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RALLY CLUB CELEBRATES SEASON’S END

More than 120 awards presented at Annual Prizegiving All sides of the island’s motor sport fraternity were honoured at the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Annual Prizegiving on Friday evening (November 29) at Chapel Plantation, St Philip; more than 120 awards were presented, including return tickets to London, courtesy of Virgin Atlantic, title sponsor of the BRC Driver’s and Class Championships.

BIRD AIMS FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS HAT-TRICK

Former UK National Rally Champion Paul Bird is targetting a third consecutive victory at Sol Rally Barbados 2014 in the Frank Bird Poultry/Fuchs Titan Oils/Kick Energy/Rapid Solicitors Ford Focus WRC08. The most successful overseas visitor to the Caribbean's biggest annual motor sport international, he is also the first driver to have finished on the podium six years in a row, and would become only the second to claim a hat-trick.

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MUDDOGS SEASON SAVES “TOUGHEST” TO LAST

O’Neal and Alleyne claim Nassco November Safari hat-trick Victory in the final round of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship, last Sunday’s (November 10) Nassco November Safari, sealed the 2013 Champion Navigator and Driver titles for Chris O’Neal and Leslie Alleyne. They will receive the Sextant Challenge Trophy and the Peter Farmer Memorial Trophy respectively at the BRC’s Annual Prize-giving on Friday, November 29.

NASSCO NOVEMBER SAFARI TO SETTLE SERIES

Chefette MudDogs Championship goes down to the wire The Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2013 Chefette MudDogs Safari and Chefette MudDogs Safari Novice Championships are set for an exciting climax when the fifth and final round, the Nassco November Safari, is staged on Sunday, November 10. All four major titles are still up for grabs, as the season goes down to the wire.

ANGLIAS “GO HOME” FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS

When Scotland’s Allan Mackay returns to Sol Rally Barbados with his Ford Anglia WRC for his fifth visit in 2014, he will be back in what he describes as his rallying “home”. His flamboyant antics have won the hearts and minds of island fans, the fun delivered in double measure in 2013, when son Euan entered alongside him in the Anglia JWRC.

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ROACH CROWNED YOUNGEST RALLY CLUB CHAMPION

Dropped-score rule settles hard-fought title race Conor Roach has won the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Virgin Atlantic Driver’s Championship at the wheel of his Clubman class Peugeot 106; at 21 years of age, he becomes the youngest driver to win the title and joins his father, Derek, who was Champion Driver in 1991 and 1992, on the Club’s roll of honour.

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SERRAO MASTERS CONDITIONS AT BLACK BESS

Motor sport wins the battle of the elements At the wheel of the Sugar Ultra Lounge Subaru Impreza WRC S9, Dean Serrao displayed great commitment in challenging driving conditions to win the final two rounds of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Virgin Atlantic Driver’s and Class Championships on Sunday (October 13) at the double-header BRC Winter Gravel Sprint at Black Bess in St Peter.   It was a day when the weather proved once again that all sides of island motor sport – competitors, spectators and officials – are ready and willing to rise above a seemingly insurmountable challenge.

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LAST CHANCE SALOON FOR RALLY CLUB CONTENDERS

Virgin Atlantic Championship to be settled on Sunday The Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Virgin Atlantic Driver’s and Class Championships will be decided on Sunday (October 13) at the double-header BRC Winter Gravel Sprint at the popular Black Bess course in St Peter.   Conor Roach and Rhett Watson are tied on 120 points at the top of the table after seven rounds although, once each driver’s lowest score is dropped – 13 and 15 respectively from Scotiabank King of the Hill – Roach edges ahead by just a couple of points.

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ROB SWANN’S IN FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2014

Britain’s Rob Swann was first in line when entries for Sol Rally Barbados 2014, the Caribbean's biggest annual motor sport international, opened on the official web site - www.rallybarbados.net – on Tuesday (October 1). Returning for his seventh visit, Swann steps back up to WRC-1 with his recently-acquired ex-works Subaru Impreza WRC S11, backed by Waves Hotel and Spa Barbados and Cygnet Plant Ltd.   At Sol RB14, the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) will celebrate the 25th running of its blue riband event.

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ROACH AND WATSON LEAD VIRGIN ATLANTIC BATTLE

After each scored a class win in last month’s BRC Summer Nights Tarmac Sprint (August 17), Conor Roach and Rhett Watson remain at the head of the field in the hunt for the Champion Driver title in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Virgin Atlantic Championship; they are tied on 120 points at the top of the table after seven rounds.

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