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Valentine Trophy Rally 2002
Caernarvonshire & Anglesey Motor Club
9th/10th February 2002
Clerk of the Course:
Route: 90 Miles
Maps: 114 & 115
Starters: 47
Winners: Eurig Wyn Thomas/Rhun Ellis (Toyota Corolla)
As usual Caernarvonshire & Anglesey MC ran their Valentine Road Rally as a closed to club novice event, with Experts not eligible to enter. Despite this restriction 47 cars took the start, of these 35 made it to the Finish.
The rally, which used a route on Anglesey and on the nearby mainland, saw victory go to top seeds Eurig Thomas/Rhun Ellis. Merfyn Williams/Derwyn Roberts were second in their Astra, while the leading Novices, Lee Evans/Anthony Williams, finished a noteworthy third.
The rally was run in heavy gales which caused difficulties for many crews, especially as the infamous Llandegai ford was used. Foremost among the victims of the weather was Car Two, Keith Povey/Christopher Hunt, who retired when their Astra drowned out.
Broken exhausts caused the demise of both the Escort XR3i of Gwyn Davies/Nigel Williams and the Vauxhall Nova of Keith Gush/Jenny Gush. Peter Feucht/Elwyn Pritchard went out when they broke the suspension on their Lada after a hard landing following a yump. It was an unhappy event in general for the crew as the driver had earlier taken a severe knock on the head when the wind blew the car door.
Robert Jones/Robin Evans retired when a hose burst on their Peugeot 205. Stephen Hughes/Peter Lucas lost twenty minutes when the fuel pump broke on their Sierra and John Ceirion Jones/Will Lynes were delayed by a spotlight failure on their Escort.
Second in the Novice class were Bleddyn Jones/Iwan ap Llyfnwy, who were sixth overall, while Danny Postlewaithe/Neil Postlewaithe were third in class at eighth overall. The Beginners class was won by Aubrey Gower/Tony Roberts in their Sierra 4x4, with Mark Jones/Dilwyn Jones (Vauxhall Astra) second and the final finishers, Clive Lane/Nia Salisbury, were third.
TOP TEN RESULTS
| Pos | Driver | Navigator | Car | Penalty | |
| 1 | Eurig Wyn Thomas | Rhun Ellis | Toyota Corolla | 1m 57s | |
| 2 | Dewi Williams | Derwyn Roberts | Vauxhall Astra SRi | 3m 02s | |
| 3 | Lee Evans | Anthony Williams | Vauxhall Nova SRi | 3m 46s | |
| 4 | Carwyn Edwards | Richard Edwards | Mini 1275 | 4m 45s | |
| 5 | Keith Povey | Christopher Hunt | Vauxhall Astra | 7m 08s | |
| 6 | Bleddyn Jones | Iwan ap Llyfnwy | VW Golf | 7m 20s | |
| 7 | Dyfan Jones | John Arfon Jones | Vauxhall Astra | 7m 22s | |
| 8 | Danny Postlewaithe | Neil Postlewaithe | Peugeot 205 GTi | 8m 27s | |
| 9 | Nick Banks | Reg Gradden | Citroen ZX | 10m 18s | |
| 10 | Michael Roberts | Gavin Thompson | Peugeot 205 | 11m 38s |