The 2019 George Woods Introductory Rally will be conducted on the afternoon and evening of 23 February 2019.

The event is a Multi-Club Special Stage Introductory Rally. It will incorporate the Rookies Ramble, a shorter, daylight only, event for Novice and Rookie competitors only.

Graded competitors are encouraged to enter the George Woods Introductory Rally with a novice driver or navigator as this is the best way for a new competitor to learn.

A training session for new competitors (and other interested parties) will be held, on Friday 8th February, at CAMS State Meeting Room, 821 Dandenong Road, Malvern East.

For over 30 years the George Woods Introductory Rally has introduced new competitors to the sport of rallying. This is still the primary role of the 2019 event.

However, the 2019 George Woods Rally will also be Round 1 of the Historic Rally Association’s 2019 Resto Country Spares Standard Car Challenge

The Entry Fee is $230; an Early Bird Discount of $50 applies for complete entries received before the ballot. The Early Bird Discount will be refunded to such entries.

The Event will be run in two divisions.

Division 1 will run in daylight over approximately 45 kilometres competitive and 15 kilometres transport. It will be fully route charted with tulip diagrams.

Division 2 will run after sunset over approximately 55 kilometres competitive and 25 kilometres transport. It will incorporate both route charts and simple map reading stages. The Rookies Ramble will run only over Division 1.

Start, Service and finish will be at Powelltown Recreation Reserve, where food and drinks will be on sale.

Further information contact Glad Fish, Clerk of Course, by email at gladfish@netspace.net.au or phone on 0410 148 058.

Page banner: Keith Cuttle, with first-time navigator Declan Kirkham, in the 2018 George Woods Rally. Pic by John Doutch.