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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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Posted on October 3rd, 2013.

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POPULAR UK SUBARU PAIR FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS

Two of the most popular Subaru Impreza drivers to have journeyed from England to the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport international in recent years are today confirmed for Sol Rally Barbados 2013 (June 1/2). Kevin Procter will compete for the first time since 2009, while Rob Swann is back for the sixth consecutive year.

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Posted on January 3rd, 2013.

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BRITAIN’S SWANN FOR GROUP N AT BLACK BESS

While the front-runners striving to become Champion Driver in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) 2012 Virgin Atlantic Championship fight their last battle of the season at Black Bess in St Peter this Sunday (October 28), Britain’s Rob Swann will be using the BRC Winter Gravel Rally as a warm-up for his next outing in the UK.

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Posted on October 26th, 2012.

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BIRD AND SWANN FLOCK TO SOL RALLY BARBADOS

Two of the most successful British visitors to the Caribbean in recent years, Paul Bird and Rob Swann, have confirmed their entries for Sol Rally Barbados 2012 (June 9/10) through the event’s official web site, www.rallybarbados.bb. Entered for the fifth consecutive year, both have also become regular visitors to the island for family holidays outside rally season.

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Posted on February 3rd, 2012.

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SWANN UPS HIS GAME FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2011

England’s Rob Swann and Welsh co-driver Darren Garrod, who made regional motor sport history in 2010 by becoming the first crew to win Group N in both Rally Barbados and Rally Jamaica in the same year, have upped their game for their next trip to the Caribbean, aiming for outright victory in Sol Rally Barbados 2011 (June 4/5).

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Rally

Posted on March 4th, 2011.

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BRITISH CREW CLAIMS UNIQUE CARIBBEAN DOUBLE

England’s Rob Swann and Welsh co-driver Darren Garrod wrote their names on the Caribbean motor sport roll of honour after Rally Jamaica last weekend (December 4/5). By repeating their victory in Group N of Sol Rally Barbados in May, they became the first crew to ‘do the double’ in the same year . . . and they have already signalled their intention to return to Barbados in 2011 to start defending the titles.

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Posted on December 9th, 2010.

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SWANN UPPING ANTE FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS

British Rally Championships regulars Rob Swann and Darren Garrod are returning to the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) premier event, Sol Rally Barbados (May 28-30) with just one aim in mind . . . victory in Group N; fourth in 2008, they finished second last year, after an event-long battle with eventual winner, Bajan driver Geoff Noel, and Trinidad-based Jamaican John Powell.

Posted on January 5th, 2010.

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SWANN AIMS TO FLY IN BARBADOS

Following confirmation from last year’s Sol Rally Barbados Group N winner, Ryan Champion, that he is stepping up to Group A this year with his iconic ex-Piero Liatti Subaru Impreza 555, the production category is certain to have a different winner in 2009 . . . and another British pairing hope to add their names to that roll of honour.

Posted on March 29th, 2009.