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Greenleaves Rally 2004
Sponsored by Smithfield Garage Ltd + Tarmac (Western) Ltd
Sixty & Worcestershire Motor Club
13th/14th November 2004
Clerk of the Course: Brian Jenkins & Alan Warburton
Route: 140 Miles
Maps: 147 148 160 & 161
Starters: 70
Winners: Gerwyn Jones/Ceri Davies (Ford Escort)
The final round of the Welsh Championship attracted a capacity 75 entries, although no shows reduced this to 70 starters.
Winners: Gerwyn Jones/Ceri Davies (Ford Escort)
Photograph: rallyroots.com
The Greenleaves began and finished at Builth Wells, with competitive motoring starting south of the town at Pen-y-garreg. The opening section was a seemingly straightforward run down the lanes to Erwood and then on to Llandefalle. Although it finished with a run through Brycheniog Forest.
Surprisingly it caused problems for a number of the leading runners. There were a number of PCs, only one was a diagram control, but Car 2, Brian Jones/Patrick Walsh (Ford Escort), failed to record the correct code at PCD, while both Steve Woods/Aled Richards (Vauxhall Astra GTE) and Rhodri Lloyd/Ian Cooke (Rover Mini) failed to get PCF. Woods/Richards were also having to contend with a severe misfire above 4000 revs.
It was also a bad start for top seeds Wayne Morris/Paul Middleton (Ford Escort Mexico); they wrong slotted, arriving three minutes late at TC3.
Kevin Hesketh/Shaun O'Gorman established a thirty second lead after they'd been quickest through a decisive section in Brycheniog Forest. However as they neared the petrol halt, they were caught out by a sharp bend in a muddy farmyard, their car made contact with a wall and they retired.
Gerwyn Jones/Ceri Davies (Ford Escort) then inherited the lead they weren't to lose. For the reigning Welsh Champions it was their first win of the year on the series' final round. They finished 55 seconds ahead of the field.
Dai John/Paul Bevan (Toyota Corolla) took second place and secured the Standard Production title in the Welsh Championship, while Andy Sheppard/Justin Brooks (Ford Escort) recovered after being baulked for over a minute in the forestry section to take third.
Douglas Bowkett/Clive Meredith (Peugeot 309 GTi) were the clear winners of the Semi-Expert class but David Walters/Nathan Davies (Ford Escort RS2000) just held off Cliff Jones/Jason Reynolds (Vauxhall Nova SR) in the Novice category.
Welsh Champions: John Davies/Neil Bevan (Vauxhall Astra)
Photograph: rallyroots.com
John Davies had secured the Welsh Drivers' Championship on the penultimate round of the series, the Malky, however the Navigators' title was still up for grabs and there were three contenders still in with a chance of winning.
Anthony Davies, was in third place in the table prior to the Greenleaves; he needed to win the event if he was to stand a chance of taking the Championship. He hit problems towards the end of the first half; he and driver Marc James retired their VW Golf with a failed alternator at Petrol.
This left the battle between John Davies' map man, Neil Bevan, and Paul Holmberg, who was navigating for Dennis Quinn. Quinn/Holmberg finished in fifth, while, after a subdued run, Davies/Bevan were tenth. This meant that the two ended the season tied on the same points.
The tie-breaker was the score on the first round of the series, the Bro Caron. Bevan had been third on the Lampeter event, while Holmberg was 13th. This meant that the John Davies/Neil Bevan partnership took the Welsh title.
OVERALL RESULTS
| Pos | Driver | Navigator | Car | Penalty | |
| 1 | Gerwyn Jones | Ceri Davies | Ford Escort | 6m 37s | |
| 2 | Dai John | Paul Bevan | Toyota Corolla | 7m 32s | |
| 3 | Andy Sheppard | Justin Brookes | Ford Escort | 9m 29s | |
| 4 | Roger Hicks | Mark Hamilton | Subaru Impreza | 4m 36s | |
| 5 | Dennis Quinn | Paul Holmberg | Ford Escort | 9m 47s | |
| 6 | Alyson Acreman | Byron Jones | Honda Civic | 10m 12s | |
| 7 | Gary ‘Shonky’ Jones | Andy Oakes | Toyota Corolla | 10m 30s | |
| 8 | Wayne Morris | Paul Middleton | Ford Escort Mexico | 11m 17s | |
| 9 | Elgan Jones | Matthew Maidment | Vauxhall Astra | 11m 17s | |
| 10 | John Davies | Neil Bevan | Vauxhall Astra | 11m 26s | |
| 11 | Delwyn Price | Steve Price | Ford Escort | 11m 39s | |
| 12 | John ‘Mark One’ Thomas | Gwawr Hughes | Ford Escort Van | 12m 33s | |
| 13 | Gary Jenkins | Eric Tong | Peugeot 205 GTi | 13m 12s | |
| 14 | Eurig Dav | Chris Wheeler | Vauxhall Nova | 13m 49s | |
| 15 | Douglas Bowkett | Clive Meredith | Peugeot 309 GTi | 15m 39s | |
| 16 | Ian Orford | Bob Jones | Proton Persona Compact | 16m 39s | |
| 17 | Mark 'GT' Roberts | Denny Harris | VW Golf GTi | 17m 14s | |
| 18 | Steve Wynn | Chris Wynn | Ford Escort | 19m 24s | |
| 19 | Gareth Edwards | Andrew Edwards | Suzuki Swift GTi | 20m 42s | |
| 20 | Rob Price | Mark Coleman | Vauxhall Astra | 22m 53s | |
| 21 | David Jones | Glyn Price | Peugeot 205 GTi | 30m 55s | |
| 22 | Andrew Lewis | Mark Robinson | Peugeot 205 GTi | 31m 29s | |
| 23 | David Walters | Nathan Davies | Ford Escort | 38m 30s | |
| 24 | Cliff Jones | Jason Reynolds | Peugeot 205 GTi | 38m 52s | |
| 25 | Bob Ward | Paul Biddle | Ford Escort | 57m 21s | |
| 26 | Timothy Evans | Alun Probert | Nissan Micra | 1F 9m 17s | |
| 27 | Brian Jones | Patrick Walsh | Ford Escort | 1F 9m 57s | |
| 28 | Glyn Price | Iwan Jones | Ford Escort | 1F 11m 04s | |
| 29 | Kevin Jones | Elgan Davies | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 1F 11m 43s | |
| 30 | Kevin 'KJ' Jones | Dilwyn John | Ford Sierra | 1F 14m 28s | |
| 31 | Darren Dixon | Peter Barnard | Peugeot 205 GTi | 1F 14m 37s | |
| 32 | Rob Chell | Ivor James | VW Golf GTi | 1F 16m 56s | |
| 33 | Simon Robinson | Perry Roe | Skoda Fabia VRS | 1F 21m 09s | |
| 34 | Lee Bartlett | Justin Tallboys-Cotton | Peugeot 309 GTi | 1F 23m 17s | |
| 35 | Keith Collier | Dave Powell | Peugeot 309 GTi | 1F 23m 20s | |
| 36 | Rhodri Lloyd | Ian Cooke | Rover Mini | 1F 25m 03s | |
| 37 | Kevin Price | Jane Price | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 1F 27m 39s | |
| 38 | Nick Evans | Chris Oakes | Toyota Corolla | 1F 34m 24s | |
| 39 | Barry John | Seyyan John | Ford Escort | 1F 36m 09s | |
| 40 | Alun Jones | Robert Wilson | Peugeot 205 GTi | 1F 44m 13s | |
| 41 | Mark Summers | Steve Ball | Ford Escort RS2000 | 1F 46m 39s | |
| 42 | Steve Woods | Aled Richards | Subaru Impreza | 2F 15m 09s | |
| 43 | Jason Jones | David Roberts | Ford Escort | 2F 21m 16s | |
| 44 | Peter Roberts | Wyn Roberts | Peugeot 205 GTi | 2F 25m 59s | |
| 45 | Neil Roberts | Dale Furniss | Peugeot 205 GTi | 2F 32m 09s | |
| 46 | Robert Thomas | Ioan Lewis | Peugeot 106 XSi | 3F 37m 13s | |
| 47 | Simon Greenway | Rob Thomson | Ford Escort | 3F 49m 20s | |
| 48 | Huw Morris | Laura Morris | Proton Compact | 5F 58m 02s | |
| 49 | Abigail Summerfield | Alex Heavans | Audi 100 Avanti Quattro | 6F 47m 19s | |
| 50 | Jonathan Harrison | Jonathan Jones | Ford Sierra XR4x4 | 9F 41m 06s | |
| 51 | Trevor Pritchard | Paul Hughes | MG Maestro | 11F 32m 27s | |
| 52 | Iestin Davies | Owain Davies | Peugeot 205 | 11F 41m 56s | |
| 53 | Frank Evans | Russ Evans | Toyota Corolla | 15F 34m 48s | |
| 54 | Dave Howells | James Morgan | Peugeot 309 GTi | 19F 33m 34s | |
| 55 | Tony Watkin | Medwyn Evans | Vauxhall Nova | 22F 50m 34s |