A CLOSE contest between two North Wales drivers for this year’s British Rally Championship will provide an enthralling spectacle at the Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally on Saturday.

Currently leading the championship is Machynlleth’s Osian Pryce, who has a 16 point lead over rival and two-time British champion Matt Edwards, from Colwyn Bay, looking for a third successive British Championship title.

Both men will be competing in Volkswagon Polo GTI R5 cars in the race, which starts and finishes on Llandudno promenade, with routes passing through Gwydir, Penmachno, and Alwen

After Edwards suffered a blip, which caused him to lose significant time on the two opening stages of the event, Pryce topped the BRC leaderboard at the recent Mull Rally in Scotland, with Edwards showing tremendous grit and determination to fight his way back into second place.

On his home rally, with the action taking place in the forests of Conwy county, Edwards will be going all out for victory and plans to play his bonus points Joker.

The Cambrian also hosts the penultimate round of the British Trials and Rally Drivers Association Championship which is being equally closely contested, with George Lepley from Newark, holding a slender lead over the recently crowned Scottish Rally champion, Garry Pearson, and rival Ian Bainbridge. The same three drivers are also in close contention to win the Pirelli Welsh National Rally Championship title with points gained on the Cambrian likely to prove decisive.

Tickets to view the stages, which include car parking, can be booked at www.cambrian rally.co.uk. There will also be live coverage on social media, in addition to broadcasting by the British Rally Championship and Pirelli Welsh Rally Championship.