Copy of Short Shift Results

It was good to see so many crews and marshals; your support is much appreciated and makes the effort worthwhile.

The marshals were as follows:

Ferne Horsburgh                              Competitors Sign-On

Janet Smalley                                    Competitors Sign-On

Andy Congreve                 Marshals Sign-On and TC.7

Dick Archer                                         MTC.1, Judge of Fact and Closing Course Car

Tim Ball                                                MTC.1, Judge of Fact and Closing Course Car

Simon Leonard                 MPC.A and TC.8

Bob Offer                                            MPC.B and TC.9

Richard Felton                  MPC.B and TC.9

Dave Bowman                   TC.2 and MPC.E

Jody Wilson                                       TC.2 and MPC.E

Dave Pollard                                      MPC.C and TC.10

Steve Tillburn                                   MPC.D and TC.11

Jack Tillburn                                       MPC.D and TC.11

Paul Pollard                                       TC.3 and MPC.F

Colin Shinkins                   TC.4 and MPC.G

Elane Shinkins                  TC.4 and MPC.G

Viv Dominy                                        TC.5 and MPC.H

John Dominy                                     TC.5 and MPC.H

Jamie Duckhouse                            TC.6

Trevor   Bateson                               TC.6

Dave Sooley                                       TC.7

Bob Baker                                           MTC.12, Course Opener and other stuff!

Thank you All, regards, Brian.

Dave Tinn and Marc Fowler won the overall event.

Johnnie Ellis and Dave Green Second Overall

The Sunday Stages was also won by Mark Jasper and Don Whyatt

Copy of results Final reviewed 6th Dec

1 Mark and Paul

2 John and David

3 Bob and Brian

4 Adam and Adrian

5 Rob Aldous/David Mann

6 June and Dave (Semi)

7 Paul and Mathew (Nov)

8 Rob and Jono            ”

9 Josh Ramm/James Smith    (beginner)

10 Mick and Gill Beauchamp       ”

Marshals: Fern Horsburgh, Spencer Horsburgh, Andy Congreve, Colin Shinkins, Steve Tilburn, Jody Wilson, Nick Way, Bob and Carole Offer.

Club Members Stephen Tilburn and Jack Tilbum Come second Overall and First in class only 20 seconds of winning the event.

Ray Brammer and Matthew Whattham come Fourth Overall and Second in class.

After the last minute cancellation of the event in 2013 due to a military exercise, the anticipation and interest was extremely high with a large and varied entry of 55 crews in 20 different makes of cars set to tackle the stages at Sculthorpe airfield near Fakenham. Escort Mk2’s and Subaru Imprezas were most popular with 6 of each entered.

Colin Shinkins and his team from Kings Lynn and District Motor Club had prepared a challenging days rallying with 8 stages totalling 80 competitive miles. On Saturday the organising team set out the course using over 1000 cones and dozens of straw bales to mark the route. This year we were blessed with dry if cloudy and breezy conditions, making the stages very fast and exciting for the crews and more comfortable for the marshals who are essential for the safe running of the rally, many coming from other clubs to support the event.

Top seeds Simon Mauger with KLDMC member Brian Cammack pointing the way were fastest out the blocks in their Metro 4M4 as first car starting at 09.00 on Sunday morning with David and Alice Tinn only 3 seconds behind in their immaculate Mem Millington Satria. Both crews sadly retired with electrical issues after stage 2 and 3, Mauger/Cammack returning under super rally to entertain with some exceptional driving. This gave the leader board at lunch after 4 stages as:

1.Rob Lowe/ Stephen Shephard (Group A Subaru) 40m 45s                    

2.Richard Edwards/Andy Hollingham(Escort Mk2) 41m 22s                      

3.Ross Daniels/Paul Mankin (Subaru)                         41m 38s                              

It was tight for the next places with only 5 seconds separating 3^rd to 6^th.

Four more stages between 9 and 10 miles each kept the crews busy with 3 times previous winner Rob Lowe’s car control very impressive and he went in to the last stage with a lead of just over a minute. However the crew had to push the car over the finish line and losing 3 minutes but still finished 6^th. Local crew of Steve and Jack Tilburn in the Hylton Gott Escort Mk2 made a huge effort with equal fastest times on the last 2 stages but just missed out on a podium by 12 seconds to Richard Edwards( Escort) who finished 3^rd overall. Steve described the tight technical stages as very hard work behind the wheel “ my gear change arm was going like a fiddlers elbow and my feet as a tap dancer at one point”.

The overall winners after staying in the top 3 for most of the day were Ross Daniels/Paul Mankin (Subaru Impreza) , finishing 26 seconds clear of the 2004/5 winners Mark Jasper/Don Whyatt in their Mk2 Escort . In the classes Andrew and Dennis Turner won class B and 7^th overall in the Citroen C2R2 Max. Class A (up to 1400cc) was won by Kings Lynn father and son crew of David and Paul Smalley in the Vauxhall Corsa after a day long battle with the Micra of Douglas Hall.

All competitors deemed the event superb with spot on organisation and challenging stages and vowed to return next year. The large entry has enabled the club to make a substantial contribution to the East Anglian air Ambulance.

For full results and stage times go to  http://www.vola-racing.com/rallypro/nicholls/

1st John Peterson / David Smalley Ex 0F 10M 1st Ex
2hd Nigel Mann / Adrian Cunnington Ex 1F 5 M 2nd Ex
3rd June Pollard / Ian Pollard Ex 1F 6 M 3rd Ex

4th Robert Aldous / Dave Mann Semi-Ex 0F 18M 1st Semi-Ex

5th Paul Smalley / Mathew Smalley Nov 0F 7 M 1st Nov
6th Peter Horsburgh / Spencer Horsburgh 0F 21 M 2nd Nov
7th Rob Kitchen / Jonathan Stimpson 4 F 23 M 3rd Nov

organisers: Paul Haylock Mark Banham

Marshals: Peter Mears Steve Tilburn Jack Tilburn John Tilburn Jody Wilson

Simon Leonard Dave Sooley Dave Bell Ed Bennett Andy Congreve

Dave Pollard Paul Pollard