Round 4 - Anglesey

Making Waves in Anglesey – CALM All Porsche Trophy July 2025

RESULTS

Sean Mulcahy's PHOTOS

After a successful first visit in 2022, the CALM All Porsche Trophy returned to the island of Anglesey for 3 races on the spectacular Coastal circuit – famous for with its stunning clifftop location and challenging mixture of high speed and technical corners.

20 cars made the journey to Anglesey, but only 19 took part in Qualifying after the mechanical demise of Jamie Nailard’s Cayman in Friday testing.

The SP1 Cayman of Christian Walker took pole in the windy but dry session, almost 2 seconds clear of Wales’s own James Harvey in the first of the SP2 Boxsters who was really pushing on at his “home” circuit. Jon Walker was next up in his Boxster ahead of Colin Tester, sharing with 16 year old Adam Warner who was taking part in his first ever race meeting.

Dan Crego in his familiar 968 once again led SP3, ahead of series returnee Ryan Mone in his 944S2 and the 968 shared by father and son team Nick and James Carey.

The lone SP4 runner was Hugh Peart, sharing the tail end of the grid with the Invitation class 911 of Kenn van Hauen.

Race 1 - 20 Minute Sprint (Saturday)

Christian Walker dominated with a lights to flag victory, but all the action was just behind him. The Boxsters of Andy Duce, Jon Walker and James Harvey battled over second place, nose to tail and swapping places until James’s blue Boxster stopped, briefly got going, and finally retired after four laps. The Walker/Duce battle continued all the way to the chequered flag, with Jon taking the class win by just 0.3 seconds. Third in SP2 was the Ant Sahota Boxster, climbing through the field from a 7^th row start, and spending much of the race sharing the track with Jamie McHugh’s troubled SP1 944Turbo.

SP3 provided great entertainment, with winner Dan Crego in fine form to finish in P4 overall, ahead of SP1 runner up Grant Jackson’e Cayman. Ryan Mone was initially established in second place, but was hunted down by Ed Sampson in his 968 for most of the race, with Ed passing Ryan on lap 10, but Ryan then harrying Ed all the way to the chequered flag to finish less than a second behind. Meanwhile Stuart Ings spun his 944S2 to the back of the field on lap 1, but fought his way back to P5 behind James Carey who had the family 968 flying and setting fastest lap on his way to P4. Slightly further back, Ken van Hauen had mastered the tricky 911, and was almost 4 seconds per lap quicker than qualifying, finally despatching Hugh Peart’s nimble 924 with a blast of power down the back straight on lap 4 after Hugh made the better start.

Race 2 – 20 Minute Sprint (Sunday)

The Steve Potts 968 was a non starter after gearbox problems at the end of race 1, so just 18 cars started the second sprint on Sunday morning.

Andrew Duce made a great start to lead from the grid, but by the end of lap one, Jon Walker was in P1 in his Boxster ahead of Christian Walker’s Cayman and AD down to 3^rd. Further back, James Harvey was carving his way through the field having started from the back row after his race 1 DNF.

Jon held the lead for the first 11 laps, holding off a determined Christian and Andy Duce, the trio circulating less than a second apart until Christian took the lead on lap 12, pulling out a couple of seconds on the battling Boxsters with  AD finally passing  Jon with 3 laps to go, claiming P2 and the class win ahead of Jon. Jamie McHugh was happier with his 944 Turbo after a troubled race 1, and had the car up to 4^th once the race settled down. Behind Jamie,

there was a spectacular 8 car train led by Grant Jackson, all within 3 seconds of each other, including the Boxsters of James Harvey and Ant Sahota who were duelling over the final SP2 podium slot, a position finally settled in James’s favour. James also overtook the rapid Dan Crego 968 on the last lap, closing on Grant Jackson’s Cayman, with Dan coming under further pressure from Ed Sampson’s 968, but holding on for the SP3 win from Ed with the rapid Ryan Mone very close for P3, setting fastest lap during his chase. A special mention is reserved for 16 year old Adam Warner who took the Boxster to 15^th overall in only his second race improving his lap time by 3 seconds in the process.

Race 3 – 40 Minute Pit Stop race

17 cars started the final race of the weekend after Jamie McHugh withdrew his 944 Turbo, transferring to share a Boxster with dad Tom, who had been driving solo for the 2 sprints.

There were a few hearts in mouth at the start of the 40 minute race as the Tiptronic gearbox in Grant Jackson’s Cayman chose that moment to select neutral instead of first gear, but everyone avoided the stationery car which dropped to the tail of the field.

It was another great start by Andy  Duce, who led for the first two laps until Christain Walker found a way past on lap 3 and cruised to yet another victory. Equally comfortable were AD in P2 and Jon Walker in P3 who were never threatened for the rest of the race once the unfortunate James Harvey had retired his Boxster from P3 after only 3 laps. Colin Tester had the #51 Boxster as high as P4 ( and third in SP2) after a few laps, holding this position until the pit stops when the shared car fell back as Ant Sahota overtook 5 laps from the end, also securing his second podium of the weekend.

All the action was in SP3. Dan Crego’s 968 was chased all the way by Ryan Mone’s 944S2, fractions of a second apart both before and after the pit stops, with Dan taking the win 0.3 seconds ahead of Ryan. Meanwhile the Carey family 968 was the car to watch, catching the class leaders by 2 seconds a lap after the pit stops and claiming a well deserved podium.