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Roll up to High Newton

Wednesday, August 13, 6.30pm is the place to be for the third and final trial of the Westmorland Club's evening series.It will be at the top of the hill out of High Newton, between Lindale and Newby Bridge, and will be flagged from the main road and there's a pub in the village for after trial...

Next up for Lakes

The next Lakes Grass Track Racing Club  trial will be held on Sunday 31st August, for a 10.30 start, over 3 routes, Hard, Clubman and Easy . All entries taken on the day, Venue not confirmed yet but near Kendal to be announced nearer the date. Championship points are still up for grabs ! Observers most welcome.Date...

Barrow’s Beta Barrow Blast

If ever there was a bike suited to a rider, then Mark Barrow on a 250 Beta looks to be an ideal combination. For many years the self-employed electrician was always a rider on a Gas Gas, but some months ago he made the change to a Beta and found that it simply suits him "down...

Third and final evening trial from Westmorland

The third evening trial of the Westmorland Club’s summer series of Wednesday events which all start at 6.30pm, returns to the open hillside above High Newton village which has previously been used for an evening trial two years ago and which has also hosted sections in the club’s Milnthorpe trial of 2024.Being an open location makes...

Presidents turns out a tough one

PICTURES FROM ERIC KITCHEN IN THE GALLERYWhen the Bootle club use Po House for a Northern Centre Championship round, it's likely to be a challenging trial and that was exactly the situation for the Presidents Trial where the scores over the four laps of ten sections were generally high.The seven riders on the hard course certainly...

First three trials for August

Bootle SC's Northern Centre Championship round kicks off events in Cumbria for August on the 3rd of the month. This will be the Presidents Trial and will be held at the excellent Po House venue near Millom, flagged from the Broughton to coastal road where Joel Gowan and Gary Gowan have been busy finding new sections...

Final teams from the North

The Inter Centre Team Trial is due to take place in a couple of weeks over the weekend of August 16/17 at thee Bob McGregor trials Academy at Dunlop near Kilmarnock and the Northern Centre teams selected to take part have now been confirmed with changes from the original suggestions made some weeks ago.Team Manager for...

Velocette win goes to Nick

Roughton Gill, Fellside near Caldbeck is a remote but wonderful Cumbrian blind valley that has hosted motorcycle trials for decades, and thanks to the Lake District National Park, and the Caldbeck Commoners, continues to do so to this day by the Cumberland County MCC and their enthusiastic members.The Velocette Trial was once a Northern Centre Championship...

Lakes 2 Day entry opens on. Monday

The Lakes Motor Trial Association are pleased to announce that entries will open for the 2025 Lakes National Two Day Trial on Monday 28/07/2025.The Supplementary Regulations and an Entry Form are both available on the LMTA website, https://lakesmta.com.For the tech savvy among you, the Entry Form is a fillable PDF so you can complete it without...

Super clean ride by Joel

PICTURES IN THE GALLERY BY ERIC KITCHENJoel Hazlett was the only rider to finish Wednesday night's Westmorland trial at Lindale with a clean sheet - a fine achievement at an event that was basically a very easy evening of sport but which had one really tricky section to test the riders.After the disappoint number of entries...