RtG Suffolk Cloverleaf - Daily Dispatch - Day 1 - Flipbook - Page 7
5 to 8 August 2025
Day 4
Kesgrave Hall to Talbooth (78 miles)
From north of the Orwell, today’s route took
us south to the Stour and the finish line in the
heart of Constable Country, just over the border
in Essex.
8 August 2025
Andrew Laing and Jordyn Mitchelldyer, 1972 Datsun 240Z
Keith Graham and Susan Hoffmann, 1967 Jaguar Mk 2
Photos: gerardbrown.co.uk
Two Regularities and three Tests were squeezed into a half
day before the crews rolled into the prizegiving lunch at
the Talbooth Restaurant.
Heading out from Kesgrave Hall towards a Route Check
in Elmsett, the cars then entered the First Regularity from
Thorpe Morieux. Philip and Trish Monks were slightly
delayed due to a faulty fuel pump, quickly repaired by
Andy Inskip and Charlie Neale.
Three Tests at Lavenham Airfield completed the highoctane chapter of the rally before a mid-morning breather
at the 13th-century Bell Inn in Kersey.
A water splash and one last Regularity - with a final set of
ambiguous tulips thrown in for good measure - was all that
lay between the rally and the finish line; a bucolic meander
through Dedham Vale to the Talbooth Restaurant and the
finishing arch by the river.
As with all of the Cloverleafs there are no individual
awards so, once the time cards had been analysed, the
numbers were totted up and, after a suitable period of
deliberation, Mark Appleton, the Clerk of the Course,
declared that Team Sage had clinched the win.
On the banks of the Stour, Alan & Tina Beardshaw,
Wilfried & Sandra Schaefer, Steve & Jenny Verrall, and Neil
& Peta Oatley stepped up to receive their prizes from Mark
and Loren Price.
The Spirit of the Rally was given to Sally Linton and
Edward Stansfield because, as the citation read, they’d
brought “an unusual car to the party, the crew were always
smiling and enthusiastic; and they’d loaned their husband,
father and friend to the marshalling team”.
Gina and Andrew Long also accepted a bouquet for their
help with the planning and execution of the event.
Mark Appleton paid tribute to the RtG team for their
hard work and to Iain Tullie in particular for assisting him
in putting the route together, remarking that “these events
bring out the best in everyone. We’ve had a tremendous
four days of rallying with an exceptional route, great fun
and some fantastic hospitality”.
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