A Meirionnydd rally has raised £2,000 for the Wales Air Ambulance.

Last weekend saw the 15th Bala and District Motor Club’s Minafon Garage Gareth Hall Memorial Rally at the Trawsfynydd Ranges.

As is becoming a tradition with the event, the rally sets out to raise as much money as it can for the North Wales Air Ambulance.

As ever former Proton and Nissan works driver Geoff Jones raffled his navigator’s seat, with this alone raising £950.

This, added to the spectator car park admission money and generous donations from Dave Paveley of North Wales Honda and Myfyr Owen of Clwydian Cars, made a whopping donation of £2,200 to this worthy cause.

Twenty-nine cars entered the rally with 26 making the start. The rally was initially a close battle between the local crews of Len Jones/Don James and Meilyr Evans/Telor Pugh form the Machynlleth area, both in MK2 Ford Escorts.

After a rare mistake from Jones early on however, Evans/Pugh went onto win the rally by 21 seconds.

Finishing second overall in a newly acquired Subaru were Josh Taylor and local navigator Heather Merrison, with Geoff Jones and Raffle winning navigator Nicola Nieroda taking the third podium spot.