Matt Rudd.

Matt Rudd has been writing for thisisUll.com for some time and has proved himself to be one of our most talented young writers. Matt's contributions are listed below..

Sports, Rally - Robin Hood Forest Stages Rally - Sunday 5th March 2006 By Matt Rudd

	As usual the Robin Hood Rally was split into 2 main categories; the Robin Hood Historic Forest Stages and the Robin Hood Forest Stages Rally. As well as having many stages on the Sunday, the Historic event also had 3 night stages on the Saturday. The Historic event was the opening round for this year's British Historic Rally Championship and therefore did Read more...

Sports, Rally - The Riponian Stages Rally 2006 - Sunday 5th February 06 By Matt Rudd

	My first gravel event of the year, like last year, was on the Riponian Stages Rally which this year took place on Sunday 5th of February. The event had a total of 14 stages with a mixture of gravel and tarmac on the stages. Like last year I was once again on the 2 Riccal Dale stages throughout the event. The rally did have a good entry - maybe not in terms of numbers, Read more...

Sports, Rally - The Jack Frost Rally 2006 - 15th January 06 By Matt Rudd

	The rallying year for me started even earlier in 2006 with my first event of the year on 15th January. The Jack Frost Rally was held at the Croft race circuit were we had been roughly three weeks earlier for the Christmas Stages. The rally attracted lots of big names including, Christmas Stages winner Tony Bardy in his Nissan Sunny GTiR. Other names included Read more...

Sports, Rally - The Christmas Stages Rally - Tuesday 27th December 05 By Matt Rudd

	The 2005 Christmas Stages Rally was held on 27th December. The rally itself was all based at the legendary Croft race circuit near Darlington (North Yorkshire). Unfortunately, I wasn't there for the whole of the rally due to snow (mainly in East Yorkshire). This was actually the first time I had ever been to a tarmac event in the 4 years I have been spectating, the nearest I Read more...

Sports, Rally - The 2005 Malton Forest Rally By Matt Rudd

	This years Malton Forest Rally took place on the 11th of December which was, for me, a great way to spend my birthday. This year it was the 3rd running of the event which was created in 2003 to replace the Dalby Gravel Sprint. The rally consisted of 9 stages at 3 different locations which meant each stage was repeated 3 times with slight modifications for each run Read more...

Sports, Rally - 19th - 22nd November 05 - Roger Albert Clark Rally 2005 By Matt Rudd

	The Roger Albert Clark (November 19th-22nd) is probably one of the most well known events in the British rally calendar. Last year the rally was resurrected by the Delacy Motor Club and following a great success, the rally returned once again this year. And with a stage at Bramham Park near Leeds on day 2 of the 4 day rally spectacular, I just had to attend. Read more...

Music Reviews - 6th June 05 - Brian McFadden at Hull City Hall By Matt Rudd
	Brian Mcfadden is obviously very well known in the music world with his success within the boy band Westlife. But unfortunately for girls everywhere, Westlife split up. However, this wasn't the end for Brian; he went on to become, well, a rock star. And on June 6th he came to the Hull City Hall and I was there as Steve (my brother) had won some tickets Read more...

Sports, Rally - The Hamsterley Forest Rally 2005 - 13th November By Matt Rudd

	The Hamsterley Forest Rally, only in its second year after its cancellation last year for lack of entries, returned back on the 13th November. The event itself was all based within the Hamsterley Forest complex, near Bishop Auckland in County Durham. The rally attracted a great entry; just slightly over 100 cars had entered which was the events maximum entry. Top names entered in the Read more...

Sports, Rally - The 2005 Trackrod Rally Yorkshire - 8th to 9th October 05 By Matt Rudd

	Yorkshire's biggest off road motor sport event returned to the forests of North Yorkshire on October 8th and 9th. This was of course Rally Yorkshire the penultimate round of the Kwik Fit Pirelli British Rally Championship. Apart from the BRC cars which ran both days the rally incorporated many almost support rallies these included the Landrover Challenge, British Historic, Read more...

Sports, F1 - Motor Racing - How Pathetic! By Matt Rudd

	I have always been a fan of motor sport, whether it was Rallying , Moto GP or Formula One. However on Sunday it was the US Formula One Grand Prix. To be honest this was the most pathetic race I have ever seen, instead of about 20 cars on the starting grid only 6 came onto the track these were the 2 Minardi's , Jordan's and Ferrari's. Read more...

Sports, Rally - The 2005 Rainworth Skoda Dukeries Rally - Saturday 18th June By Matt Rudd

	The Dukeries Rally, like the North Humberside which was my last rally, is a round of the BTRDA rally championship. The rally took place on June the 18th which was one of the hottest days of the year which meant for the competitors lots of dust. The rally was based at Mansfield while most of the stages were in the Sherwood Forest complex. Read more...

Sports, Rally - The 2005 North Humberside Rally - Saturday 2nd April 05 By Matt Rudd

	The Wold Construction North Humberside Forest Rally took place on Saturday April the 2nd. The rally started and finished at the Jarvis Hotel in Willerby, just east of Hull. However the stages were situated in the North Yorkshire forests of Langdale, Cropton and Dalby Read more...

Sports, Rally - The 2005 Alternative Sign Centre Robin Hood Forest Stages Rally - 12th and 13th March 05 By Matt Rudd

	The rally as based around the Sherwood Forest Complex which did when there were lots of merry men and women competing in their brilliant rally cars. I didn't see many people in green tights like of the Robin Hood film but you never know what Read more...

Sports, Rally - The 2005 Kall Kwik and the Kall Kwik National Rally - Sunday 20th February By Matt Rudd

	The Kall Kwik rally based at Pickering in North Yorkshire is always one of those events where it is almost like summer time; warm and sunny. However in truth it is always cold and snowy. The event was the first round of the 2005 ANCRO Clubman Gravel Rally. Read more...

Kids, Sports, Rally - The Riponian Stages Rally 2005 - Sunday 6th February By Matt Rudd

	This was the first time I had ever been to this event and this event incidentally was my first of the year. At first light many crews weren't too happy with the conditions as many of the first runs through the stages were in heavy fog. Also the tracks were very Read more...

Kids, Sports, Rally - The 2004 Grizedale Forest Rally - 4th December By Matt Rudd

	The Lake District: an idyllic place in the UK. So peaceful and beautiful - large lakes and mountains which have so many good views. But think about it. I am a motorsport reporter and photographer so why am I here? The 2004 Grizedale Read more...

Kids, Sports, Rally - The Goodyear British Off Road Championship - Final Round - Driffield Oct 23rd/24th 2004 By Matt Rudd (14)

	The Goodyear British Off Road Championship is Britains premier off road motorsport championship with five extremely fast paced rounds including Radnor Forest, Ellesmere and Driffield. Although Richard Kershaw had already won the championship in his brilliant Amaterati Read more...

Kids, Sports, Rally - The 2004 Trackrod Rally Of Yorkshire 2nd - 3rd October By Matt Rudd (14)

	The Trackrod Rally is Yorkshires premier motorsport event based in the forests of North Yorkshire using some of the most famous stages in the north of England. The rally is the penultimate event in the 2004 Kwik Fit Pirelli British Rally Championship which Read more...