Double Beacons Rally win for Hillier-Rees at Crychan Forest! ACU British Bike Rally Championship Round 2 – Results and Pictures
With a capacity entry of some 180 riders the Welsh Trail Riders Association (WTRA) Beacons Rally took place over two day’s in the Crychan Forest above Llandovery in West Wales.
Words and Images by Gary Jones Photography
The event was a round of the ACU British Bike Rally Championship and has been running since 1996 but was back called the Cambrian Rally, this year however turned out to be tougher than previous events with heavy rain throughout the Saturday making some part of the track a little slippery but more than rideable to the more experienced riders.
4 Kev Price makes a splash on his Sherco SF 500 on day one
Three laps of aproximately 27 miles was the schedule for both days a 10am start on the Saturday and a 9am start on the Sunday meaning an earlier finish for those that had travelled as from as far as the Isle of Man to the South of England as well as riders from most parts of Wales.
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- 25 Gavin Hunt from Camelford on his Yamaha T 700 batters his way through test one in the heavy rain
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- 3 trouble brewing with bike problems on lap two on the Sunday for Antony Whittle with the KTM 990
The 27 mile lap mostly comprised of forest roads but with two different special tests per lap that included a fair bit of off road going in the South of the Forest WTRA seemed to have got the lap spot on not even the heavy rain failed to dampen the riders spirits. Sunday would be a little better with only a few showers of rain but as the event drew to a close in the afternoon the sunshine broke out as the riders made their way home after two demanding days of riding and hopefully netting some good points for the championship.
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- First rider away was Jordan Young on a Yamaha Tenere 700
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- 7 Sam Jones from Coleford lifts a week going up Bonkies track on test one
Results
Day One
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- 1 Jordan Young makes a splash on one of the Sunday’s test
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- 14 Mark Wilson from Llandysul on test two on the Sunday
Day Two
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- Riders prepare themselves for the second test at a checkpoint deep in the Crychan forest
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- 179 local lady rider Mo Rapely from Carmarthen on a KTM 250
Mark Digger heads off the start into test two on the Sunday morning
