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Brownrigg for the next Cumberland County trial

Cumberland County MCC continue their 2023 season of trials with the JD Pattinson Trial at Brownrigg Fell, Plumpton, Penrith, Cumbria on Sunday 20th August for which entries are now open, the classes being Adult Solo Plus Youth A&B .This popular venue will offer four laps of ten or twelve sections over a four mile lap with two courses,  Clubman...

Nick takes the shield at Ghyll

There are two particular riders in the Northern Centre, somewhat similar in age, very similar in ability and when riding the same trial are very likely to be close to the top of the results sheet, no matter where the trial or what the conditions.Those two riders are Nick Shield and Simon Brice. Brice is nearly...

Myers boys plan a cracker at Torver.

The Northern Centre Trials Championship series restarts this Sunday, August 6 with the excellent Zeke Myers trial by the Barrow club on Torver Common starting from the Land Rover garage just outside the village of Torver.This is always a cracking trial set out  by the four person team of the men in the Myers Family, Mike,...

Support Bassenthwaite’s latest

As this is being written, you have just under a week to make the decision that you will support the Bassenthwaite Club when they hold their final Wednesday evening trial of the year which will be a Clubman/easy trial at Stybeck Farm Thirlmere near Keswick, with a 6.30pm start.The Bassenthwaite guys assist local charities with these...

Lakes entries now open

This website has just had a communication from Breckin Barclay, the secretary for the Lakes Two Day Trial in October, the details of which are shown below in their Press Release. It should be noted that they are insisting on ALL entries being sent to them by e-mail as described below. If your computer skills are...

Fast men bag Barbon

Fastest time of the day (FTD) was set by Taunton rider Tommy Hodges in the top ten run off at the Westmorland Club's Barbon Hill Climb on July 22, where despite the conditions in which it rained for most of the day and when the 890 yard hill was never dry at anytime, the Somerset rider...

Manx success by our lads

Apologies for being a bit late with this tit-bit of news regarding Northern Centre trials boys, but it's well worth mentioning and applauding the fact that of the first five places in the Expert class of the Manx Two Day Trial which took place a couple of weekends ago, Northern Centre riders took four of the...

Double news from Cumberland

Challenging is probably the best terminology for the conditions the 33 riders and several observers experienced at the Cumberland County Club's Velocette Trial at Roughton Gill near Caldbeck, for it rained all day, as it had the previous day, the becks were fast flowing, the wind blew strongly, depending upon where one stood on the exposed...

Erik posts Firbank win

If the rider's surname started with the letter B, then only one of four riders in the Westmorland Club's second Wednesday evening trial could be the winner, so it was going to be either Carl Batty, Cameron Batty, Donald Baines or Erik Buckley who would prove to be the winner.Ten year old Cameron Batty took thirdSo...

Two in four days from Westmorland

The second Wednesday evening trial by the Westmorland Club takes place very soon - on July 19 to be exact, at the club's own land at Firbank, above Sedbergh with flagging to the club's venue from junction 37 of the M6.Four enthusiastic members have plotted ten sections which will be ridden four times after the 6.30...