The league wish to extend a congratulations to the treasurer, Steve Lewis and Nina on the birth of their daughter, Ffion.
Also a quick get well soon message to Sarah Johnston TA221 after her incident at MAP.

National Qualifiers, congratulations to the drivers of PHD21, CM77 (PHD26), S2, S10, TA227, TA2, CM7, TA32, (TA12), CM40, TA7, TA451, TA220, S7, PHD57, PHD44, TA11, CM15 ~(PHD72), TA22, TA58, PHD54, TA3 (PHD9) PHD2, PHD15, TA49 & TA50 For qualiyfying for this years National Championships. There will be a designated day on the field for the final scrutineering of these cars on July 31st. This will coincide with a track day ahead of our next meeting which is the Fastest Person on Welsh Grass on Aug 14th/15th.

Results from June 13th Race Meeting

Class 1 - 1st PHD21 Barry Lewis, 2nd CM22 Mathew Scourfield, 3rd PHD26 Lee Pearce
Class 2 - 1st S2 Tony Hart Jones, 2nd TA225 Barry vans, 3rd S10 Michael Hart Jones
Class 3 - 1st - TA227 Emyr Davies, 2nd TA120 William Brown, TA2 Kevin Phillips
Class 4 - 1st CM7 huw Jones, 2nd TA12 Dorian Davies, 3rd TA32 Alun Jenkins
Class 5 - 1st CM40 Malcolm Herbert, 2nd TA451 Lewis Richards, 3rd PAC15 Gwyn James
Class 6 - 1st PHD44 Damian Longotano, 2nd - S7 Neil Crompton, 3rd PHD57 Neil Morgan
Class 7 - 1st TA11 Nigel Edwards, 2nd PHD72 Jake Roberts, 3rd TA84 Rhydian Evans
Class 8 - 1st TA22 Dylan Hughes, 2nd PHD47  James Thomas
Class 9 - 1st PHD54 Anthony Paines, 2nd PHD9 Wayne Llewelyn, 3rd TA3 Kevin Jones.
Class 10 - 1st PHD2 Phil Rogers, 2nd TA49 Godfrey Thomas, 3rd PHD15 Gareth Paines
Juniors - 1st TA35 Steffan Daniels, 2nd TA36 Trystan Daniels, 3rd TA13 Otis Williams
Junior Specials - 1st PHD17 Ben Williams
Class 11 - PHD21 Caroline Thompson, 2nd PAC49 Bethan Vaughan, 3rd PHD11 Claire Hall
Class 12 - 1st CM25 Danielle Phillips
Class 14 - 1st PHD54 Kelly Paines, 2nd TA49 Louise Thomas

List of helpers names for June 13th meeting.
S40 Steve Lewis
S140 Danielle Lewis
TA25 Nia Jones
PHD5 Gwyan Vaughan
PHD32 Chris Paines
PHD83 David Parry
PHD83 Chloe Parry
PHD83 Jared Parry
PHD21 Barry Lewis
PHD21 Caroline Thompson
TA99 Mike Deeley
TA27 Dafydd Davies
TA110 Ieuan Reeves
PHD9 Wayne Llewelyn
Following some problems at the last race meeting, you'll all be required to meet with Manfred at pits control at the end of the last race.

Fastest Person on Welsh Grass and South Wales  League Accumulator Meeting

To be held at Castle Lloyd Farm, Red Roses Near Pendine, Carms, SA33 4PT
On
Saturday, August 14th & Sunday, August 15th 2010
10:30am Start Both Days

Total Prize Money Fund of £3000+
”You could almost win a week’s wages!”
Prize money of £150 a Class & an extra £5 for every car signed on.
Ladies Classes race as 11 – 14 unless there is a full grid of a single NASA class.

Format – Saturday -
3 heats and a final for all Classes (depending on numbers) – Winner & Runner Up Automatically Qualify for Sunday’s Final.

Sunday –
2 Heats and a final for all classes –
Saturday’s final winner/runner up will race in the final with the next top 6 qualifiers (5 heat points count only)

Class Prize money to be paid out based on Sunday’s Final Result (no prizes for Saturday’s Final only an automatic place in the big money final)

Then – The Winner of Saturday’s Final, the Winner of Sunday’s final and the top scoring non final winner from every Class will race in a Big Money Mens & Ladies Champion of Champions to discover who the Fastest Persons on Welsh Grass are.

Plus, Junior Saloons and Specials Final Winner and Runner up on Both days & The top point scoring non final winner from each class will race in a Champion of Champions to win the Welsh Junior Championship Shield & Big Prize Money.

There's still a lot of details to iron out, but pop this date in your diary - it may be worth your while!

South Wales League Allocations for the 2010 Men's Nationals are as follows...
Class 1 - 2 & Joint 9th Reserve
Class 2 - 2
Class 3 - 2
Class 4 - 2 & Joint 8th Reserve
Class 5 - 3
Class 6 - 3 & 1st reserve
Class 7 - 2 & Joint 2nd Reserve
Class 8 - 2
Class 9 - 2 & Joint 5th Reserve
Class 10 - 4

May 16th Race Meeting.
Results from finals as follows...

Photos on left hand side of the page from this meeting taken by Michael Mason. Thanks for permission to use the photos.
 

National Qualifying Points (from May 16th Meeting)
 

BAS 1
The South Wales League would like to thank the drivers, spectators, friends and families who supported us at the opening round of the 2010 British Autograss Series. Despite a scare first thing with the fog on the Saturday morning, everything ran pretty smoothly and it seems the majority had a good weekend. Everyone had their heats of 4 and 3/4 laps, and finals of 6 and 3/4 and was concluded just after 6 on Sunday. 504 Cars and 629 drivers attended our meeting. We hope to see some visitors return during the season, and especially at our "Fastest Person on Welsh Grass" meeting, which will be held on October 2nd/3rd.

May 16th Officials (must be signed on by 9am or will forfeit the next race meeting)
S12 John L Williams
S12 John R Williams
S50 Duncan Rea
CM4 Viv Cole
CM4 Adam Brown
PHD112 Derek John
S35 Bryn Jones
S135 Mathew Rees
S235 Jason Rees
TA55 Deri Davies
TA56 Tom Davies
TA2 Kevin Phillips
TA747 Marc Jones
This is the league's lowest subscribed meeting and may rely on some help from other members.

South Wales League Town Centre Display
Here are some photos taken on Saturday April 3rd at Carmarthen. The league would like to thank to everybody who helped in anyway with the display.

Photos by Louise Jones & Gary Jones Rally Pics. Gary has written an article to be put on a Welsh Motorsport website, many thanks to Gary. Read it here. http://wheelswithinwales.co.uk/articles/20100405_1

Unfortunately, the South Wales League's race meeting (Easter Sunday) has had to be called off due to the weather conditions running up to the meeting.

The display in Carmarthen town centre is still (so far) going ahead. If this changes then I'll add a post later on in the day.
Cars confirmed on display,
CM27 Phil Olsson/Nicola Olsson
CM40 Malcolm Herbert/Louise Jones
CM7 Huw Jones
TA11 Nigel Edwards
TA99 Mike/Heidi Deeley
S23 Paul Meli
PHD17 Ben Williams
PHD111 Brandon Hall/Claire Hall

There will be a meeting on April 13th at the White Lion Pwll Trap, if there is any league member who has issues/opinions on any subject that they want to be put on the agenda, please forward them to me at garethta111@aol.com
Otherwise, please make sure you attend as the BAS round is now looming and things need to be finalized, and as many league members as possible can be informed of all goings on.
 

Carmarthen Town Display
The league will be displaying some cars at Carmarthen Town Centre on Easter Saturday (April 3rd) - we would like one car from each class, and at least one car from each club if possible. If you're interested in displaying your car for the public to see, contact Phil Olsson on 07814 143071. With the time getting nearer, please don't leave it too late so that logistical issues can be sorted out well enough in advance.

South Wales Committee Details
For any information on league matters, here are some useful numbers you may need.
Manfred Kampschulte - 07831 555384
Emyr 'Oily' Evans - 07748840836
Gareth Jones - 07891 662338
Stephen Lewis - 07891 208937
Denise Jones - 01559 362165

Club Secretaries Details
For information on joining any SWL club, contact
(CM) Louise Jones - 07870193442
(PHD) Chris Rogers - 07791 080877
(S) Manfred Kampschulte - 07831 555384
(TA) Gareth Jones - 07891 662 338

March 14th Meeting is Off!!
Seems like a recurring theme at the start of the season, but the meeting on March 14th has been called off. There will be a work party on that day at 10am and members are asked to bring paint brushes etc. For any further info, contact Manfred or Oily.

Track Day
Another track day has been organised this Sunday (March 7th) to finish the field before racing on the 14th.

2010 Fixtures
There has been an alteration to this year's Fixtures. Fixtures for 2010 are now as follows.
March 14th, March 28th, April 4th, May 16th, June 13th, August 15th.
Instead of the September meeting, the league will now host a "Fastest Person on Welsh Grass" meeting on October 2nd/3rd. Details of this meeting will follow nearer the time.

Carmarthen Town Centre Display
The league are looking into the possibility of a static car display (similar to NEC) at Carmarthen Town Centre on April 3rd (Easter Saturday) to promote the Easter Sunday meeting, and the 2010 Fixtures from then on in. We hope to have a variety of cars, from all four clubs on display, with the hope to have one car from each class on show. If you would like your car to be part of this display, or have ramps/display boards etc that the league could use to promote the sport, or any further information, please contact Phil Olsson (CM27) on 07814 143071.

Working Members for March 14th
Here is the list of names of those members who nominated to officiate at the first meeting. As per last year they must be signed on by 9.30am.
CM7 - Huw Jones
CM7 - Idris Jones
PHD2 - Phil Rogers
S1 - Craig Kampschulte
S9 - Manfred Kampschulte
S11 - Andy Davies
S23 - Paul Meli
S24 - Leanne Lewis
S32 - Stuart Robinson
TA8 - Horace Jones
TA88 - Jordan Jones
TA60 - Glyn Davies
TA69 - Colin Marks
TA69 - Carol Marks
TA70 - Owen Marks
TA220 Barry Davies
TA221 - Neil Reed
TA222- Nigel Reed
TA225 - Barry Evans
TA227 - Sarah Johnston
TA18 - Dafydd Jones
TA18 - Wyn Jones
TA451 - Lewis Richards

March 28th Meeting - list of officials/helpers
CM12 - Tomos Palmer
CM12 - Julian Palmer
CM22 - Mathew Scourfield
CM220 - Andrew Scourfield
CM25 - Danielle Phillips
CM47  - Steven Davies
CM47 - Cenfyn Davies
CM96 - Huw Scourfield
PHD57 - Neil Morgan
PHD57 - Matthew Morgan
PHD57 - Anna Morgan
PHD226 - Paul Pearce
PHD26 - Lee Pearce
PHD72 - Jake Roberts
S2 - Tony Hart-Jones
S6 - Craig Evans
S10 - Michael Hart-Jones
S60 - Geoff Williams
S62 - Michael Allen
S63 - Andrew Campfield

Track Day
To put final touches to the race field before the season kicks off in less than 3 weeks (!), there will be a track day on February 28th (Sunday) at 10am. To everyone who made it last Sunday, a big thank you is extended.

Thank You
The South Wales League Committee would like to thank Louise Jones (CM40) for the enthusiasm and  commitment shown into maintaining the league's website over the last few seasons. We would also like to thank those who made it to our signing on day. Over 115 members joined the league in those 2 hours!

Next Meeting
A meeting has been arranged for February 23rd to discuss various issues. The venue will again be the White Lion, Pwll Trap and the meeting will start at 8pm.

Track Day
A track day will take place on Sunday February 21st to ensure the raceway is ready for action at our 1st meeting on March 14th.

New League Cars for 2010
If you would like to be featured in this section (whether you have a completely new car, or just new livery), please send your photos to garethta111@aol.com. If you wish to be withdrawn from this section then please also send details to the same email address.

 
TA22 - Dylan & Eirwen Hughes will campaign          CM40 - Malcolm Herbert & Louise Jones will 
in this newly built class 8 in 2010.                                           take to the tracks in this newly built Class 5 Mini.

 
PHD54 - Anthony & Kelly Paines re-emerge in            TA3 - Kevin & Sian Jones will return in Class 9 with
2010 with this Honda powered Class 9.                                        this Vauxhall powered Class 9.

S135 -  One of the new experimental cars for Class 1. This 106 will be piloted by Mathew Rees and Heulwen Comley.

Congratulations to the 2009 Champion of Champions.
Taking the honours in the Men's Classes - CM40 Malcolm Herbert Class 5
Taking the honours in the Ladies' Classes - CM25 Danielle Phillips Class 12
Taking the honours in Junior Saloons - TA127 Ceirwyn Jones
Taking the honours in Junior Specials - PHD72 Jake Roberts

2010 South Wales League Fixtures
March 14th - 1st Qualifier
March 28th - 2nd Qualifier
April 4th - 3rd Qualifier
May 16th - 4th Qualifier
June 13th - 5th Qualifier
August 15th
October 2nd/3rd - Fastest Welsh Person on Grass

 2010 National Qualifying
National Qualifying for 2010 will follow as previous years. There are 5 scheduled Qualifying rounds, points will be given as normal for heats and finals. Points for heats- 55,45,36,28,21,15,10,6 (3 and 1 if 7th and 8th cars are green flagged). Points for finals 66,54,43,34,25,18,12,7 (4 and 1 if 7th and 8th cars are green flagged).  If all five rounds run, drivers will drop their worst meeting (4 from 5). If one meeting gets cancelled, and the other 4 run, again drivers will drop their worst round (3 from 4). If more than 2 meetings are cancelled, all qualifying meetings will count towards a driver's Nationals campaign.

2010 British Autograss Series Round
The South Wales League are happy to host the 1st round of the 2010 Kent Cams/MaxSport British Autograss Series on May 1st & 2nd 2010. More information will follow on in due course.

2010 Autosport International Show
Louise Jones (CM40), Phil Rogers (PHD2), Dylan Hughes (TA22) recently had their new cars displayed at the Birmingham NEC during the Autosport International Show in January. Hopefully, once the teething troubles are dealt with some photos will be uploaded.

2010 Committee
No changes were made with regard to the committee at the league AGM - details as follows.
President - Gary Ray
Chairman - Manfred Kampschulte
Secretary - Gareth Jones
Treasurer - Steve Lewis
Vice Chairman - Emyr Evans
 Asst. Secretary - Denise Jones

2009 Class Winners

Winners of the Classes in 2009 were as follows:
Class 1 - PHD21 Barry Lewis
Class 2 - TA225 Barry Evans
Class 3 - TA221 Neil Reed
Class 4 - CM7 Huw Jones
Class 5 - CM40 Malcolm Herbert
Class 6 - TA220 Barry Davies
Class 7 - S1 Craig Kampschulte
Class 8 - TA58 Stephen Jones
Class 9 - PHD54 Ant Paines
Class 10 - TA49 Godfrey Thomas
Class 11 - PHD11 Claire Hall

Class 12 - CM25 Danielle Phillips
Class 13 - CM4 Donna Cole
Class 14 - TA49 Louise Francis
Junior Saloons - TA127 Ceirwyn Jones
Junior Specials - PHD72 Jake Roberts

We would like to thank Jeffrey/Andrea from the Autograss Review, and Tony Baylis (Tony's Videos) for the use of photos.