Hugh Hunter and his co-driver Robin Kellard scored maximum Hankook MSA Welsh National Rally Championship points on the season-opening Team GMF Wyedean Forest Rally.

Hunter was quickest out of the blocks and remained in contention for the rally win until swiping a bank and losing 27 seconds on SS5. He eventually came home third over behind Paul Bird and event victor Andrew Burton.

Defending champion Alex Allingham got off to a steady start but improved during the afternoon to finish second in Group N and fifth amonth the championship contenders.

Results1 Andrew Burton / Robin Kellard (Peugeot Cosworth) 0h43m08s2 Paul Bird / Kirsty Riddick (Ford Focus WRC) 0h43m27s3 Hugh Hunter / Andy Marchbank (Ford Focus WRC) 0h43m38s4 David Wright / Michael Wilkinson (Mitsubishi Evo9) 0h44m13s5 Roger Chilman / Andrew Sankey (Subaru Impreza S9) 0h44m16s