Attending a funeral is never an experience that one looks forward to but there are occasions when one feels obliged to join the mourners (writes Mike Rapley).Such an occasion was last Friday, March 13 when well over 100 friends, family and associates of the late ArthurLampkin gathered together at St James Churh Silsden to honour the...
With the cancellation of yesterday's scheduled Barrow trial due to the unavailability of the planned venue in Graythwaite Forest, the next trial from the Northern Centre dates list is the Bootle Club's multi-class trial at Fell Green, that's on Sunday March 15.All the usual comments apply, 10.30 start, entries on the day, all adult classes catered...
MONDAY, MARCH 2The results from the Milnthorpe trial are now in the Results page and soon will be able to write a report with some pictures. To be totally honest, any report and pictures will yet be a day or so - can only do so much!! THURSDAY MARCH 5S3 Trials Championship Milnthorpe CupNotice from the Clerk...
Unfortunately the Barrow Club's D.R. Burrow trial that was scheduled to run on Sunday, March 8 at Graythwaite Forest near Newby Bridge in the Lake District has had to be cancelled and is unlikely to run on another date this year....
The Drachenbergs, father Aran and son Alfie were both their respective class winners at the Barrow Club' s Founder Members trial at Stribers, Haverthwaite on Sunday, February 22.Despite a disappointing entry of just 20 riders, the organisers had gone out of their way to provide a great trial with 3 laps of 14 sections; the first...
Stribers, with parking along the main road from Haverthwaite to Holker, the B5278, is the venue for the Barrow Club's Founder Members trial this coming Sunday, February 22.This excellent venue, used just once each year provides 10 sections and four laps of the venue which provides very sensible sections mostly of rocky outcrop. Entries are taken...
It is with regret that we have learned that long-time Bassenthwaite club member Richard "Dick" Tallentire passed away on Monday morning, February 16, following a relatively short illness.Dick, was an enthusiast for off road sport and in his youth raced scrambles at the long-forgotten track at Bewaldeth, and when not racing was the commentator at the...
The Northern Centre Trials recorder Anthony Hayhurst has calculated the current Centre Championship positions after seven rounds with 6 events remaining.They are: HARD COURSE Experts Tom Swindlehurst 68 points, Wilf Shuttleworth 33 Intermediate: Mike Instance 50. Novice:Sam Metcalfe 58 , Connor Anderson 56, GREEN COURSEMatt Edmondson 33, Nigel Birkett 32, Lewis Gaskell 23, Jack Dixon 20, Stuart Gaskell 20, Owen Boow...
Yet another Northern Centre Championship round victory has fallen to Tom Swindlehurst, who has now won six of the seven rounds held so far in the 2025/2026 championship series which began in early November.This time it was the Bassenthwaite Club's Robin Hood trial at Glenridding alongside Ullswater in the Lake District, when he lost just five...
Barrow's secretary Angus Jenkinson was besieged in his van, taking entries for the Frank Jackson Trial on February 1, and ended up with numbers up to 74 numbers, in fact only 73 were issued as he refuses to allow any rider to be number 13.However it was number 69 that proved to be the winning digits...