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JUNIOR TRIALS

Clerk of the Course Tim Dovey congratulates overall winner Archie Reeve

Round 3 was completed before the lunch break and featured much tighter sections. Gary Morris edged into the Class 1 lead, and Archie Reeve had an exceptional round, taking a clear lead in Class 2. Doyle dropped a‘ 10’ on the last hill before lunch, and yet maintained the Class 3 lead.

Two further rounds were completed after lunch, and the fantastic weather conditions and much tighter sections allowed Gary Morris to move into a clear Class 1 win – by 10 points from David Moss. Doyle lost his Class 3 lead on points, but regained the win on countback. A modified Nissan Micra visiting from Southampton delivered Oliver Payne the Novice award has he finished just three points behind Doyle.

Clerk Tim Dovey’ s revised sections managed to trouble most of the diesel Clios on hill two after lunch, as they successively stalled at the eleventh marker, something that didn’ t seem to affect the petrol-engined cars. Even his son Charlie Dovey was caught by this phenomenon on the last two rounds. There was also a tight turn on section one – at the eighth marker, which affected most of the diesels, stopping them dead, and some of the petrol cars also succumbed.

Archie tackles the challenging hills in his Renault Clio

The star of the day was Archie Reeve, although he dropped an‘ eleven’ on hill two, still managed to win the Class and take a fantastic first overall, something which has not been achieved by a Junior and a Novice for some considerable time.

With Archie a long way clear of his fellow Juniors and father Pat, also in a Clio, the Class Award went to Jess Baker codriving with Charlie Dovey, and 17-year-old Ollie Reeve took home a very well deserved second in class. This was a fitting finale to a very competitive season of Woolbridge trialling,

Plus, the high turnout of Junior drivers bodes well for the next season.

Woolbridge Motor Club will restart car trialling again in September with a taster event near Dorchester, and welcome newcomers and there will be some loan cars available to try.

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