NO records, but plenty of full-throttle action kept a huge crowd of motorsport enthusiasts happy at Bouley Bay on Easter Monday.

Sunny, still weather greeted the 97 competitors for the Rabeys Commercial Vehicles Easter Monday Hillclimb, the first speed event of the year for the Jersey Motor Cycle and Light Car Club.

Track conditions were near perfect, but the demanding and technical hill caught out several competitors who were forced to retire early.

Ian Hunt had a large accident at Les Platons Corner when he lost control of his big but beautiful Jaguar E Type.

The car was heavily damaged on the left front and he could not participate on the final run.

Barry Moignard in a Sports Libre Skoda and Len Amy in a Mallock also had incidents which meant that they were unable to continue, with Moignard coming off on the Top Corner and Len Amy at the bottom of the hill.

It was also the second round of the Pirelli UK Ferrari hillclimb championship, with 15 competitors chasing Jon Goodwin’s 2004 record of 50.31.

Round one winner and championship leader Chris Butler was bridesmaid to Nick Taylor for both practices and the first two runs.

But on the last run Butler set a time of 50.86 which put him on the top of the time sheets and gave him a second win in a row.

Taylor could only manage 50.90 but a second was a good start to his campaign.

The next round is at Prescott hill next month.

Also featuring was the first round of the Florida Pools Hillclimb and Sprint Championship.

Club president Martin Keith now leads the way with his time of 46.37.

The competitors on the large road bikes were down by a second or two and will have to wait until the next sprint where they should have the edge over the supermoto machines.

Several competitors were facing the hill for the first time, while others were returning after a few years sabbatical.

Steven Jeanne, the first man to go under 45 seconds on a bike and class record holder in two classes, was back on the hill after a few years absence and set a comeback time of 49.34 on his 125 cc KTM.

New competitors Steve Elliot, Wayne Mclinton, Gordon Le Feuvre, Wayne Mcintyre and Andy Faulconbridge all set good times in their respected classes.

The rally car class is always entertaining, with a mixture of machinery including front, rear and four-wheel drive cars.

Tyson Flath, record holder in the unlimited production class, recently acquired a Group N Subaru Impreza and was hoping to get close to the class record, but on the practice run he suffered gearbox problems which abruptly ended his day.

Christian Ruellan, also in a Subaru Impreza, had entered the Gravel rally a week before and had left his car suspension in gravel specification, which meant his car wasn’t handling like it should on dry tarmac.

Undeterred, he entertained the crowd and went on to set a new personal best of 50.09.

But the man to watch in the Rally car section was Jeremy Baudains in his beautifully prepared Ford Escort Mk2.

He was trying to capture Chris Le Bonniec’s 1601 cc – 2100 cc record of 47.21, set in 1999.

Baudains pulling out all the stops and had a hairy moment between Les Platons and Radio Corner, but he held it well and continued on to set a time of 47.85 for a class win.

Bruce Dingle took the 500 cc and 750 cc bike classes and was close to the class records in each.

He set the fastest time of the day for two wheels, with a time of 44.20 on his 450 cc Honda.

Gary Hotton was quickest in the 1000 cc bike class with a time of 47.64 on his Kawasaki.

Lee Le Feuvre on his Yamaha set the fastest time in the 250 cc class with a quick time of 45.19.

In the Historic Bike section Tod O Donoghue was quickest in the Pre 1968 class, with a time of 57.46 on his Velocette and Mick Bellée on his Honda set the pace in the up-to-1979 class, with 55.18.

Nigel Davis was the fastest man of the day on four wheels in his Anderson Rotax 250 cc Kart with a time of 41.36 .

Also in the Kart section Gary Ferey took the 125 cc geared kart class with a respectable time of 44.77 and Gavin Le Cornu took the 125 cc max class with a 48.17 and vows he will take the class record in the near future.

Charles Fossey took the lone Quad bike up the hill.

He wrestled with his machine and set his quickest time of the day on his last run with a 57.89.

As ever the Single seater classes were fiercely competitive.

In the 1100 cc class the dual between Richard Twinam and Colin Le Galle was extremely close with Twinam getting the better of Le Galle by three tenths of a second though still nearly seconds slower than his record.

Ian Donaldson had problems with his Gordon during the day and could only mange a 46.47.

In the 1600 cc class there was a three-way battle for the honours.

Cristina Holley and Glyn Moignard both recorded a time of 42.93 – only half a second away from the record.

Jason Mourant overcome last year’s mechanical gremlins to gain third in class with a time of 43.37.

A JMC & LCC official thanked all officials, St John Ambulance, Normandy Rescue, residents and businesses at Bouley Bay for their co-operation.

The next hillclimb is on Liberation Day, 9 May.