland and Jamie Mills. This means the table will look a lot differently after round two before the quick turnaround for the Taunton Rally at the end of the month.

Good luck to all crews this weekend!

Entries close for round 2, The Plymouth Rally in three days!

Make sure you get your entries in and paid for before the deadline to support the organisers. It takes a hell of a lot of work to run these events, so let’s make it worth the organisers time!

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Entries for the Plymouth rally 2026 close in just 3 days!
With entry numbers at a low we request any competitors who are yet to enter please do so now.

As many of you reading this will know the huge amount of work it takes to get an event like this up & running, don’t let the future of navigational road rallying slowly decline , we need your support more then ever!

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