Gold, Silver & Bronze Star Final
Event Report
Ian Veale majestically drives to first Gold Star
Ian Veale won the BTRDA Gold Star sporting trials championship on Saturday at Kington, Herefordshire with a majestic drive. Veale has chased the title for over thirty years after being gifted a new trials car as a wedding present from wife Lindsay, and took the championship with middle son Sandy passengering, after elder son Josh won a year ago.
With the exceptionally wet conditions nationwide many expected flat out blasting all day in top gear, but extremely challenging wide hills laid out by Ian Wright required much more skill than that with subtle trickling and blasting which Veale showed all how to do from the offset dropping just a point during the first round of ten hills to lead John Fack by a point. Despite clipping a nine post on the second round he retained the lead at lunch by three points from Simon Gracey, who had been invited from Northern Ireland as their reigning champion which also saw the event halted momentarily as the local hunt passed through the venue.
A sharp shower during the afternoon saw conditions detoriate rapidly, more all out blasting and scores rise but Veale continued his march to be a well deserved popular champion, from John Fack by a clear margin of twelve points. Reigning British champion Roland Uglow, had been favourite following a stunning season, completed the podium ahead of Gracey who had a poor final round dropping to fourth. Pete Fensom won best Mildlander in fifth, Mark Milne Northerner in sixth in a very close gaggle of drivers completing the top ten with Julian Fack, Andrew McKinney, Josh Veale and Simon Kingsley, with McKinnery being top live axle car.
The Silver Star was equally hotly contested with Jerome Fack taking the initial lead from Autotest champion Alastair Moffatt by a point, which was extended to seven at the end of thirty long hills despite Fack struggling with a worsening engine all day finishing thirteenth overall in an entry of thirty five. Moffatt had finished runner up in the Silver Star two years previously at the same site, with Harry Barr third.
1. Ian Veale / Sandy Veale (Sherpa) 29points
2. John Fack / Jordan Fack (MSR) 41points
3. Roland Uglow / Laura Wilks (Crossle) 47points
4. Simon Gracey / Clive Gracey (Crossle) 55points
5. Peter Fensom / Liz Fensom (Hamilton) 56points
6. Mark Milne / Richard Milne (Crossle) 57points
7. Julian Fack / Meg Marrion (Crossle) 58points
8. Andrew McKinney / Chris Millar (Concord)61points
9. Josh Veale / James Washer (Sherpa) 62points
10. Simon Kingsley / Jo Edwards (Crossle) 64points
Event Images
Event Details
Sporting Trials Finals – 9th January, 2016
The Sporting Trials Gold, Silver & Bronze Star 2015 Championship trial will be held on Saturday 9th January, 2016 at;
Lower House Farm
Huntington
Nr Kington
Herefordshire. HR5 3PU
(courtesy of Mr.J.Jones)
Scrutineering from 8:30am
Secretary of the meeting: Jonathan Gibbs
Entry Fee: £40 (closing date for entries 23rd December, 2015)
Regs will be posted after the final trial of the year.
We are always looking for marshals to help so if you know of anybody willing to help please let a committee member have their details.
IMPORTANT: On Thursday 8th October the BTRDA Sporting Trials committee voted to allow the tyres listed below (in line with the current BTRDA/MSA regulations) to be used on the trial:
Vredestein T Trac
Vredestein T Trac 2
Toyo 330
Nangkang CX668
Maxxis MA-510N
Only the tyres listed above will be permitted for the 2015 Championship Final
TYRES for 2016 Championship
The committee also agreed that the only tyres to be used for the forthcoming 2016 BTRDA Sporting Trial Championship will be;
Vredestein T Trac 2
Nangkang CX668
Maxxis MA-510N
Anyone with surplus Vredestein T-Tracs (discontinued for 2016 championship) may be able to sell them to Classic Trial drivers. Contact Duncan Stephens for assistance.
Evening Dinner & Award Presentation
The evening event will be held at Chateau Impney, Droitwich, Worcestershire – about 80mins from the trial site.
Dear all
Please find attached the ticket application form for the Gold, Silver and Bronze Star Dinner taking place on Saturday 9th January 2016 at the Chateau Impney Hotel, Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, WR9 0BN.
The following rates have been secured for the various rooms available at the hotel:
Courtyard Double Room at £62.00 / 2 guests or £52.00/ 1 guest
Courtyard Twin Room at £62.00 / 2 guests or £52.00/ 1 guest
Chateau Double Room at £79.00 / 2 guests or £69.00/ 1 guest
Chateau Executive/Family Room at £109.00 / 1 or 2 guests
Chateau Feature Room at £154.00 / 1 or 2 guests
Impney Apartments at £104.00 (2 adults sharing)
Impney Apartments at £124.00 (2 adults and 2 children sharing)
The ticket price is again £35 per person this year and includes a three course meal, coffee and a disco
I am again doing a slideshow so can you please email me any pictures that you would like including – preferably with a caption!
This year you are able to pay for your tickets online by following these steps Please note that I still require a booking form if you choose to pay online with details of your party and requirements.
1. Log in to your BTRDA Membership profile at https://www.btrdamembership.com/login.php?action=login
2. Click on the button 'Buy from the online shop'
3. On the third option down please enter the number of tickets you would like in the box
4. Hit 'Save'
5. Complete your contact details
6. Hit 'Complete transaction / proceed to payment' (please note you are able to renew your membership at this point, if you wish to do this please do so before hitting complete transaction)
7. Check your order and hit 'Make Payment'
8. Hit 'purchase'
9. Complete payment details and hit 'complete payment'
10. You will then receive an automated email confirming your payment
I look forward to seeing you on the day but in the meantime if you have any questions please let me know.
Wishing you and yours a very happy Christmas and New Year.
Kind regards
Jess
07593 260899
2015 Gold & Silver Star results (66 KB)