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Ellesmere 		Round 2 - Ellesmere                                          4th-5th June 2005 Events

Radnor Forest 16th-17th April

This superb venue starts the championship off with an extended course.  Frighteningly fast tracks, large drops and slippery firebreaks typify this vast site, a long time favourite of WRC drivers! 

Ellesmere, Shrops 4th-5th June

Now a championship regular this site is a mixture of fast open fields, gravel tracks and more technical woodland sections. A summer date won’t guarantee the weather, but the prospect of dry conditions will make this a very fast event.

Scotland 2nd-3rd July

An excellent and vast new site in the South West of Scotland within easy reach of the M6 provides another completely new challenge to the 2004 championship.

Tunbridge Wells 10th-11th September

Within easy reach of London, the course takes in a mixture of fast flowing grassland sections through a deer park and a number of much trickier "real" off road sections through the woods. A terrific spectacle and a veritable drivers course.

Driffield 29th-30th October  

 

A classic all weather site rounds off the championship in style. Expect plenty of water and loads of "air" as the competitors leap and splash their way around this dramatic "lunar" landscape.

 
Ryan Cooke slides to a career best third in the 2003 championship Photo: Heike Lowenstein/peoplespaces.co.ukIn 2002 the visit to Park Farm near Ellesmere in Shropshire proved to be a fast and furious affair.  A combination of fast, but slippery grassland and some more technical woodland sections firmly established this Shropshire site as one of the favourite British championship rounds.  In 2003 the Ellesmere round  marked a dramatic finale to the championship with runner up Tim Dilworth trying everything to stay on terms with a very calm and collected Richard Kershaw.  Kershaw clinched the championship with another well paced drive against some very determined opposition.  

For 2004 the Ellesmere event returned to a summer slot, so the chance of some good weather should make for a cracking event both on and off the track.  In the autumn the grass is slippery, in the summer its fast.  2005 will follow the same vein.

Previous winners

02_04_choat300_ca.jpg (16123 bytes) 2002 Paul Choat/ Dan Upton - Simmbugghini

03_01_kershaw256_hl.jpg (21207 bytes)2003 Richard Kershaw/ Graham Broadbent - Amaterati

03_01_kershaw256_hl.jpg (21207 bytes)2004 Richard Kershaw/ Graham Broadbent - Amaterati

How to get there

The HQ is at Park Hall Farm, Ellesmere, Shropshire.
Map Reference: O/S 126: 398 382

From the Whitchurch / Oswestry road the A495 at Ellesmere take the A528
north towards Wrexham.  After 1 mile take the unclassified road to the right
signposted 'Penley'.

N.B. From this point turnings will be signposted with Goodyear arrows.

After 1 mile on this road the entrance road to Park Hall Farm is on the left
hand side. Follow the Goodyear arrows to the site venue.

N.B. The above route is a much better approach than using the road from
Penley on the A539 that is narrower, steep in parts and has tight bends.

Look forward to seeing you there.

Local Amenities

The nearby town of Ellesmere will cater for most requirements.