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23/02/2012;
Rallye Sunseeker which takes place on the 24th/25th February will be my return to international competition for the first time in 4 years, so I`d say it will be an eventful one!

Hopefully many of you will of been folling our progress via Twitter and Facebook, but if not here is a very brief rundown;
I have entered the 2012 British Rally Championship and Fiesta Sporting Trophy with long time friend and co-driver Glyn Thomas. He brings Rally Collection UK to the team as a technical partner for the year. We will pilot a Ford Fiesta ST which will be run by the AVS Motorsport team based in Wrexham and have entered the teams championship in the BRC with team mate Gethin Jones from Chepstow.

You will be able to follow our progress throughout the event via my blog, twitter feed and facebook page which are below. The team has a media guru in the name of Bex Hinton who will be relaying all our news, gossip, results and images AS and WHEN it happens so it will be a good place to keep in touch with the news from the event.

Im really looking forward to getting behind the wheel again..wish me luck!
Matt :)

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22/02/2012;
South West rallying duo rally driver Matt Cotton and Glyn Thomas will contest the British Rally Championship (BRC) and Fiesta Sport Trophy in 2012 and will face some of Europe’s fastest drivers in the race to win the UK’s most prestigious rallying title. Matt from St Teath in Cornwall returns to top-flight competition after being forced sabbatical from international rallying in 2009 due to a lack of funds.

He will be co-driven by long time friend Glyn from Hutton in North Somerset. Glyn not only brings year of experience to the team, but embarks on a technical partnership with his Rally Collection UK business who will support their assault on the championship throughout the year.

The British Rally Championship takes place over 6 hard fought rounds with competitors converging from across the globe to compete in one of the best National rally championships in the world. The event’s range from the sandy gravel tracks of Rallye Sunseeker in Bournemouth, fast forest roads of the Bulldog rally in Wales, to the bumpy narrow roads of the Ulster rally in Northern Ireland.

But it's not all about fast cars and glamorous prize presentations –

Matt and Glyn would like to use the fantastic media exposure, high profile coverage and the spotlight on the team to embark on a fundraising campaign to raise money and awareness for Cancer Research UK.

Both on and off events, the team will be asking fellow competitors, spectators and supporters to dig deep in their pockets for this worthy cause that is close to their hearts and means so much to them both.

Matt said;
"I lost my father to cancer last year and it been a really tough time. I think we all know someone who has suffered from this terrible disease so we just want to give a little something back to this valuable cause"."My mum was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006, but has received successful treatment and is now in remission. This just highlights the need for everyone to get behind CRUK and support their valuable research".

The team will be at every BRC round this year and asking you to dig deep for this worth cause. You can donate via this page if you cannot get to see us, but every penny counts. We would love for you to introduce yourself at an event so come and say hello to the team.