Gethin Price wins 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 Running “proper” enduros since the 1980’s Snowrun ENDURO Sunday 7th February 2010 WTRA Ltd - Company No 02959274                                email: mail@wtra.co.uk                        Phone: 07890 345 695 (only between 18:00 and 21:30hrs)           .