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Day 3: Southern Lakes, 27 March 2022
Photos: gerardbrown.co.uk
with their win if a little surprised and, after emptying a
couple of bottles of fizz over each other, the crowd and the
bonnet of the car, found time to say “well that was brilliant,
thoroughly enjoyable”.
The Classic Category winners were Steve and Alex Chick
in an Austin-Healey 3000 Mk I who were thrilled with the
result and poured praise on the Organisers commenting
that it was “A great event, a nice concept which brought
some new faces to the sport. We enjoyed an amazing route
with plenty of great marshals on hand to keep the score.
Finally, we’d like to thank the results team who have done
a great job for all of us”.
From the celebrations in the car park it was a short walk
to lunch where, after roast beef and Yorkshire puddings,
the silverware was distributed, speeches were made and
Loren Price began taking entries for next year’s event.
As well as the sporting awards, there were two
discretionary gongs handed out to crews who had displayed
that something extra in making the event so much fun or
laughing in the face of adversity. The Spirit of the Rally
went to Nick and Jessica Sleep in a Bentley Supersports,
whilst the Against all Odds trophy was handed to Rory and
Ingrid Woodhouse who’d driven a Riley 12/4 Sports.
Whether they’d won or not, all the crews took something
important away from this weekend. They’d had a lot of
fun, made a lot of memories and had plenty to say about
their experiences. Olivia and Stephen Hardwick had loved
the event with dad commenting that “over the three days
the concept had really grown on Olivia” and, “after each
Regularity she wanted to go back and see if she could get a
better time”. Sadly it doesn’t work like that.
Alexandra Monks, who had taken the wheel of her dad’s
Jaguar Mk 2, said that “it’s been great, some of it had been
a bit hairy, with the narrow roads and stone walls etc and
there was a lot of concentration required at times”. Philip
Martin Hunt and James Galliver, 1937 Frazer Nash-BMW 328
agreed and added that “there were some sections where I
was glad that I wasn’t driving. But, she did a super job and
we’ve had a great time and are quite happy propping up the
bottom end of the results table”.
The final words though should perhaps be given to two
navigators at opposite ends of the generations spectrum.
The oldest navigator in the Rally, Arthur Crooks who sat
alongside his daughter Jo Roberts in their 1963 Triumph
TR4, had thoroughly enjoyed the ride with its mix of
scenery, social interaction and friendly competition. His
short summing up spoke for many, “absolutely fantastic”.
But what of the youngest navigator, James BlakeneyEdwards well, he said that the whole event was “brilliant”,
he’d had a blast and he and his father Patrick were already
making plans to come back next year along with his mother
and sister.
“I loved reading the maps and making sure that we were
on the right road but I found the Regularities a bit tricky”.
Gerardus Mercator, Dispatch reporter
Kate and William Medcalf. Bentley Supersports. 1925
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