Ystrad Mynach Motor Club

Witches Brew Rally CANCELLED

ystradmc — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:12:56 +0000

It is with regret that we have cancelled the Witches Brew Rally.
All entries will be returned in the next few days.

The Witches Brew 2012 Regs & Entry Form

ystradmc — Sat, 05 May 2012 14:54:17 +0000

It is with regret that we have cancelled the Witches Brew Rally.
All entries will be returned in the next few days.

A Tricky Wyedean for YMMC Crews

ystradmc — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:23:04 +0000

We had three Ystrad Mynach Motor Club members out on the Wyedean on Saturday. All of them were navigators, on what was to prove to be very tricky conditions. We had regulars Paul Wakely and Alun Cook and well as a first timer in the woods, on notes, in the shape of Daniel Phelps (above picture).

Mixed conditions including variations of ice, mud, snow and tarmac meant that not everyone found the going easy. With the rule on historic tyre use coming into play, as well as the cost of winter/snow/ice tyres, many drivers struggled for grip on what was sheet ice at times. Unfortunately not all of our navigators made it through the entire Forest of Dean based event. Alun Cook (inset right picture) who was co driving for Peter Egerton in their Ford MKII Escort were 2nd in class H4, before retiring on Stage 4.

Although we had better news for our other two navigators. Paul Wakely (inset left picture) who was with Peter Smith in his Ford MKII Escort came first in class H4 and an impressive 52nd overall. Well done lads. However special praise must go to a relative newcomer to the navigators seat. Daniel Phelps who was navigating in only his third rally and his first on pacenotes, finished the rally 95th overall and 10th in class RF1.4. He was navigating for James Watkins who had high praise for Daniel in their first event together in the tiny Nissan Micra. Unfortunately Daniel didn’t manage to set his watch correctly which meant that they incurred a 3 minute time penalty for early arrivals at two of the days stages. However the pair didn’t get lost once and not a single note was missed. Well done Daniel!!!

Thanks to Rally Sport Media for use of photographs for this article www.rallysportmedia.com.

The Witches Brew Road Rally is back!

ystradmc — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:02:29 +0000

Earlier in the month we announced on Facebook that the classic name of the Witches Brew would be returning to the road rally calendar for 2012. June 16-17th 2012 are the dates to pencil into your diary.

Our very own road rally veteran Peter Watts will be the man in the hot seat on this event. Although this time the seat in question is not the navigators one. He will be in charge of the route and in fact the rally itself. Although the route is top secret we know its going to be an absolute cracker!

We are just in the process of finalising all of the details and we will announce more about the rally as soon as we know anything. If you are interested in submitting an entry please email info@ystradmynachmotorclub.co.uk or call Sharon on 01443 862 967 / 07977 060458

Club Presentation Evening, Sat 14th Jan 2012

ystradmc — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:34:59 +0000

We are pleased to announce details of our Club Presentation evening. This will be a chance to celebrate some of our clubs achievers over the past 12 months.

On Saturday 14th January 2012 at Valley Stadium, Ystrad Mynach.

Tickets £10 to include Buffet & Disco. All proceeds to go to our Charity for 2012 which is the Noha’s Ark Appeal for the Childrens Hospital of Wales.

If you intend to come along please let us know by 2nd January if you will be attending.

We look forward to seeing you there.

2012 Gymkhana NOW FULL

ystradmc — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:30:44 +0000

Thanks to everyone who has put an entry in for our 2012 Gymkhana. The entry is now full, we will be putting the full list of entrants up very soon.

Although the event is full please feel free to come along, details can be found here.

YMMC New Year Gymkhana 2nd Jan 2012

ystradmc — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:09:10 +0000

Details for the New Years Gymkhana can be found here…

CLICK HERE

The December Madness 12 Car, Navigational Scatter

ystradmc — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:20:48 +0000

Annual General Meeting Monday 24th October 2011

ystradmc — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:22:07 +0000

We haven’t had an Annual General Meeting for a very long time and as a club concious of its members we feel now is the right time. We are going to be discussing all aspects of the club and will be sending emails out to all of our members with further details. We would encourage everyone of our members to attend if you can, as we would like contributions from everyone on all aspects of our Motor Club. If you have any issues that you would like to be raised in the meeting please let us know BEFORE the meeting so we can make sure that everyone who wants to have their say can do so.

The AGM will be held on Monday 24th October 2011 at the Coopers Arms, Ystrad Mynach at 8.30pm.

If you don’t receive an email by Sunday please ring Sharon.

2012 Gymkhana confirmed!

ystradmc — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:25:49 +0000

We are in the process of finalizing details for our 2012 Gymkhana. A provisional date of the 2nd of January 2012 has been penciled in and we are just putting the final touches to all of the other details which we will bring you in due course. The event will once again take place at Gelliargwellt Uchaf Farm , Gelligaer.