ANWCC Forest Championship leader Matthew Edwards and Co-driver Andrew Murphy head to Welshpool next weekend to attack the classic tests of North and Mid Wales and remain in the hunt for overall honours in the series.

So far this year, the pair have suffered minor problems on all but one round of the championship, clouding a true reflexion of their speed, but hope to change the record on next weekends Plains Rally, the penultimate round of the BTRDA Rally Championship.

Competing again in the self built and maintained 1300 Vauxhall Astra, Edwards and Murphy will be aiming for a strong class finish in order to secure maximum points in the ANWCC championship that Edwards also leads in the FWD, Junior and Novice categories. After a strong showing on the previous years event, confidence is also high after reccurrent fuel problems have been traced and resolved on the M.E.Rallysport car.

” I really hope we can get on and have a clean run this time! I really enjoy the stages on this event so hope to enjoy them all without having to get out halfway round to fix it! Im fed up of all the ‘if only’s’ after events now, and would love to secure a result that does the effort both behind the scenes and on the day, some justice!

It would be great for all the people who do their bit to make things possible for me, and particularly Andy who has been through a lot in the car this year and coped astonishingly well, regarldless of the fact its his first season in rallying. Now the recent niggly problems have been traced, we hope to show what we can realy do. Its a demoralising sport sometimes when your working so hard on a budget funded by sacrifices, so we hope to get something to show for it this time” commented the 21yr old Welshman.

The entheusiastic crew will be running infront of the main field amongst the other 45 1400 cars, which should see the benefit of smother roads that suit the lower powered machinery.

Matthew would like to thank T.G.Roberts Countryside & Woodland Contractors (Colwyn Bay), for their continued support.

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