Round 7: Wye Valley Car Trial, HerefordRoss & District MSC, 27 June 2010

Duncan Stephens won the Wye Valley Car Trial on Sunday to extend his lead in the MSA championship, driving his Vauxhall Nova. Stephens slowly extended his lead in the class over Barrie Parker to win the event by the closest margin in years. Thomas Bricknell wheeled out his classic trials-prepared Escort for BTRDA Allrounders points and won the highly modified class to finish very close behind in second overall. Bill Moffatt made least mistakes in the rear wheel drive class, winning the class for the first time in nearly ten years and taking a close third overall, while Dave Walker won the new car class for the first time, finishing seventh overall in a recently purchased Corsa.

Results:1 Duncan Stephens (Vauxhall Nova) 57.4%;2 Tom Bricknell (Ford Escort) 58.8%;3 Bill Moffatt (Hillman Imp) 59.0%;4 Barrie Parker (VW Scirocco) 72.0%;5 Neil Mackay (Citreon AX GT) 84.6%;6 Dave Oliver (Hillman Imp) 87.0%;

Championship (Provisional) after 7 of 11 rounds (best 8 count)1. Duncan Stephens (Vauxhall Nova) 36 points from 7 events2. Dave Oliver (Hillman Imp) 26 from 73. Barrie Parker (VW Scirocco, Peugeot 104, Smart Roadster) 22 from 64. Rupert North (Rover Mini) 21 from 65. Nick Pollitt (BMW 116, Lotus Elise, Skoda Fabia, Citroen Saxo VTR) 15 from 46. Nigel Weeks (Hillman Imp) 13 from 4

Inter-Association Team TrialThe Wye Valley Car Trial hosted the inter-association team trial on Sunday with the South West team of Duncan Stephens, Barrie Parker and Paul Bartleman winning clearly from last year’s victorious West Midlands’ team of Dave Oliver, Steve Courts and Nigel Weeks. The Northern team of Rupert North, Les Andrew and Aiden Reynard was third.