Reigning Scottish Rally Champion David Bogie rounded off the Jim Clark Rally weekend in style with a commanding performance to win the Jim Clark Reivers Rally - the sixth event of an action-packed three days on the closed public roads of Berwickshire.

Winning all eight stages, the Dumfries driver, co-driven by Hawick's Kevin Rae, finished ahead of local hopeful Euan Thorburn from Duns, alongside Paul Beaton of Inverness.  Bogie's winning margin of 2 minutes 32 seconds underlined his dominance in his Ford Focus over the slippy eight stages of the Reivers event, which amongst other counters, was the fourth round of the Hankook Scottish Rally Championship.   However Thorburn did well to recover from dropping to 44th in stage 3 to charge back into second place in his Impreza just twelve seconds ahead of Castle Douglas driver Jock Armstrong, with co-driver Christine Sanderson, in their Subaru.

After a good number of years trying, Welsh ace Gwyndaf Evans has finally won the Jim Clark International Rally.
The former British Rally Champion finished the two-day event where it started, in the Berwickshire County town of Duns, leading home the field with a 31 second margin over second placed Alastair Fisher from Ireland.

Fisher had briefly led the 335 mile rally following the engine blow-up which saw his countryman Craig Breen's exit from the event in Stage 10, Swinton.  20 year-old Breen had charged through the Berwickshire stages, winning six of the opening eight, before the engine of his Fiesta finally cried 'enough'.    But Evans was never far off the pace, despite two punctures, and he won the final six stages in a row to overhaul Fisher's Mitsubishi EVO 9 and take the win alongside co-driver Chris Patterson in their J R Motorsports Mitsubishi EVO X.   It puts Evans into second place in the Dulux Trade British Rally Championship.  But consistency has its merits - no wins, but good finishes in all three opening rounds keeping Belfast driver Jonny Greer, co-driven by Dai Roberts, seven points clear at the top. 

Hereford's Damian Cole, alongside Craig Drew, brought his Ford Focus WRC home in first place in the Jim Clark National Rally ahead of Simon Mauger and Ashley Trimble.

The Challenge Rally saw Richard Archer and Tom Ward bring their Vauxhall Corsa into first place, 1 minute and 43 seconds clear of Callum Black and Paul Wakely's MG XR.

It was back to the future as Ford Escorts barked their way round the Berwickshire stages, and Darren Moon, with John Stanger-Leathes, brought his one home ahead of two others to win the Historic Rally.

And finally Ewan Christie and Curtis McKerlie won the the fiercely contested LandRover Rally, keeping it upright to win by a margin of 2 minutes 45 seconds.

Irish driver Craig Breen's hopes of a dramatic win in the Jim Clark International Rally have been dashed.  The 20 year-old had held the lead in the event after taking over from overnight leader Keith Cronin, but a blown engine in stage 10, Swinton, meant the Waterford man finished his event with his broken Ford Fiesta at the side of the road in Berwickshire.

It meant the lead was briefly inherited by fellow countryman Alastair Fisher in his Mitsubishi.  But wily Welshman and former British Champion Gwyndaf Evans moved into the lead after stage 11 and extended it after the next stage 12, with two to go.

Breen may have run out of steam, but that couldn't be said about the star of Friday night's excitement in Duns.  Just after the first cars had started to leave from the start line of Stage 1 in the town, a young startled deer sprinted up Murray Street, turned left into the square, lept over the crowd and sped on down North Street - neatly timed between the one minute starts!

20 year-old Irish sensation Chris Breen leads the Jim Clark International Rally after eight stages in the Berwickshire countryside.  The young driver, in just his second year of rallying, was fastest over six of the stages although the overnight lead was held by reigning British Champion Keith Cronin.

Breen took his Ford Feista S2000 through the special street stage in Duns last night in fastest time on both runs, but Cronin stretched into the lead by winning two of the other stages.  However the County Kilkenny ace was back in charge on Saturday morning, moving into a 27 seconds lead.  Trying their best to keep in the hunt were former British Champion Gwyndaf Evans and another Irishman Alastair Fisher.  Top Scot was Aberdeen's Dave Weston, after local hopeful Euan Thorburn couldn't overcome his car's electrical problems to get a start.  

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