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RALLY CLUB CELEBRATES SUCCESSFUL SEASON

More than 70 members of the island’s motor sport fraternity were honoured at the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Annual Prizegiving on Saturday evening (November 12) at Mahogany Ridge, St Thomas; awards included return tickets to the UK and ‘staycation’ weekends at Seafoam Haciendas, presented by Rachel Pilgrim of Virgin Atlantic, title sponsor of the BRC Driver’s and Class Championships.

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ENTRIES SPEED UP FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2012

    Entries for Sol Rally Barbados 2012, the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international, are flowing into the event’s official web site, www.rallybarbados.bb, faster than last year . . . and the organising Barbados Rally Club (BRC) reports that half of the International entries received are newcomers.   Sol Rally Barbados Chairman Barry Gale said: “I realise it is early days, but I am very encouraged by the entries received so far.

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GILL WINS BRC WINTER GRAVEL RALLY

  Sean Gill prevailed over Trevor Manning in Sunday’s (October 30) final round of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Virgin Atlantic Driver’s and Class Championships, the BRC Winter Gravel Rally at the Black Bess Plantation in St Peter; after a day-long battle during which they were never separated by more than three seconds, the event was won on the final stage, the winning margin 1.44secs.

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VIRGIN ATLANTIC FINALE AT BLACK BESS

  For competitors in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Virgin Atlantic Driver’s and Class Championships, the BRC Winter Gravel Rally at the Black Bess Plantation in St Peter on Sunday (October 30) is the final showdown. While the entry is unusually short on quantity, some quality competition is anticipated in those classes yet to be resolved.

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WINTER GRAVEL RALLY SET FOR BLACK BESS

  Following its successful return after some years’ absence to the Black Bess Plantation in St Peter for the Autumn Gravel Sprint at the beginning of the month, the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) will host the final round of this year’s Virgin Atlantic Driver’s and Class Championships at the same venue on Sunday, October 30.   The BRC Winter Gravel Rally will comprise eight stages, four in one direction, followed by a one-hour lunch break, then four in the opposite direction; competitors are required to arrive for scrutineering before 8.00am.

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ALLEYNE TOPS SEASON WITH NASSCO SAFARI WIN

  Leslie Alleyne and Chris Oneal fought back from fourth place at the lunch break to win Sunday’s (October 16) Nassco October Safari. It rounded off a remarkable season for former Champion Alleyne, who won three events in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) WTI MudDogs Safari Championship as Driver and one as Navigator, an achievement unlikely to be matched any time soon.

FINAL SHOWDOWN AT NASSCO SAFARI ON SUNDAY

  All the key players battling for supremacy in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) WTI MudDogs Safari Championship and Chefette MudDogs Safari Novice Championship are entered for Sunday’s (October 16) Nassco October Safari, so a thrilling climax to the season is in prospect.   With three new names on the entry list, to add to those who have already competed this year, the BRC’s off-road arm is also celebrating another successful season. MudDogs Chairman Warren Gollop says: “It hardly seems possibly that we have reached the end of another season, but here we are!

FINAL SHOWDOWN AT NASSCO OCTOBER SAFARI

  The season-long battle for supremacy in the 2011 WTI MudDogs Safari Championship and the Chefette MudDogs Safari Novice Championship reaches its conclusion on Sunday, October 16, with the Nassco October Safari, the fifth and final event of the year.   In calculating the final positions, crews will drop their worst score, if they have participated in all five events, which makes for interesting reading coming into the final showdown.

SPECTATORS THRILLED AT BLACK BESS RETURN

  Spectators turned out in their hundreds for the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) return to the Black Bess Plantation, St Peter, on Sunday (October 2). Trevor Manning headed the time sheets after the BRC Autumn Gravel Sprint, where driver and spectator enjoyment was the keynote the day.   Gathered high on an escarpment created as a focal point of the proposed development, spectators enjoyed a panoramic view of the three-kilometre course, which provided action aplenty.

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‘MICEY’ AND ‘STILLO’ FOR BLACK BESS GRAVEL SPRINT

Two of the island’s most flamboyant and popular drivers will be seen in action for the first time in nearly two years when the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Autumn Gravel Sprint runs off at the Black Bess Plantation, St Peter, on Sunday (October 2). The entry list published today confirms rumours of a comeback for Trevor ‘Micey’ Manning, while Jonathan Still is a surprise addition, driving one of his former BMWs.

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