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Derrick and Eric, a rhyming duo to hold court at Christmas

The Westmorland Motor Club will be back with a bang this Christmas as they host another of their popular gatherings at the Crooklands Hotel, Milnthorpe near Kendal, just a mile from the M6 Junction 36 on Friday December 29th. The pandemic put a stop to these very popular gatherings but now they are back with a...

A venue change and the First of two socials by Westmorland

Apologies for this latest venue change, but Westmorland MC have had to change the venue of their trial scheduled for October 22 as the parking at Staveley Head is considered too wet, so the club will make a return to their own land at Lindale, with a 10.30 start of this clubman/easy clubman trial which will...

Gaskell is the Dixie Dee boss

Brownrigg Fell has always been a popular venue for Cumberland County trials and it proved to be the same again in the middle of October for the Dixie Dee trial where 60 riders took part in a clubman trial which featured a normal clubman course and an easy clubman course which was ridden by 25 riders.Best...

Tom’s the best of our four

Though not a Northern Centre event  (for which this site is intended), the Scott Trial is very much a classic in which many northern riders and persons are involved which was again the case this year when the trial took place on Saturday, October 14.Wilf Shuttleworth at Goat's Splash, early in the trialFour regular riders from...

Quick update now he’s back

Having just arrived back from holiday, riding my 350 1959 AJS in a 6 day classic bike rally in northern Spain around the Picos mountains I can begin to pick up on what has been happening whilst I have been away.In the results page there are two new sets just added, from the Lakes Club's event...

Centre’s Motocross Champions confirmed

With the Northern Centre Motocross Championship series now completed, the Centre's Motocross Recorder, Sheila Murphy, has supplied us with the final results which are listed below. The Centre offers its congratulations to all those who have succeeded and reminds everybody that the awards will be presented at the Centre's Annual General Meeting which is held every...

Spencer scoops Grant success

Jack Spencer is one of those talented motorcyclists that can hop from one discipline to another and be successful at both, and that's what he achieved at the Westmorland Club's Grant trial which was the final round of the 2022/23 Northern Centre Trials Championship.Spencer completed the ultra tough three lap, 15 section course with the loss...

It’s Possy’s Revenge win

A clash of dates and a mid-season change of dates were the probable reasons for the smaller than expected entry of riders in the Barrow Club's Revenge trial on September 17, but that didn't alter the fact that it remained the penultimate round of the Northern Centre Championship and was won by James Postlethwaite with the...

Next Cumberland County trial is the Dixie Dee

The next Cumberland County MCC trial is the Dixie Dee Trial  on Sunday 15th October with a 10.30 am start for which entries are now open. It will be at Brownrigg Fell, Plumpton, Penrith, Cumbria with Adult Solo Plus Youth A and B Classes over Four laps of ten or twelve sections over a four mile lap and two...