On A rare weekend when Britain bathed in glorious sunshine local competitors went far and wide in search of honours.

But it was Jason Morgan who took the top accolade with a superb second overall in the Swansea Bay National Rally.

Together with the experienced Adrian Williams on the notes, these two were a model of consistency over the five tests in the Walters Arena complex near Glyn Neath. What made this result all the sweeter was that it was Morgan's first event in his new Winner Garage backed Lancer Evo 6, which was once campaigned by his father, Bob.

"I was really pleased with the result, The car has a lot more power than I am used too with the old Subaru, I made a few mistakes but it will get better with mileage, thanks to Ade, he was spot on as usual," said a delighted Morgan.

Joining them in the top five were Mark Griffiths and Tom Marrott in the Griffiths Engineering Escort RS, using the event to see if the problems on the recent Somerset Stages had been sorted. They found the opening two tests very slippery, they had the electrical problem raise its ugly head again on stage 3, but this was traced and finally sorted,so they cruised through the final two tests to finish fourth overall, first in class.

For the full story please see this week's Ross Gazette.