Cornwall & Devon Land Rover Club. The Club Mag spring 2014 | Page 7

The afternoon’s sections got under way after the lunch break, and in both groups
there were plenty of people in with a chance to win. Paul Abery, Trevor Castle,
Simon Wheeler and Chris Cuming to name a few were all In with a chance to win
at the start of the afternoon.
Tony Higgins, who had started the day
so well had one of those “why did I
stop for lunch” days with a string of
scores in the afternoon dropping him
down the order. In the battle for the
championship, Ken appeared more
focused in the afternoon seemingly
sensing that one wrong approach on a
section could put an end to his title
bid. After an average morning Gavin
had resided in the fact that he had
scored too many points to challenge
Ken, David and Ross in the top four battle. As the afternoon sections unfolded,
the places were swapping back and forth, section by section as different people
caught a cane or made a mistake and picked up points. Coming into the last section, in both groups it was these sections that decided who would take the title
and who finished where on the day. The two stumbling blocks - a tricky cross axle
for the group on the hill, and down beside the river a hidden log in a muddy pond.
As each vehicle set off the places were changing, Ken got caught on the cross
axle putting him on four points for the day. Kevin Lee had been on 3, got caught
on the same cross axle dropping him behind
Ken. In the other group, Chris Cuming, who
was on two and Simon Wheeler on one both
got caught out with the log in the pond. Chris
having the log catch the rear wheel and drag
him on to the bank and Simon going too wide
and ended up with a granite rock in the way
resulting in both gaining a five and Ken picking up more places. Kim who had been on
clears all day even commenting on how wide
the gates had been, ended up driving over a
three on the last section.
“A big thank you to all who put on today's RTV had great day. Cheers” – Dionne Johnson
In the end, Pete Alexander went on to have a superb day and Finished on all
Clears, Simon Wheeler took the class ten win and Luke Rickard took the class
four win. Trevor Castle, John Badge and Pauline Philp took the other class trophies. Ken finished the day Joint seventh which was enough for him to win the
championship. Elsewhere, Mike Smerdon finished third after having to double
drive Simon Wheeler’s Land Rover, due to the A-Frame mount breaking off the
axle of I