After mastering difficult conditions Mathew Hirst and Declan Dear completed a memorable year of rallying in Wales with victory on the BTRDA element of the Cambrian Rally.
Hirst and Dear took their third BTRDA Gold Star win and fifth Welsh Championship rally win of the year in their Fiesta R5 on tough special stages in the North Wales forests. They were embroiled in a close battle with Callum Black and Jack Morton until the latter crew retired following two punctures,