Jan 1, 2019
Gurston Down Speed Hill Climb Test Day 2019, will be Sunday 24 March 2019.
Applications for Test Day entries are open now and will CLOSE on February 28th.
Applications by e-mail only. Please e-mail Nick Revels at gurstonhillclimb@gmail.com to be added to the list. Indicate if there is a double driver please.

The number of drivers will be limited to 60. For smoother running, cars will run in three batches of 20, in rotation. Double drivers will run in different batches.
The price will be held at £105. Cars driven by two drivers will pay £165.
If we receive more than 60 driver applications, a ballot will be held. Nick will inform you in the first week of March if you have been successful, and will send out entry forms and regulations at that time.
Nov 14, 2018
Budgie sadly passed away at the end of October. A regular around the South & Midlands hillclimbs, as well as some circuits. Normally found loitering on the Gurston Down start line, a true character & happy chappy who will be sadly missed by all who knew him.

Chris was a key member of our startline team, he had a wealth of experience regarding speed marshaling and was always willing to help new marshals, driver marshalls or indeed experience marshals to understand the roll of a startline marshal.
He always had time to chat and although illness kept him out of orange for the last few seasons when health allowed he would be seen spectating. It would be wrong of us to claim budgie as our own, because he was very much a part of the hillclimb scene.
His funeral will be held on 28th November at 12:15pm. This will take place at :-
Reading Crematorium
All Hallows Road
Caversham
Reading
RG4 5LP
If anyone wishes to attend can you please pm Alan Osgood so He can inform his family of numbers.
Oct 14, 2018
The 2018 Annual Awards Lunch took place at the Mecure White Hart Hotel in Salisbury.

We would like to thank the Meadens Motor Group and Cavendish Ships Stores for their support in 2018!
Here are some pictures of our winners.
Overall Meadens Motor Group Championship:
FIRST – Mark Crookall

SECOND – Paul Dickinson

THIRD – James Moore

Cavendish Ships Stores BARC SW Top Ten Challenge
FIRST – Peter D Smith

SECOND – Paul Crute

THIRD – Chris Cannell and Richard Gaylard


E&OE
Anthony Record – Press Officer – BARC SW, Gurston Down Speed Hill Climb
Sep 17, 2018
In case you hadn’t noticed we have our Anuial Awards Lunch on Saturday 13th October at the The Mercure White Hart Hotel, St John Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire. SP1 2SD – Noon for a 12:30. The dress code is smart casual.

There are a number of Annual Awards that are given in addition to the Meadens Skoka Gurston Down Championship, class and overall awards and the Cavendish Ships Store Top Ten Challenge.
AWARD WINNERS:
Marsh Memorial Award – Nearest to the class record or broken by the most in the two June meetings – Mark Crookall

Corona Challenge Cup – Best Class Record Improvement – Mark Crookall

Heather Brampton Trophy – Highest Placed Lady in the Championship – Sue Hayes

Terence Tattam Memorial Trophy – Highest Placed Closed Car in the Championship – Phil Price

The Pitt Trophy – Highest Places Sports Libre Car in the Championship – Peter Steele

Dorchester Planning Consultancy Award – Best Position in Championhip without winning an Award – Richard Wood

Danny Dzenis www.dd-photography.co.uk
The Keith Salmon Award – Concours and Championship Position Combined – Roger Cock

The Parkhouse and Wyatt Award – Best Concours – Richie Gatt

Marsh and Masters Trophy – Best Championship Postion for Driver of Pensionable Age – Fryth Crosse

The Pitstop Trophy – Driver of the Season who hasn’t won an Annual Award – Jason Richardson

Penske Marsall of the Year – Allan Osgood

The John Forsyth Endeavour Award – Awarded on the Day
Stan Hunt Memorial Award – Awarded on the Day
The Cavendish Ships Store BARC SW Top Ten Challenge
1st Peter D Smith – Wins The Guards Trophy

2nd – Chris Cannell

3rd= – Paul Crute

3rd= – Richard Gaylard

The Meadens Skoda Gurston Down Championship – Overall
1st – Mark Crookall wins the Wadham Stringer / Brunton Trophy

2nd – Paul Dickinson

3rd – James Moore

The Meadens Skoda Gurston Down Championship – Class
Class 4a MX5 – Road Going Series Production MX5 Cars up to 2000cc
1st – Mark Crookall wins the Record-Designs Award
2nd – Jason Richardson
3rd – Chris Burch
Class 4a – Road Going Series Production Cars up to 1400cc
1st – David Nutland
Class 4b – Road Going Series Production Cars 1401cc to 2000cc
1st Paul Dickinson
2nd Tim Forster
Class 4c – Road Going Series Production Cars over 2000cc
1st – Shaun Fudge
2nd Jon Maycock
Class 4d – Road Going Specialist Production Cars
1st – Clive Skipper
Class 6 – Modified Production Marque Sports Cars over 2000cc
1st – Phil Price
2nd Graham Beale
Class 7 – Modified Productions Saloons Cars up to 1400cc
1st – Neil Turner
Class 9 – Modified Production Cars over 2000cc
1st – Tim Painter
Class 11 – Modified Specialist Production Cars
1st – Martin Watson
Class 13 – Historicially Interesting
1st – Fryth Crosse win the Keir and Cawder Quaich Award
Class 15a – Sports Libre up to 1400cc
1st – Peter Steele
Class 16 – Sports Libre over 2000cc
1st – Chris Cannell
Class 19 – Racing Cars 601cc to 1100cc
1st – James Moore win the Tom Elton Trophy
2nd – Murray Wakeham
Class 20 – Racing Car 1101cc to 1600cc
1st Peter D Smith win the A and S Racing Trophy
Class 21a – Racing Cars 1601cc to 2000cc – Normally Aspirated
1st – Roger Cock win the Chairmans Cup
Thank you to all the entrants who made our championships such successes and see you all at the Awards Lunch!
Anthony Record – Press Officer – Gurston Down Speed Hill Climb
Sep 14, 2018
The final two rounds of the Meadens Skoda Gurston Down Hill Climb Championship took place at our September meeting. The overall championship was close and required so great performances to secure the title and top ten places.

The Class Championships were no different with many of them undecided prior to the meeting so every point in every round suddenly became very important. A number of class didn’t have championship contenders entered which meant the dropped score rules made a difference. These certainly did in the overall championship!
Thank you to all the entrants in the championship, we couldn’t run it without all your support!
We would also like to thank all of the class sponsors for their support during 2018!
The top five in each class have been included in these results. The full results will be available online after this have been published.
Here are the Official Class Results for the Meadens Skoda Gurston Down Championship:
The Mazda MX5 Class, supported by The Window Doctor
This class turned out to be the one to watch this season. Mark Crookall won the championship in this class and overall in 2017 and 2018 wasn’t any different. Jason Richardson pushed Mark all year, they swapped firsts and seconds, broke the target time and both broke the class record and traded places all season. But Mark’s performance in July where he reset the class record to 39.88s and his September, sealed both the overall and class championship. Jason’s late season performances brought him fourth in the overall championship too! That record time would be a good time for the up to 2000cc class and the MX5 Class allows limited modifications.

Mark win the Record-Designs Trophy.
| Result 2018 |
Points
|
|
|
| Mark Crookall |
103
|
| Jason Richardson |
99
|
| Chris Burch |
77
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| James Fordam |
71
|
| Paul Wheatley |
62
|
Road Going Series Production Class up to 1400cc
The two contenders in this class have traded places all season. John Davey has had a number of mechanical issues but the Midget was much improved in September when he reset the class record with a 41.21s run.

| Result 2018 |
Points
|
|
|
| David Nutland |
86
|
| John Davey |
84
|
Road Going Series Production Class 1401cc to 2000cc, supported by Record-Designs
This class is another very competitive class. But Paul Dickinson pretty much stamped his authority of the class from the outset in his Honda S2000. But Tim Foster (Lotus Elan) and Dean Cubitt (Mazda MX5) didn’t give him an easy ride. But Paul had it sown up by July!

| 2018 Result |
Points
|
|
|
| Paul Dickinson |
100
|
| Tim Forster |
91
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| Dean Cubitt |
84
|
| Chris Davies |
74
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| Russell Davies |
67
|
Over 2000cc Road Going Series Production Class, supported by Turbo Dynamics
Yet another very competitive class and a very competitive season too. The result was far from decided. Shaun Fudge in the Lewis Dean Subaru Impreza was trading places with Jon Maycock in the early part of the season, then he had Andrew Thorp to deal with at the end of the season. Shaun’s consistency overcame them both.

| 2018 Result |
Points
|
|
|
| Shaun Fudge |
93
|
| Jon Maycock |
92
|
| Andrew Thorp |
86
|
| Sarah Fudge |
72
|
| Tony Mullis |
63
|
Road Going Specialist Production Class, supported by Fieldfare Trailer Centre
This was always going to be a battle between Clive Skipper in the Caterham and Adrian Lewis in the Westfield. Clive won the first five rounds in this class but Adrian fought back in the record half of the season and the two traded places though tout the later part. But whatever Adrian did just wasn’t enough to overcome the five wins Clive already had in the bag. The class is going faster and faster.

| 2018 Result |
Points
|
|
|
| Clive Skipper |
96
|
| Adrian Lewis |
90
|
| Tony Wiltshire |
32
|
Over 2000cc Modified Limited Production Marque Sports Car Class
The Porsche 911 and Phil Price looked like they might not be a challenge for Graham Beale at the beginning of the season. But that all changed by June. Phil was on the pace and drove the car to win the last eight rounds which also gave Phil fifth in the overall championship.

| 2018 Result |
Points
|
|
|
| Phil Price |
96
|
| Graham Beale |
90
|
| Paul Slade |
78
|
Up to 1400cc Modified Series Production Class supported by Cock and Sons (Builders)
Neil Turner has been pretty much in charge of this class for a few years now but 2018 was different. Neil suffered some mechanical difficulties at the July meeting which meant he was out for three rounds. Derek Mullis steeped in and scored some great points whilst Neil was absent. Unfortunately it wasn’t enough! Neil reset his own class record at the first July meeting giving him the points edge. We have a copy of Neil’s record breaking run that will be on our Facebook page soon.

| 2018 Result |
Points
|
|
|
| Neil Turner |
92
|
| Derek Mullis |
91
|
| David Bean |
80
|
Over 2000cc Modified Series Production Class, supported by Meadens Skoda
Tim Painter in the gorgeous Aston Martin Vantage he shares with Andrew Fraser was an amazingly consistent driver this season and was second placed man, Richard Hillyar. They finished second and third, respectively, in this class all season.

| 2018 Result |
Points
|
|
|
| Tim Painter |
90
|
| Richard Hilyar |
80
|
Over 2000cc Modified Specialist Production Class, supported Gates of Brockenhurst
The result in this class couldn’t have been predicted for almost the entire season. Martin Watson lead the class for much of the season but second placed man, Steve Holland’s performances were pushing Martin very, very hard. They swapped first and seconds at almost every event.

| 2018 Result |
Points
|
|
|
| Martin Watson |
98
|
| Steve Holland |
93
|
| Richie Gatt |
86
|
Historically Interesting Class, supported by Kelvin Jouhar
Fyrth Cross had secured the class title by the end of the July meeting with some really good performances in the first seven events. His consistency was the key to this one, firsts abd seconds all season made him unbeatable!

| 2018 Result |
Points
|
|
|
| Fyrth Cross |
98
|
| Sue Hayes |
87
|
| Jeremy Smihson |
58
|
Hill Climb Super Sports Cars Class
There was just one entry in this class. Mark Mortimer had the class to himself most of the season.

| 2018 Result |
Points
|
|
|
| Mark Mortimer |
80
|
Sports Libre up to 1400cc
This is Gurston Down’s new classes for the 2018 season and it didn’t fail to surprise and delight the drivers and spectators alike. Peter Steel was a man on a mission! Another driver with very consistent performances and a class record too! It now stands at 33.89s,

| 2018 Result |
Points
|
|
|
| Peter Steel |
91
|
| Richard Wood |
81
|
| Tim Pitfield |
36
|
Sports Libre 1401cc to 2000cc Class, supported by Lewis Property Services
Another class with just one entry, Keith Diggle. He’s put some very solid runs in this season and let’s hope we will have some more entries next season.

| 2018 Result |
Points
|
|
|
| Keith Diggle |
80
|
Sports Libre over 2000cc Class
Chris Cannell had a good season although he did have the class to himself much of the year. But his Top Ten Challenge performance meant it wasn’t a wasted year!

| 2018 Result |
Points
|
|
|
| Chris Cannell |
82
|
| Geoff Twemlow |
16
|
Racing Car up to 600cc Class
| 2018 Result |
Points
|
|
|
| David Cuff |
16
|
601cc to 1100cc Racing Car Class, supported by Drynham Project Management Limited
James Moore is another driver who stamped his authority on this class early on in the season. The class was secure by the July meetings. These was a good fight for second between Murray Wakeham and Alan Joy. Murry’s slight better performances gave him the second place.

| 2018 Result |
Points
|
|
|
| James Moore |
100
|
| Murray Wakeham |
92
|
| Alan Joy |
84
|
| Steve Loadsman |
63
|
1101cc to 1600cc Racing Car Class, supported by SM AeRoTechniques with Brian and Adrian Moody
Peter D Smith and Richard Gaylard in the Force they share were always likely to be challenging for the championship class win. It wasn’t long before they had a good lead and were fighting each other for the class. Peter’s performances not only won his the class title but he also took the Top Ten Challenge title too!

| 2018 Result |
Points
|
|
|
| Peter D Smith |
93
|
| Richard Gaylard |
83
|
| Mike Lee |
32
|
1601cc to 2000cc Racing Car – Normally Aspirated Class
This class was full of surprises, Dave Lord looked like he had a good lead over Roger Cock half way through the season. They both beat the target time in July, Roger on Saturday and Dave on Sunday. Roger’s last four round wins gave him the class.

| 2018 Result |
Points
|
|
|
| Roger Cock |
94
|
| Dave Lord |
89
|
Racing Car Over 2000cc
Paul Crute with the lovely Jaguar powered OMS was the only entry in this class but has had a great season coming second in the Top Ten Challenge after a very strong finishing run at the end of the season.

| 2018 Result |
Points
|
|
|
| Paul Crute |
80
|
We would like to thank all of our sponsors for their support in 2018!
We would also like to thank all those who made our events and championship possible!
E&OE
Anthony Record – Press Officer – BARC SW, Gurston Down Speed Hill Climb
Sep 14, 2018
The Meadens Skoda Gurston Down Hill Climb Championship looked like it might already have been decided after the first ten rounds but the mathematical possibilities and some superb performances really changed things around.
The 2018 overall champion is Mark Crookall.

Mark, the 2017 champion, takes the 2018 championship after some superb performances at the July and September meetings. At the September meeting Mark needed to pull out all the stops and take ar elast one round win. However, the MX5 Class is so competitive these days it wasn’t going to be an easy task. Mark and Jason Richardson have been swapping wins all season and the mathematics also mean that Jason was in with a chance of the overall title too. Mark overcame Jason’s times in both September rounds and won the championship. Jason wasn’t even in the top ten after round eight but finished fourth!
Many of the place positions were decided on the drop-score rules used in the event of a points tie.

More on the class championships in the next report.
The Meadens Skoda Gurston Down Speed Hill Climb Championship Overall Result:
|
|
Points
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
Mark Crookall |
103
|
|
2
|
Paul Dickinson |
100
|
|
3
|
James Moore |
100
|
|
4
|
Jason Richardson |
99
|
|
5
|
Phil Price |
99
|
|
6
|
Martin Watson |
98
|
|
7
|
Fyrth Cross |
98
|
|
8
|
Clive Skipper |
96
|
|
9
|
Roger Cock |
94
|
|
10
|
Shaun Fudge |
93
|
|
11
|
Steve Holland |
93
|
|
12
|
Peter D Smith |
93
|
SECOND – Paul Dickinson

THIRD – James Moore

FOURTH – Jason Richardson

FIFTH – Phil Price

We would like to thank all the drivers who entered the championship for their continued support and the Meadens Motor Group for their kind sponsoshiip in 2018!
E&OE
Anthony Record – Press Officer – BARC SW, Gurston Down Speed Hill Climb
Sep 14, 2018
At the September meeting we announced the Gurston Down Speed Hill Climb Marshal of the Year.
The entire marshalling team vote of the marshal of the year. This year’s is our Cheif Marshall, Alan Osgood. Here he is looking rather surprised just after the announcement was made!

Congratulations to Alan!
Anthony Record – Press Officer Gurston Down Speed Hill Climb
Sep 14, 2018
The Cavendish Ships Stores BARC SW Top Ten Challenge title had already been decided after the July meetings with some great performances put in by Peter D Smith in the Force PT he shares with Richard Gaylard.

Peter had a chance to take a clean sweep at the September meeting but a mechanical failure, a drive shaft breakage, put paid to that during practice. Unfortunately, this also put paid to his co-drivers challenge aspirations too. Richard Gaylard looke like a second place was likely but with the points so close, the September meetings scoring would make a difference to the almost all of those in the top ten of the challenge.
The Result of the Cavendish Ships Stores BARC SW Top Ten Challenge 2018 were:
| Results 2018 |
Points
|
|
|
| Peter D Smith |
50
|
| Paul Crute |
46
|
| Chris Cannell |
43
|
| Richard Gaylard |
43
|
| James Moore |
31
|
| Keith Diggle |
28
|
| Martin Watson |
25
|
| Steve Holland |
21
|
| Murray Wakeham |
18
|
| Mike Lee |
13
|
| Roger Cock |
11
|
| Ritchie Gatt |
10
|
| Alan Joy |
5
|
| Dave Lord |
2
|
SECOND – Paul Crute

THIRD EQUAL – Chris Cannell

THIRD EQUAL – Richard Gaylard

We would like to thank all of our sponsor, Cavendish Ships Stores for their continued support in 2018!

E&OE
Anthony Record – Press Officer – BARC SW, Gurston Down Speed Hill Climb
Sep 12, 2018
The final event of the year at Gurston Down Speed Hill Climb took place on Sunday 9th September. The final two rounds of the Meadens Skoda Gurston Down Speed Hill Climb Championship and the final round of the Cavendish Ships Stores BARC SW Top Ten Challenge produced some interesting results and changed the class and overall results because of some great performances. There will be more on that in the Championship and Challenge Report later this week. There might be a few hints as to the consequences of these results and what they might mean to the championship and challenge but you will need to wait for the full report.

The September meeting hosted a number of invited championships and classes. These championships were the Triumph Register Cars, MG Cars, Austin Healeys and Sprites and the historic 500cc racing cars.
The Fastest Time of the Day was Neal Coles in his OMS 28 with a 30.07s second timed run. His first timed run was 30.08s, a very consistent performance. It was his first ever Fastest Time of the Day and seemed rather pleased about it as anyone would!

RESULTS IN FULL:
The Triumph Register Class
Roderick Warner and his TR7 V8 dominated this class from the outset finishing he improved his first timed run performance which was 40.73s with a second timed run of 40.34s, leaving the rest the class in his wake, fighting for the places. It looked like it might be quite tight for second until Dale Huxford Spitfire put in a 42.76s second timed run. Roger McEwen in his TR6 was third (44.69s).

The MG Class
There were twelve cars and driver combinations entered in the MG Class. Last years event winner, Ben Rolls in his Sprite maintained his winning form with a second timed run of 39.71s. Richard Withers, last year second place driver, really pushed Ben. After the first timed runs they were just 0.07s apart. Richard improved his time but not quite enough, he ended on 39.95s just 0.24s behind Ben.

The Austin Healey Class – Big Healey and Warwick Cars Class
The Big Healey and Warwick cars went next. After the first timed run, Richard Mason lead Paul Baker and John Tewson. All three of their times were covered by just 0.35s. But it was John Tewson’s day! He improved his time by more than one second giving him first on 38.48s, beating John Mason by just one hundredth, John Mason stopped the clocks on 38.49s! Paul Baker didn’t improve on his time and end on 39.83s for third.

The Austin Healey Class – Austin Healey Sprite Class
The Austin Healey Sprite Class had six drivers entered. Colin Gale lead after the first timed run with a 39.77s. He was just 0.19s in front of Joe Mackrell. But Joe improved his time in the second time run by more than half a second and finished on 39.27s. Colin didn’t manage to improve his time and took second.

Regular Gurston Classes
The Gurston Down MX5 Class supported by the Window Doctor
The 2017 Meadens Skoda Gurston Down Champion, Mark Crookall produced a great first timed run, beating the class target time. Jason Richardson dis the same but was just 0.14s behind Mark. Mark on 40.14s and Jason on 40.28s respectively in their MX5 RSs.

Neither driver improved on their times on the second runs. Jason was just 0.01s behind his first timed run with a 40.29s but was pipped by Mark who finished on 40.28s. These two have scored great points for the championship but more on that later. Chris Burch was third on 40.66s.

Road Going Series Production Class up to 1400cc Class
John Davey, Managing Director of our Top Ten Challenge sponsor, Cavendish Ships Stores set a new class record in this class and took the class win with a 41.21s first timed run. David Nutland was second in his Mini Cooper S on 41.46s.

Road Going Series Production Class up to 2000cc, supported by Record-Designs
Dean Cubitt in his Mazda MX5 had stiff opposition in Tim Forster in his Lotus Elan, Dean lead after the first timed run by 0.25s with a 38.74s. He improved his time in the second timed run finishing on 38.50s with Tim just 0.10s behind on 38.60s. The Davies’, Chris and Russell in their Honda Civic were third and fourth, respectively. Alex England end the day with his first sub 40s run. Needless to say he was extremely happy with his 39.93s!

Over 2000cc Road Going Series Production Class, supported by Turbo Dynamics
After the first timed run Simon Neve in his Mitsubishi Evo was quickest with a 34.74s. Mike Rudge, Ford Focus RS, second on 37.19s, Andrew Thorp, Porsche Cayman S, on 37.46s, and Sean Fudge, Subaru Impreza on 37.49s.

Thanks to Stuart Freeman for this great picture of Mike having an issue with Ashes….
Simon Neve didn’t improve his first run time. But both Andrew Thorp and Mike Rudge scored identical times of 36.72s which were personal bests for them both. A great end of season for them both. Mike Rudge took the second place because of his faster first timed run leaving Andrew third, although he won’t be disappointed with that! An interesting addition to the class was Isabella Lawrence in a Mitsubishi Evo, not only was she competing for the first time – she got her competition licence on Friday before the meeting! 37.83s is a great time. Look out for Isabella next season!

Road Going Specialist Production Class, supported by Fieldfare Trailer Centre
The first three in this class, Clive Skipper’s 2.0 Caterham HPC, Adrian Lewis’ 1.4 Westfield Megabusa and Anthony Orchard, sharing the Lewis Westfield produced some great times. There was just 0.48s difference in their first timed runs, their positions didn’t change in the second timed runs although Adrian the only one making an improvement. They finished in that order with 34.06s, 34.08s and 34.54s respectively.

The Modified Limited Production Marque Sports Cars upto 2000cc Class
Andrew Hurle was the only runner in this class and stopped the clock on 39.84s.

The Modified Limited Production Marque Sports Cars over 2000cc Class
Phil Price in the Porsche 911 has been the man to beat in this class all season and September wasn’t any different. He stamped his authority on the class from the first timed run finishing with a 33.33s and then imprived that time in the second run with a 33.25s. Graham Beale in the Ginetta just could not match Phil’s pace and came second on 35.11s.

The up to 1400cc Modified Series Production Car Class
Neil Turner, the class record holder, in his super fast Mini dominated this class from the outset. His first timed run of 35.34s was over three seconds ahead of his nearest rival Derek Mullis on 38.75s. Neil marginally improved his time on the second timed rin with a 35.21s. Derek Mullis’s first timed run was good enough to secure second.

Over 2000cc Modified Series Production Car Class, supported by Meadens Skoda
Steven Moore in his Mitsubishi Evo had a great weekend, breaking the class record on both timed runs. 32.45s in the first timed run and 32.27s in the second. A great performance! The Aston Martin Vantage shared by Tim Painter and Andy Fraser gave them second and third respectively, scoring valuable points in the championship.

The Modified Specialist Production Class, supported Gates of Brockenhurst
Steve Holland and his Caterham Hayabusa had a great first timed run with a 31.75s climb, Martin Watson in his Westfield SEiW was second, just 0.16s behind Steve. Martin didn’t make the second run so the result after the first stood. Richie Gatt in another Westfield was third on 33.20s.

The Historically Interesting Class, supported by Kelvin Jouhar
Sue Hayes in her Palliser WDF3 had this class in the bag after the first timed run, dominating it throughout the day. Her tuime of 36.76s was almost six seconds ahead of second place man Brian Gent in the Gilbern GTwith a 42.75s run.

Hill Climb Super Sports Cars Class
There were just two cars entered in this class on Sunday, Mark Mortimer and Richard Fry both in Mallocks. Mark has Gurston experience which paid off and he took the class with a good margin, finishing on 34.80s.

The Sports Libre up to 1400cc Class
Craig Russell in his Westfield XTR2 had a great day, taking the win. Peter Steel in his Guille Mallock, the current class record holder, just couldn’t match Craig’s pace on the day. Craig finished on 36.07s and Peter on 37.62s.

The Sports Libre 1400cc to 2000cc, supported by Class Lewis Property Services and The Sports Libre over 2000cc Class were amalgamated
Chris Cannell took an early lead and unsurprisingly stayed ahead in the more powerful over 2000cc Force SR8 and finished on 30.29s with the under 2000cc WEV HCS-BDG of Keith Diggle second on 31.73s. Great times for both drivers.

The 601cc to 1100cc Racing Car Class, supported by Drynham Project Management
The OMS shared by Murray Wakeham and Alan Joy was the car to beat in this class. Murray took the win with a 32.81s, second timed run and Alan, second, on 33.07s with Steve Loadsman third in his OMS on 34.30s.

The Formula Ford Class- Cars up to 1600cc, amalgamated with the 500 Owners Association (2001 Rules) Car Class
David Matthews in his Zeus ZR163 won this class with a sub 40 second run, finishing on 39.93s with the Lola P.101 of Stuart Barnes, second on 49.85s.

1101cc to 1600cc Racing Car Class, supported by SM AeRoTechniques with Brian and Adrian Moody
Peter D Smith and Richard Gayland had a mechanical issue which took them out after practice which left Heal Coles in his OMS 28 and George Brown in his OMS CF07 to fight for the class win. Not only did Neal win the class he also set Fastest Time of the Day with a 30.07s second timed run. Peter and Richard would have to have worked hard to beat that time!

The 1601cc to 2000cc Racing Car Class – Normally Aspirated
Roger Cock has made a good return to Gurston Down this year in his Pilbeam MP54 and took the win with a 32.54s beating Dave Lord in the Quest by just over half a second.

The Over 2000cc Racing Car Class
Paul Crute in the Jaguar powered OMS28 took the class win over Rodney Eyles in the Pilbeam MP54 although it wasn’t quite quick enough for Fastest Time of the Day but helped him with his Top Ten Challenge. Paul’s time 30.40s and Rodney just 0.45s behind.

We would like to thank everyone who made the day possible, the office staff, the marshals, timekeepers, scrutineers and officials without whom we couldn’t run the meeting. Thanks to Ashley Wood Recovery, TSL Timing, Steve Lister, A-Cute Medical Services, Venture Security and Peter Crutcher from Ringwood PA.
Anthony Record – Press Officer BARC SW Gurston Down Speed Hill Climb
Aug 30, 2018
Annual Awards Lunch – Applications Now Open
Saturday 13th October 2018
At The Mercure White Hart Hotel, St John Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire. SP1 2SD
APPLICATION FORM IS HERE
Arrive 12.00 noon to sit down at 12.30pm, followed by the presentation of the awards
Hot and Cold Buffet served with fresh bread, rice and jacket potatoes. A selection of desserts:
Adults and children over 12 years £25.00 per ticket
Children 5-12 years £12.50 per ticket
Children under 5 free of charge
Please send the completed application to:
Miss Becky Crocombe, 43 Hawcroft, Holt, Trowbridge, Wiltshire. BA14 6RN (any queries please
contact beckycrocombe@hotmail.co.uk )
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