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BWRDC Members Rally to Wales (25 April
2005)
The British Rally Championship started on the
weekend of 23/24th April with the International
Rally of Wales. The event also incorporated the
Wales Star of the Future and the Gwynedd Rally over
selected stages. In the main event our two BWRDC
rally trophy winners Kate Heath (drivers'
champion) and Gemma Price (co-drivers'
champion) were both looking to make good starts to
their season. For Kate Heath the event was doubly
special as it was her tenth wedding anniversary to
husband and co-driver Paul. Being an aluminium
celebration Kate had hoped for a little romantic
present in the shape of a spare gearbox or a pair
of alloy wishbones. Not having seen how much paper
Paul bought to wrap her present in we cannot
confirm which she got. Her reward for the weekend
was to finish 25th in her Subaru Impreza. Gemma
without an occasion to celebrate guided her driver
Paul Wedgebury to 7th overall and a third place in
class so they could at least share in some of the
Heath’s anniversary champagne. In the Wales
Star of the Future event Aggie Foster guided
her former Autotester Holly Bailey round to
a successful 15th place finish in the MGZR. This
new all girl team, sponsored by Pretty Polly,
includes an all girl service team as well. A little
bit of feminine intuition ensured they had a car to
compete with as they had to grab it quickly from
the factory before MG Rover was placed into
administration. The British series moves onto
Cumbria for the Pirelli International Rally on May
20th/21st where hopefully all the girls will be
looking for yet another successful finish. See
www.brcweb.co.uk
for pictures and more details of British
Rallying..
Kate Heath - Winner of the Louise
Aitken-Walker Rally Drivers Cup
Kate drives a Subaru Imprezza, her co-driver is
Paul Heath and they finished 5th overall in the
British Rally Championship Production Cup
Class.
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