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On form Gowan

Joel Gowan was truly on top form at the Barrow Club's multiclass Muriel Wilkinson Trial on May 14 as he roared his 250 BSA round the four laps of 10 sections at Everard Lodge, Lowick for the loss of a single mark.But if Gowan was on form, then so too was Peter Blowers on a brand...

Barrow is next up then it’s two Rockshock rounds

A reminder now about the trials on for the next couple of weeks.On May 14 it's the Barrow Club's Muriel Wilkinson trial at Lowick which is a Clubman event with a very easy Black course in addition to the normal clubman routes. Start time is 10.30 and the venue is flagged from the Lowick to Broughton...

Both hard and easy at Borrowbridge

There was a healthy entry in excess of 70 riders at the Lakes GTRC trial at High Borrowbridge where there was a hard course, a clubman course and an easy clubman course.Tom Swindlehurst was a very clear winner of the hard course route from Owen Gilchrist in a high scoring category with only four riders in...

A reflection on 9 days in Scotland

BY MIKE RAPLEYThe Scottish Six Days Trial came to a conclusion just three days ago as I write this personal review that's relevant to Northern Centre riders and undoubtedly it should be the weather that gets the accolade, for the entire nine days I was in attendance to view the Scottish Pre 65 trial followed by...

Update on Next Rockshocks rounds

The two Rockshocks Championship rounds due to be held in Cumbria this month are fast approaching with the Sedbergh Club organising their round on Saturday May 20 at Ghyll Farm, Bowston - that's the Batty family land - with the Westmorland Club promoting the following day, Sunday May 21 at Tow Tops, High Newton.Both trials are...

Update on the Sedbergh club and Rockshocks

We believe that the Sedbergh Club's trial scheduled for Sunday, April 30 has been cancelled but we also understand that the club's Rockshocks Trial, known as the Potter Fell Trial scheduled for Saturday, May 20 now has regulations available. They can be viewed on the ACU Sport 80 website where they state that entries can be...

Dean Moor perfectly groomed for West Cumbria

Report: Arran MurphyThe West Cumbria Motocross Club held its first and second rounds of the 2023 club championship at the perfectly groomed Dean Moor circuit and with the sun shining the season kicked off with a bang.As always first up were the young Auto pilots and it was Olly McLean who dominated the day taking all...

Those who venture succeed!

Two riders from the north east ventured into Cumbria at the weekend for the Cumberland County Club's third Frank Smith series round, held this time at Milburn, and walked away with the spoils in both Adult Clubman and Adult Easy classes in this well supported club trial from the Northern Centre.Ian Cheetham, no stranger to riding...

Clawthorpe’s views made the day

One of the benefits of trials in Cumbria is that the views from many venues overlooking the massive Morecambe Bay - the largest area of tidal land in Europe - is simply stunning, and that was again the case at Clawthorpe where the Lakes Grass Track Club held their second trial of the year in mid-April.The...

Take two Tenaci-Wongs and?????

There are some things in life that the average person is never likely to see – Flying Pigs, Pink Elephants, a Bull In A China Shop, Two Tenaci-Wongs in one trial – yet one of those four impossibilities was actually witnessed last weekend when two of the Chinese made trials bikes were not only witnessed in...