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First Sorra round was a cracker

The Barrow Club requested back in late 2025 that they wished to hold a round of the Sorra Classic Trials Championship, and last Sunday that request came true with the first round of the 2026 series, held at the Old Railway Line, Torver - arguably one of the best areas for trials in the whole of...

Passing of Mike Crackles

We are saddened to report the passing of  Mike Crackles following a long degenerative illness, last Sunday, March 15 in Lancaster Infirmary.Mike, who was 66, was one of the joint landowners with his brother David,  at Ivah Allotments, Low Gill where the Lancs County club holds trials, and was himself a keen pre 65 trials rider...

All the SORRA DETAILS

BARROW DMC – SORRA CLASSIC TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 1Final instructions to competitorsThank you for entering this, the first round of the Sorra Championship which will be held at The Old Railway Line, Torver.The start venue will not be at the Railway Line, which many of you will be familiar but at a field nearby where the...

Lindale on Easter Saturday

Lindale, the Westmorland Club’s own land will be the venue for their third trial of the year which will be an easy clubman event on SATURDAY, April 4 which is the Easter weekend. The start time will be 1pm and there will be four laps of 10 sections at this excellent hillside venue.The trial will be...

Bootle’s toughie

The Bootle Club's multi-class trial in the middle of March proved to a be a toughie with the entry of just 26 riders faced with a testing four laps of ten sections at the Fell Green venue.Six Manx riders boosted the very small local entry with the father and son duo of Juan and Tom Knight...

The funeral of Arthur Lampkin

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 Church, Silsden to honour the...

Two weekends of action for you

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...

Milnthorpe results

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...

D.R.Burrow trial cancelled

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....

Double for Drachenbergs

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...