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Team GMF Wyedean Forest Rally
2010

Rally HQ:- Chepstow

Date:- February 13th 2010

For all the information on this, the premier event in the BTRDA series, click the logo above to visit our Wyedean site.

Official program sales points

We have experianced a delay in getting these to our official outlets.
They will be on sale in the next day or so, you will also be able to purchase them on the day of the Rally from all the official car parks

The Spectator car park list can be found :- Here.

Abergavenny	Get connected shop	NP7 5AA
Berry Hill	Berry Hill News	GL16 7QU
Bream	Bream Auto Store	GL15 6EH
Brierley	Brierley Service Station	GL17 2DL
Chepstow	Texaco Garage	NP16 5YS
Cinderford	Bowkets Stores	GL14 2RR
Cinderford	Get Connected shop	GL14 2RX
Cinderford	Hollywood Service Station	GL14 3HY
Cinderford	Winner Garage	GL14 2PH
Coalway	Forest trading post	GL16 7HW
Coleford	Get Connected shop	GL16 8AR
Coleford	GMF Motor Factors	GL16 8PR
Coleford	Lower Lane Petrol Station	GL16 8QQ
Coleford	Milkwall Corner Stores	GL16 8PY
Lydney	Get Connected shop	GL15 5RF
Lydney	Thompson & Thompson Petrol Station.	GL15 4LH
Llandogo	Londis Stores	NP25 4TW
Monmouth	Get Connected shop	NP25 3EE
Parkend	GMF Motor Factors	GL15 4JA
Ross-on-Wye	Get Connected shop	HR9 5HD

Programmes also available at all official car parks, on the day. Price £3.00 each

Rally HQ:- Chepstow

Date:- February 13th 2010

For all the information on this, the premier event in the BTRDA series, click the logo above to visit our Wyedean site.

This years Team GMF Wyedean Forest Rally again throws up so many family connections within the local competitors.

These include Dave Jenkins who this year will be using an Escort RS 1800 sponsored by GMF Motor factors.
Brother Nigel will again be among the 1400 front runners in his Hankook tyres backed 16v Nova.
Dave's son Colin who made his rallying debut alongside Rob Drew on last years Neath Valley Stages is hoping to make his Wyedean debut.

In the Drew household it was a no contest last year as son Craig co-drove Nik Elsmore to outright victory, dad Rob and other son Paul got stuck on a snow bank in Speech House and went OTL.
This year Rob will be at the wheel. Robs brother Nigel who has taken to rallying like a duck to water with some impressive results will be hoping for a top 25 finish in the NPD Plant Impreza.

Eric Davis will have son Matthew on the notes in the Phil Robert's Plant Hire Mini.
The veteran Drybrook resident has missed very few Wyedean's in it's 35 year history.

There will be a 2 car team from Winner Garage, another Wyedean regular Bob Morgan with Ade Williams on board in the Subaru Impreza N12.
Bob's son Jason will again wheel out his Peugeot 106 for his Wyedean debut & will have Tom Marrott on the notes.

Will Rodgers will be sat alongside Junior Rallycross Champion 17 year old Daniel O'Brien (Dan's father Mick will be at the wheel of his 03 Focus WRC) in a Fiesta ST.
Brother Matt will be making his rallying debut in a Peugeot 106 & he has the experienced Russ Joseph alongside for guidance.

Karen Watts will be sat alongside Darren Pinchen.
Karen's father Phil Turley has been the Events Clerk of the Course since the first Wyedean in 1975.
Mum Lilian is entries secretary a role she has filled in the early days of the event as well.

The Forest of Dean Motor Club are trying to encourage youngsters to get involved in the sport.
New directives from the RAC MSA allowing 14 year old's to compete on single venue rallies & co-drive on multi use events from 16 years old.Special Championships for 14 year olds have been set up &have been very well supported.

"Dave Jenkins came up with the idea to attract more younger members to get involved with the club & use the members experience to help get those interested up & running.
15 year old Jack Walby son of Vice Chairman Martyn will make his co-driving debut alongside his father at Down Ampney in April of this year

"So anybody interested please come & join us we have a lot of people in the club with vast knowledge & experience only to happy to help these youngsters out" said Chairman Paul Willetts.

Some useful contacts

Event Secretary, Phil Jones
e-mail, wyedean@gmail.com

Entries Secretary, Lilian Turley, Telephone: 01594 810161
e-mail, lilianturley@btinternet.com

Chief Marshal, John Brain,
e-mail, bobbraindev@aol.com

Our Club

We are based in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire amidst a breathaking landscape of rolling wooded valleys nestling betwixt the Rivers Severn and Wye.

Founded over 40 years ago, we have now grown to over 200 members.
We have some of the finest forests in the UK and each year run the Wyedean rally which is the first BTRDA round of the season.

We meet up every fortnight in the Parkend club which is located in an idyllic village in the heart of the forest, Map ref SO 616 080
We have a wide range of activities which keeps the club vibrant, if you would like to join or just pop in for a chat then check out the dates listed on our club page, you are assured of a warm welcome.

Our Club Activities.

We have a varied and active social calendar with club meetings every two weeks, navigational exercises, driving tests, Quizzes and for the more athletic, cycle rides. Many of these activities are rounded off with a superb BBQ laid on by Ernie our Equipment officer.

Our main event of the year is the Wyedean rally, which has now celebrated its 30th birthday. This event has grown over the years and is now one of the premier events in the rallying calendar, regularly attracting the maximum of 180 entries.

The logistics of this event is staggering, running 8 or 9 stages, each with its complement of Marshals, medical and rescue staff, recovery crews and vehicles, timing crews and each with a stage commander and safety officer, not forgetting a small army of people in the HQ offices. The number we require for this single day is fast approaching 1,000.
The planning for this event starts in the autumn of the previous year.

We have very close ties with other motor clubs and often attend their venues to help in the organisation and provide marshals.
This help is reciprocated with the Wyedean Rally, which would not run without the help of all our friends from these other clubs.

We have for the past three years ran a successful Autocross which forms a round of the South West Association Championship.
We are also planning Autotests and PCT's in the coming season. These events are ideal for members as young as 14 to learn the skills needed for safe competitive driving and a platform which they could use to move on to other events.

We take health and safety very seriously and are planning additional Marshals training sessions, which will also include basic first aid and fire fighting. These skills could prove lifesaving when a situation arises on a rally stage.

We have about 150 members, half of which are fairly local, the rest are scattered around the country.Our meetings are held every fortnight in a local pub (see club page for details) and we would always welcome new faces.

A little of our history.

The Forest of Dean Motor Club was formed in July 1967, and affiliated to the Royal Automobile Club later that year.
After a few busy years organising numerous Autocross meetings during the heyday of that branch of motorsport, the club organised a couple of small road rallies with a view to getting restricted status for future events.
Eventually the temptation of being based in the middle of some of the best forestry in the country proved too much and in 1975 the club organised it's first stage rally.
So the first Wyedean was held on the 12th October 1975 and offered entrants 54 stage miles for an entry fee of £27.00