The South Liverpool club handed over the organization of the popular and old established Lomax Trial to Llangollen and District Motor Club at the end of last year so on Monday it will be the club members of the North Wales organization who stage round four of the S3 Parts national championship series, based as ever at Glyn Ceiriog, near. Llangollen official Brad Jones and his organizing team have wasted no time preparing for their new venture. In fourteen groups of sections the Club has located five brand new groups.
The extended course means an earlier start in the picturesque Glyn Ceiriog village. The time limit is set at six hours with the Glyn Valley Hotel as the finish venue. Under the new organization the entry has significantly swung in favor of the Red Dragon with almost a third of contestants living in Wales. Wrexham leads the head count with thirteen competitors. In the main championship ten of the top fifteen point’s scorers are in the mix headed by leader Richard Sadler, Chris Pearson, Dan Clark, John Crinson and Guy Kendrew. The standings will undergo a change though as all the Over 40’s who score points in the main class stack up scores. On that basis an Over 40 can win the main class, and his, or her, own championship. Phil Disney scored a ten in the Wallace Cup with a sixth so he will come well into the open score line with his Jack Wood tally and the Wallace entered into the standings. Disney heads the Over 40’s by a point from Darren Wasley while John Short leveled with Chris Koch, Steve Swanson, and Dave Clinkard after his Jack Wood victory two weeks ago.
The 125cc S3 Part class is limping along with just two winners but Chester’s Phil Houghton swells the ranks on his Gas Gas machine to challenge Dronfield’s Josh Atkinson. Gary Jones leads the field off at 09.30 on Monday morning to ride fourteen section groups with a six hour time allowance. The Welsh content is impressive. From Wrexham are Gary Jones, Jim McBain, Robert Williams, Robert Wild, Craig Barkley, Richard Edwards, Kieran and Jeremy Darlington, Roger Johnston, Shay Loughran, Harry Davies and Aled Price. The latter will be a name to be considered. Pontypool’s Jake Evans-Luter is currently ninth in the championship standings. Ioan Richie and Mark Waterworth ride for Rhyll while Daniel Jones, Stephen and Luke Thomas represent Holywell. Tom Sagar needs no introduction along with his father Paul and the national Newtown enduro and trials ace will be right up from with Pontypool’s Joel Edwards. The highest ranked contender on Sunday will be Ruardene RAW Gas Gas entrant Simon Welch. He is eighth in the standings.