Gethin Price wins 2010 Snowrun
Report by Bob Mullins www.enduronews.com
For 30 years the Welsh Trail Riders Association's Snowrun has signalled the start of the
Enduro season. A classic time card event, it has rarely failed to deliver & is always over
subscribed. This year the weather was cold with a grey mist hanging over the Crychan
forest & the start was in the top quarry.
The Championship class had 4 laps & 8 riders were
entered but Luke Lusher & Rowland Morris were
non-starters. The Experts also had to pit plenty of
fuel as they also had 4 laps. 2009 Clubman class
winner Charlie Evans had moved up to Experts
after a good season & support from Gas Gas Uk. In
line with the BEC, the veterans were split into Experts & Clubmen but unlike the BEC
they rode the same schedule. Concerned about the cold conditions, the organisers
showed a lot of consideration by putting in a couple of greasy loops right after the
start to warm everyone up. The greasiest one was cut for lap 2. Ross Jones opted to
ride a Kawasaki - some ex-Kawasaki owner's ears will be burning tonight. Crossing
the Tirabad road the riders dropped down Stick Hill to 5 Roads & climbed Scrach to
the first of two tests.
T1 was a tricky trial of roots & ruts around the
nadgery near Cwn Cadoran. It started & finished on
the same section of forestry road so the handful of
spectators could clearly see how a man can age in a
couple miles. The course then dropped down to the
old Snowrun Quarry (cut on the final lap) & up to
Scrach before heading towards the Lasso & down Early Bird. After the Timber Yard the
riders crossed the stream at Bob's Stick to the Out Check. T2 was a fast climb up Trout
Hill. Wide enough for overtaking & barreling enough to make the odd mistake it was a
pleasure to ride.
The inward stage took in the Swimbath, Geriants, the Rally & County road before exiting
the Crychan at the Picnic site. The sting in the tail was the rocky Cefn Ludlow with it's
water splashes. Michael Rees was one of several riders who got their clean cards a bit damp within sight of the finishing
line. Gethin Price took the Premier from David Brick. Andy Cripps & Grant Hacking stayed clean to take 3rd & 4th. Charlie
Evans justified his move into the Experts by winning the class from runner up Gary Jenkins. Charlie set the fastest test
time overall on T5.
Photos of the event have been supplied by Keith Davies and Mike Davies. Many more action shots can be found at Mike
Davies’ web site here
This event is a round of the Ceredigion Enduro Championship 2010 - further details can be found here
Running forestry enduros since the 1974
Snowrun ENDURO
Sunday 5th February 2012
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Snowrun 2011 - Tom Sagar wins
Report by Bob Mullins www.enduronews.com
There was a real Caribbean atmosphere to the 2011 Snowrun as the Gulf
Stream deposited a large proportion of it onto Mid Wales. All credit to the
stalwarts of the Welsh Trail Riders Association who faced torrential rain
and gales to lay out the course and the bleak weather was no better on
race day.
Click here to read Bob Mullins’ full report on the Snowrun
Video footage of the event shot by Euan Davies can be found here
Snowrun 2011 video
Provisional results
Championship
Tom Sagar
Expert
Gethin Humphreys
Vet Expert
Ian Barnett
Vet Clubman
Neil Williams
Clubman
Richard Perkins
Twin Shock
David Brick
Sportsman
Tom Kayes
Report by Bob Mullins www.enduronews.com
Snowrun 2012 - Sunday 5th February
Snowrun Enduro is CANCELLED
Unfortunately, due to the
weather conditions we have
had to cancel this event.
Updated: 14:30hrs 04-02-2012