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Big off for rally leader
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Big off for rally leader
The BRC and overall Ypres Rally win goes to Fourmaux. Not really in doubt after Lefebvre crashed out.
No, they are right; post stage coverage is a bit 90s/00s. Nothing against Matt and the team, but it's not great that our supposed 'premier' series can't have proper live coverage.
There was some live coverage at the previous rounds and maybe Ypres being part of the Belgian Championship prevented it.
I watched some live action and interviews on You Tube which seemed like the event's official coverage:
https://youtube.com/@RacingAction
https://www.britishrallychampionship...fling-of-2023/
Some changes to the Cambrian Rally; a shame the Friday night tarmac stages have been binned due to requests from competitors.
I hope the 10 miler to end the National rally will be Clocaenog Mid.
Unlikely though as “… all the stages are in the forests of Conwy county” and Cloc-Mid falls outside of Conwy :(
There's no such county as Conwy & there never has been. It's Clwyd now and was Flintshire and Denbighshire in the (distant) past. The event sponsor is Conwy County Borough Council. A County Borough is a type of local authority within a traditional county but with local control over some taxation and service delivery.Quote:
"all the stages are in the forests of Conwy county”
The press release also says:implying that some parts of Clocaenog will be used.Quote:
"An added benefit for sponsors is the provision of a hospitality facility at the Llyn Brenig Visitor Centre …"
That’s splitting hairs a bit isn’t it? As far as I can tell Counties and County Boroughs all fall under the grouping ‘Principal Areas’, and when Visit Conwy encourage us to visit Conwy I think we all know where they mean.
The Alwen and Brenig parts of Clocaenog are definitely within Conwy County (borough) borders, but the -mid and -east sections of Clocaenog are not. Were the Cambrian organisers making the claim that all stages were within Conwy last year when Cloc East ran?
In the past a County Borough fell within a County and had partial autonomy (bit like the WAG & Wesminster). The new Welsh County Boroughs would appear to have full County status which makes me wonder why they bothered including the word "Borough" in the title. It's an Old-English word, which seems even odder for Wales :confused:
I can't recall a claim over the route being entirely within the county ever being made, whether the eastern part of Clocaenog was used or not. I can see the advantage of not using the middle and eastern parts from the organisers point of view as it saves having to deal with another local authority while planning the event.
Has anybody used the middle section of Clocaenog since the wind turbines went in?