Bounds wins 2010 Beacons 2 Day Rally Report by Bob Mullins www.enduronews.com The Welsh Trail Riders Association held their Beacons 2 Day Rally [2010] in  the Crychan forest this weekend. The Met Office issued "Be aware" severe weather warning for Saturday. There is no better place than the Crychan to be aware of severe weather. The course was 29 miles long. On Day 1 it was clockwise and the riders rode 3 laps. There were 2 tests. The first dropped from the Firetower via the Timberyard to Bob's Stick. The second was around the Castle & over Trout Hill. Craig Bounds (left) rode his second test without a seat on his BMW X-Challenge 650. It made very little difference to his times which were consistently 10% faster than Bob Creedy from Taunton on a CCM Dualsport 644 in second. Trevor Newton from Sunderland was 3rd. Jonathan Williams from Llandrindod Wells set the second fastest set of times to win the Sports bike class on a KTM 530. Geordie Brian Eland was 2nd and Gary O'Shaughnessy from Taunton was 3rd. The wet conditions proved to be too much for many of the riders and a third of the entry retired On Day 2 the course was reversed and the sun shone. Jonathan Williams (right Euan Davies) set the fastest times to win the Sports bike class. Alistair Brown from Brighton was the runner up on a KTM EXCF 250 and Calvert Jones from Kilgetty was 3rd. Brian Eland dislocated his shoulder but he was still able the reach out and hold on to sixth. Craig Bounds once again won the Trail class ahead of Antony Whittle from Penryn and Steve Hague from Glossop was 3rd. "Big thanks to all those involved in making this a cracking event. Superbly run, a brilliant course and a great atmosphere. Sunday was as good a day out on a bike as you could wish for. More of the same next year please." Stephen Hague # 168 "Having bought a 690 enduro, I thought I would try my first rally. The Beacons was an excellent event very well run extremely friendly and a brilliant course albeit a bit wet, well it was Wales! A big thanks to all concerned." Jon Boulton Running forestry enduros since the 1974 Beacons RALLY Saturday 11th August 2012 Sunday 12th August 2012 WTRA Ltd - Company No 02959274                                email: mail@wtra.co.uk                        Phone: 07809 411 369 (only between 18:00 and 21:00hrs)           . Beacons 2-Day Rally 2011 Bounds again Well despite the weather being a little on the moist side (good for keeping the dust down I am sure you will all agree) it was a cracking event and the feed back we have received has certainly confirmed that. Thanks to all the competitors who attended the event, as the organisers we had a pretty easy time although we do “chuckle/curse” when we have to tow people out of the forest when they run out of fuel..... Bob Mullins’ web site www.enduronews.com has a great write up and links to his pictures that can be found by clicking the picture link on the left Additional pictures can be found here  (click on the blue names) Keith Davies Pictures Claire Newland Pictures No 13’s exciting trip down the “drop off” Photos taken at the 2010 event by :- Keith Davies  Bob Mullins Claire Newland