Round 3 of the current league produced a great evenings racing, maximum points were scored in all four divisions by Gavin Maciver, Darren Ford, Steve Donald and Jordan Galbraith.

After qualifying Gavin was top in the GT12 class with 31 laps followed by Louis Parker on 30, it was close in division 2 with Darren Ford just having the edge over Matt Popejoy, both drivers on 29 laps. Steve Donald was well ahead in division 3 with 27 laps and in the Mardave class Jordan Galbraith was best, closely followed by his dad Paul and Mike Simpson all scoring 24 laps.

In the Mardave final Jordan Galbraith starting from pole position on the grid had a fine drive to win and nearly lapping everyone else in the race, Mike Simpson was second and Paul Galbraith third. Jordan moves up to joint leader in the league, the first three rounds producing thee different final winners.

The GT12 C Final produced saw a win for David Snowden but could not match the 26 laps of the division 3 league leader Steve Donald in the B Final, with Courtney Orme finishing in second place.

Chelle Snowden won the GT12 B Final just under a lap ahead of second placed driver Bob Harley, a good race this with very few errors made by any of the drivers.

The A Final started with Gavin Maciver leading off from pole at a fast and furious pace being pursued by Louis Parker and Darren Ford. A racing incident on lap 4 lost Louis some time and Gavin went on to win, setting the fastest laptime along the way. Darren was also on top form finishing in second place 6 seconds behind with Louis third 1 lap down. Matt Popejoy also had an excellent drive to finish fourth.

Gavin Maciver wins the A final with Matt Popejoy taking second place
Nick Wallace is first across the finishing line in the B final with Daniel Lacey a close second
Mike Simpson wins the C final ahead of Alister Hart
The V12 mardave final was very close, Mike Simpson the winner and Jordan Galbraith in second place

Qualifying
Gavin Maciver was quickest and took pole position in the A final, David Simpson was second and Matt Popejoy third, also best in division 2 with some great driving.
Steve Donald was also in top form taking seventh overall and best in division 3.
In the mardave class Mike Simpson took pole with Jordan Galbraith just over 1 second behind.

Finals
The mardave final was a great race with the first three drivers very closely matched and lapping just a few hundredths of a second difference. Mike Simpson built up a small lead only for Jordan Galbraith to start reeling him in, this repeated several times with Mike hanging on for the win, Jordan was second and Paul Galbraith third.

In the GT12 C final Alister Hart was driving a different car to usual with James acting as his pit crew, he had a steady drive to finish second behind Mike Simpson with Alwyn Hodges taking third spot.

Nick Wallace and Daniel Lacey battled it out for the win in the B final, a close thing this, Nick being the winner by just over 2 seconds. Steve Donald put in an exceptional performance to take third place – well done Steve!

The last race of the evening was the A final, pole position driver Gavin Maciver had a comfortable win with Matt Popejoy having one of his best final drives to take a magnificent second place, it was close though Chelle Snowden trailing by just 0.27 seconds in third place.

A good evenings racing on a great track.

James Hart qualifies for pole position and wins the A Final, Gavin MacIver is second Bob Harley qualifies an excellent third.
Darren Ford takes fourth place in qualifying to be top division 2 driver ahead of Matt Popejoy.
In division 3 Steve Donald was best with some outstanding driving, Courtney Orme qualified in second place but beaten into third place by Mark Perkin in the final.
Joshua Galbraith was top qualifier in the V12 mardave class and went on to win the final leaving his brother Jordan the summer league winner feeling a little run down after failing to start in the final.

Qualifying
James Hart set the pace with 34 laps, his closest rival was Gavin Maciver who was second just 4.64seconds down. Bob Harley, just promoted from division 2 was also lapping quickly and took third place overall.
Darren Ford had another good evening to be top division 2 driver a further 5 seconds behind Bob.
Steve Donald with his new car dominated division 3 to be 4 laps ahead of second placed driver Courtney Orme.

In the club mardave class Joshua Galbraith got the better of his brother Jordan to be top qualifier with Jordan second and Mike Simpson third.

Finals
Joshua Galbraith started well from pole position on the grid, disaster struck for Jordan after his batteries went flat in his transmitter and then had a broken connection. This left just three cars in the race, Joshua was in control for most of the race and took a deserving win with Mike Simpson second and Paul Galbraith third. A maximum league points start for Joshua, better watch out Jordan!

The GT12 C final was won by Mike Simpson, ever improving Mark Perkin took second place and Courtney Orme was third. Well done to Jamie Hall who was fourth and set the third best lap time.

The B final was the closest race of the evening with Ashley King, Dave Tomlinson, Matt Popejoy and Nick Wallace only separated by the smallest of margins for the duration of the race. They eventually finished in this order, all on 30 laps and less than 6 seconds between them. Steve Donald also put in a tremendous performance to finish just 1 lap behind. A great race this!

With just the A final left the question was could anyone beat James Hart who was in sparkling form in qualifying. He again showed everyone the way to win by a clear lap, Gavin Maciver was an excellent second and Darren Ford just managed to beat Bob Harley for third place.

A good evenings racing with James Hart, Darren Ford, Steve Donald and Joshua Galbraith all scoring maximum points in their respective league divisions.

James Hart wins the A Final with David Simpson in second place and Gavin Maciver third.
In the Club Mardave class Jordan Galbraith wins, Paul Galbraith is second and Mike Simpson third.

Qualifying
James Hart was top qualifier on 31 laps, followed by Gavin Maciver 31, David Simpson 30, Chelle Snowden 29 and Bob Harley 28.There were good performances also from Steve Donald who won all three rounds in heat 2.

In the Mardave class Jordan Galbraith was quickest with 25 laps closely followed by Mike Simpson with Paul and Joshua Galbraith on 24 laps.

Finals
Jordan Galbraith lead the field off from pole position in the mardave final and with some great driving had a convincing win on 25 laps, there was a close battle for second, third and fourth places with Paul Galbraith coming out on top, Mike Simpson third and Joshua fourth also setting the fastest lap.

Visiting driver McKensie Wallace had an excellent win in the GT12 C final, David Snowden was second also on 24 laps to take the winners trophy followed by Courtney Orme second and Mark Perkin third.

The B Final was a great race with all the drivers going well, Bob Harley was the victor on 28 laps closely followed by Matt Popejoy with Daniel Lacey third on 27 laps. Steve Donald continued his good form finishing on 25 laps.

James Hart achieved another 31 laps similar to qualifying to take a superb win, behind him Gavin Maciver and David Simpson were locked in a very close race for second, David got past Gavin mid way through the race and despite extreme pressure managed to hold on to take second place, both drivers on 30 laps.

An excellent evenings racing, afterwards club vice-chairman Chelle Snowden presented the trophies for the first three places in each final plus Steve Donald won the “most improved driver trophy”, best Junior was Joshua Galbraith and runner-up Jensen Wray.

the summer league trophies were also presented,
GT12 Division 3
Winner Daniel Lacey – maximum points, won every round
Second Courtney Orme
Third Alywn Hodges

GT12 Division 2
Winner Bob Harley
Second Matt Popejoy
Third Darren Ford

GT12 Division 1
Winner Gavin Maciver – maximum points
Second Chelle Snowden
Third Nick Wallace

Mardave Class
Winner Mike Simpson
Second Paul Galbraith
Third Jordan galbraith

The Chairmans Cup for the most improved driver in the league was won by David Snowden

An ordinary clubnight this week with the summer trophy meeting planned for next week, followed by the start of the new league.

Qualifying

It was good to see Darren Ford racing after a few weeks break, he put in a fine performance to be second fastest qualifier behind Gavin Maciver with Nick Wallace in third place. David Simpson was fourth and Matt Popejoy fifth.
Four visiting drivers this week with Grant Woodcock being the quickest followed by Connor Reeve, McKensie Wallace and Jamie Hall.

In the mardave class Paul Galbraith was top qualifier with Mike Simpson second, Jordan Galbraith third place and Joshua Galbraith fourth – would this be the evening for a team Galbraith 1-2-3 in the final?????

Finals

A fast and furious mardave final with several spills along the way, Jordan Galbraith storming into the lead from third place on the grid and Joshua suffering a mechanical problem with his car early in the race forcing a pit stop.
A win for Jordan with Mike Simpson and Paul having a close race for second place, Paul finishing ahead and Mike third.

Grant Woodcock won the GT12 C final being a lap clear of second place driver McKensie Wallace, Mark Perkin was third followed by Courtney Orme, Alwyn Hodges and Jamie Hall all on the same lap.

Daniel Lacey was the winner of the B Final, Dave Tomlinson finished second on the same lap with Mike Simpson in third place two laps down.

The GT12 A Final was the last race of the evening and produced yet another win for Gavin Maciver, Darren Ford tried hard to put pressure on Gavin and finished second on the same lap. Matt Popejoy also had a great race to take third place.

Round 4 of 6 this week,the track looking very smart with the new white perimeter markers.
Qualifying
Gavin Maciver was quickest in round 1 followed by Matt Popejoy with a best lap just 2/100th second slower than Gavin, Chelle Snowden was in third place. Positions were unchanged after round 2 with Matt just over 6 seconds adrift. Good driving also from Bob Harley and Daniel Lacey in fourth and fifth place overall.
David Simpson had a good run in round 3 set set the best lap time and move up into second place behind Gavin, Chelle took third place and Matt fourth, also being the top division 2 driver followed by Bob Harley and division 3 driver Daniel Lacey.

In round 1 of the mardave class Joshua Galbraith finished in first place with Mike Simpson second and Jordan Galbraith third, also setting the best lap time.
Despite having a lap time nearly 0.8sec faster Jordan finished second in round 2, a lap behing his dad Paul with Mike third.
Jordan came good in round 3 to be top qualifier, Paul second, Mike third with Wes Wray moving up ahead of Joshua Galbraith to take fourth place on the final grid.

Finals
Jordan got off to a flying start from pole position on the grid, however he had to make a pit stop on lap 2 to refit his transponder which cost him nearly 2 laps and allowed Paul to take the lead which he held to the end of the race with some excellent driving, holding off a challenge from Mike who finished second. Jordan recovered well with some incredibly fast laps to overhaul and pass his brother Joshua and take third place – well done Jordan.

David Snowden had a comfortable win in the GT12 C final being three laps ahead of second place driver Courtney Orme. Jamie Hall finished third with a fine drive on a tricky track design.

With the club Chairman and secretary both in the B final there was a bit of rivalry as to who would come out on top. It was Daniel Lacey who left everyone else standing with a superb drive to win, with Rob Hambridge finishing second two laps down and Mike Simpson third after a close race with Steve Donald. Advantage Chairman!

The GT12 A final was an exciting race with Gavin Maciver leading from start to finish and being pursued by David Simpson who finished second with a best lap just 0.1sec slower than Gavin. Matt Popejoy was again flying around the track but in the end it was Chelle Snowden who took third place and Bob Harley fourth. Great stuff to watch!

Qualifying
Gavin Maciver was top qualifier in the GT12 class closely followed by David Simpson both drivers on 33 laps. Nick Wallace was in third place on 32 laps, Bob Harley, Daniel Lacey and Chelle Snowden with 31. Gavin, David, Nick and Chelle were the only drivers to lap under 11 seconds.
Round 1 of the Mardave class produced the closest race of the evening with Paul Galbraith winning by just 1/100th second from Jordan Galbraith with Wes Wray finishing in third place. Paul also won round 2 but Jordan had a great run in the final round to take pole position in the final.

Finals
The first final was the Mardave class and it was agreed for a change (or was it to make it more difficult for Jordan) to have a reverse grid start with Jensen Wray taking pole position and Jordan Galbraith starting at the back of the grid. Well it only took Jordan two laps to overtake everyone and storm away to a tremendous win, lapping everyone in the field and setting the quickest lap time, being over half a second better than anyone else. Mike Simpson finished second, Paul Galbraith third and Roy Matthews fourth.
Can he repeat his performance next week with his brother Joshua also racing and be the top “Team Galbraith” driver in round 4 of the super league. He sounded very confident at the end of the evening and was heard to say “I am going to get Josh next week!”

In the GT12 C final pole position driver Connor Reeve had to leave early paving the way for Mike Simpson to win after a good race with Steve Donald who finished second ahead of Alwyn Hodges in third place.

Some exciting racing in the B final, pole position driver Daniel Lacey was in good form again but all to no avail as he forgot his transponder and did not record any laps – good job it was not a league week! Chelle Snowden won the race with the second best time overall in the finals – well done Chelle, Dave Tomlinson was second and Matt Popejoy third.

Gavin Maciver had yet another win the A final, Nick Wallace took a fine second place and Bob Harley was third.

Gavin Maciver wins the GT12 League with another maximum points from the evening.
Daniel Lacey makes it maximum points from all ten rounds in Division 3 with a brilliant second place finish in the A Final.
Mike Simpson wins the V12 Mardave League.

Qualifying
Gavin Maciver won all three rounds of qualifying to take pole position in the A Final, Daniel Lacey was second in rounds 1 and 2 with Chelle Snowden pushing him down to third place in round 3 by just 0.55 seconds. David Snowden took fourth place overall with his new car.
In the Mardave class the pressure was on Paul Galbraith to be top qualifier and maintain his challenge for the league title, it was close but Mike Simpson was quickest followed by Paul and then Joshua Galbraith in third spot with some every fast laps.

Finals
The Mardave Final saw Joshua Galbraith hit the front on lap 4 and steadily increase his lead over the rest of the field with some very driving. With the finish nearly in sight he had a mechanical problem with his car giving a chance to Mike Simpson and Jordan Galbraith, he held on to the lead however to take a well deserved win after Mike collided with another car on the very last lap – what an exciting finish! – Mike being second and Jordan Galbraith third, not a good evening for Paul Galbraith who finished fourth!  A Galbraith team debrief followed later!

Courtney Orme won the GT12 C Final, beating Alwyn Hodges and visiting driver Jamie Hall.

David Snowden had a good drive in the GT12 B Final to win from Mike Simpson with new member Steve Donald third.

In the GT12 A Final Gavin Maciver was in the lead from start to finish with some excellent driving. Chelle Snowden held onto second place up to lap 9 when an “in form” Daniel Lacey overtook her and went on to take second place at the finish – an outstanding performance this to win him promotion to division 2 in the next league.

A much depleted field of drivers this week due a combination of holidays and the extremely hot and humid weather.
Yes it was hot with drivers trying to concentrate with sweat dripping off their brow’s!
A great evening though with some fine races.

This was the penultimate round of the current league with Gavin Maciver being fastest qualifier and winning the GT12 A final to take yet another maximum points for the evening. A win in the final round next week would give him the maximum possible league score of 328 points – no pressure Gavin!   Chelle Snowden was also in sparkling form taking second place in the A final and setting the fastest lap time along the way. Can she beat Gavin next week?.

It was an evening of drivers achieving maximum points with Bob Harley doing so in division 2 and is now assured of the league title. At the bottom of the division the Club Chairman and Secretary are at present joint last – who will avoid being there at the end of next week?

Daniel Lacey continued his incredible run in division 3 finishing fourth in the A Final and has now won all nine rounds – just one more to make it a clean sweep – a feat not achieved by anyone for some time.

Mike Simpson took over the lead from Paul Galbraith in the club mardave class and with just five points separating them set the scene for a nail biting final round next week.

Gary Kirkpatrick and Shane West take the top two places in the qualifying with Gavin Maciver in third spot.
Bob Harley takes maximum points in division 2 ahead of Matt Popejoy and the club Chairman Rob Hambridge.
Daniel Lacey stretches his unbeaten run in division 3 to 8 rounds.
Joshua Galbraith charged to an impressive top qualifier place in the mardave class but looked a little run down after his battery connections came adrift in the final and his dad Paul took the win.

Qualifying
Some great driving with Gavin Maciver quickest in round 1, then Gary Kirkpatrick winning both rounds 2 and 3 with Shane West in second place. So pole position in the A final for Gary, followed by Shane and Gavin.
Matt Popejoy was fastest in division 2 through the first two rounds but Bob Harley had an excellent run in round 3 to finish ahead of Matt.
Daniel Lacey was again fastest in division 3, could he maintain his form in the finals.
In the mardave class Joshua Galbraith put in some super drives to take pole position in the final with Mike Simpson second, Paul Galbraith third.

Finals
In the mardave final Joshua Galbraith confidently built up and early lead over Mike Simpson and Jordan Galbraith, everything changed after lap 11 with Mike being involved in a coming together of cars and Joshua suffering a loss of power from his batteries forcing his retirement. Jordan Galbraith was quick to take advantage of the situation but could only hold onto the lead for a couple of laps before his dad Paul hit the front. The disaster struck for Jordan on lap 15 allowing Mike back up into second place and chasing down Paul for the lead. it was a very close finish with Paul winning 0.78 secons ahead of Mike. Whilst all the action was taking place at the front the fast improving Roy Matthews was putting in a very impressive and consistent drive and went on to take third place – well done Roy.

With just two cars finishing in the GT12 C final Steve Donald took the win ahead of Courtney Orme.

The B final was won by Chelle Snowden with Nick Wallace taking a fine second place and Matt Popejoy finishing third, Rob Hambridge just finishing ahead of Daniel Lacey who was again top driver in division 3.

In the A final Garry Kirkpatrick was in the lead from start to finish to take a fine win. It was very close for second and third places between Andrew Slingsby and Gavin Maciver, who despite a slow lap 3 challenged Andrew hard for second place. Andrew held on to the finish with Gavin third just 0.13 seconds adrift! Bob Harley was in 5th place and fastest in division 2.

A good evening, only two more weeks left in the league now.