Yet again, the September meeting of the South Wales Autograss League was blessed with glorious sunshine, and along with the sunshine came 129 keen grassers, among them some new junior drivers having some practice before starting a full racing season in 2006.

Before going into the race results, the league would like to congratulate everyone who travelled to the Men's Nationals in the Yorkshire Dales and also those who represented the league in the Ladies/ Juniors Nationals in East Anglia.

Congratulations to Phil Rogers for winning Class 8, and as well as being runner-up in the Champion of Champions, PHD137 Norman Mason for second in class 7 and to PHD1 Steve Lindsey for second in Class 9. At the Ladies and Juniors Nationals, PHD137 Hiefena James was second in Class 7, S10 Jenny Lewis fourth in Class 2, and CM1 Tom Harris third in the Juniors. This will be Tom's last year in the Juniors as he moves into Class 6 next year.

With nearly all the classes being very well represented, there was a lot of racing to get through. There were many league cars racing who have only raced a few local meetings throughout the year, and there were some out for the first time, which was nice to see. The Juniors, as always, were very well represented, with three racing for the first time.

The eventual winner of the A final was TA32 Alun Jenkins, who is also in his last year in the Juniors and who will be moving into Class 1 next year, but chasing him throughout the race was TA70 Owen Marks, who will also be moving to Class 6 next year.

The B final was won by TA45 Steffan Davies, followed closely by TA18 Angharad Evans, who seems to have fully recovered from her rollover at the Junior Nationals, with PHD75 Richard Paynter in third, who was having his first race meeting.

It's good to see all these new juniors emerging, making sure that there will be plenty of future racers to replace the juniors moving up to the adult classes next year.

RESULTS

Class 1: 1. PAC45 Raymond Morgans; 2. CM7 Huw Jones; 3 CM7 Huw Jones; 4. PHD26 Lee Pearce.

Class 2: 1. PHD40 Mark Uka; 2. S2 Tony Hart Jones; 3. S6 Craig Evans; 4. PAC1 Dean Fellows.

Class 3: 1. PAC77 Chris Jones; 2. PAC103 Steve Freeman; 3, C21 Dave Thomas; 4. TA221 Neil Reed.

Class 4: 1. CM3 Keith Adams; 2. TA158 Dorian Williams; 3. TA7 Robert Corbett; 4. TA111 Kevin Jones.

Class 5: 1. CM41 Malcolm Herbert; 2. TA6 Emry Evans; 3. PAC15 Gwyn James; 4. PHD83 Dai Parry.

Class 6: 1. LM147 Nathan Rees; 2. PHD44 Damian Longitano; 3. TA222 Nigel Reed; 4. TA220 Barry Davies. Class 7: 1. CM9 Craig Kampschulte; 2. TA5 Endaf Owens; 3. PHD137 Norman Mason; 4. PHD32 Gareth Pains.

Class 8: 1. TA19 Alun Thomas; 2. PHD81 Simon Jackson; 3. CM5 Rhys Jones.

Class 9: 1. CM11 Nigel Griffiths; 2. PHD9 Wayne Llewellyn. Class 10: 1. PHD10 Gary Ray; 2. PHD12 Carl Ray. Junior A: 1. TA32 Alun Jenkins; 2. TA70 Owen Marks; 3. PAC47 Miles Blewitt; 4. PAC17 Andrew Lewis.

Junior B: 1. TA45 Steffan Davies; 2. TA18 Angharad Evans; 3. PHD75 Richard Paynter; 4. PHD30 Lee Evans.

Class 11: 1. PHD40 Donna Forrest; 2. PAC101 Rachel Coles; 3. PHD4 Daphne Mousley; 4. PHD58 Rebecca Gardner.

Class 12: 1. TA15 Denise Jones; 2. CM25 Michelle Phillips; 3. CM41 Louise Jones; 4. PAC426 Claire Dance.

Class 13: 1. PAC24 Caroline Jones.

Class 14: 1. PHD81 Yvette Jackson.

Midfield Open: 1. PHD137 Norman Mason; 2. LM147 Nathan Rees; 3. TA7 Robert Corbett. Unmodified Open: 1. PAC1 Dean Fellows; 2. CA74 Peter Rees; 3. CM7 Huw Jones.

Junior Open: 1. TA32 Alun Jenkins; 2. TA70 Owen Marks; 3. TA29 Rhian Jenkins.

Ladies Open: 1. PHD81 Yvette Jackson; 2. CM25 Danielle Phillips; 3. PHD83 Jason Parry.

Specials Open: 1. CM2 Paul Harris.

It is hoped that everyone enjoyed the meeting and that you all return on October 2 to Castle Lloyd Farm, Red Roses, for the Dash for Cash meeting, with prize money of £100 per class. This will also be the final race meeting for 2005 season.

The South Wales League will also be hosting, yet again, a round of the British Autograss Series Championships in 2006, for which they won the Best Round of 2004.

The next League meeting is on Wednesday, September 28, at 8 pm at the Football Club. The next race meeting is Sunday, October 2.

Good luck to everyone who is travelling across the water next weekend to Ireland for the West Waterford Open.