Island Life Magazine Ltd June/July 2007 | Page 125

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Will Nicolls and Nick Broom
celebrating their win!

for approximately 18 months
before he gave up his waiting on
job and moved to bigger premises,
eventually ending up at Lowtherville
Service Station, Upper Ventnor
renting half of the garage with a
chap called Jack Seares.
By this time Will had upgraded his
Mk1 Escort to a Mk 11 Escort RS
2000 250bhp. With this newer and
faster car he won quite a few events
on the mainland at national level.
From this Will then purchased an
ex– works Mk 11 Escort (Ex-works
being an actual ex Ford Rally Car
(250bhp) which was approximately
6 years old) in this car Will won the
1991 Kent Forestry Rally, as well as
winning rallies in Gloucester and
Chelmsford. During this time Alison
be