The weather news for January 28 claimed that it was the warmest day ever for January. That may well have been the case in Scotland from where the news story surfaced, but it also meant that generally mild weather was a feature in the Lake District where the Westmorland Club ran the Lonsdale Trial, the first...
The weather has caused another trial cancellation with this coming Sunday's Fell Green Trial by the Bootle Club hit by conditions that continue to affect the sport.Whilst Fell Green doesn't have any parking problems, the ground is frozen solid with the streams and rocks covered with thick ice and though the temperature is set to rise,...
Bitterly cold weather with a biting wind failed to deter the nearly 70 riders who chose to attend the Lakes Grass Track Racing Club's trial on January 14 at the Holmscales venue near Crooklands for four laps of the ten sections at this compact old quarry venue. Muddy banks, rocky streams and short rooted climbs featured...
With the Turner Trial having been cancelled, there is no event report this week, however, there's plenty of action forthcoming, so here's a brief rundown covering the next few weeks.First up is the Lakes GTRC trial at Holmscales near Crooklands, on January 14 which is a very sensible clubman event for all classes and grades of...
The Bassenthwaite Club regret to report that the Turner Trophy Trial scheduled for January 7 has had to be cancelled at the request of the land owners and tenants due to the extremely wet terrain conditions....
With zero marks lost, Jamie Bingley (lead picture) won the Cumberland County's New Year's Day trial at Nord Vue - once home of several World Championship trials rounds - and it was his dad Gary who took third place overall on the Adult Clubman course at this venue which features several quarry sections and also loads...
Nearly 60 enthusiasts for the sport that the Westmorland Club promotes enjoyed a great luncheon gathering on Friday December 29th when the club hosted their annual post Christmas gathering for the first time since the Pandemic.The guests of honour were Speedway Champion Eric Boocock and enduro/trials/Dakar star Derrick Edmondson who were interviewed by Pete Remington (Eric)...
Scores were generally high following the four laps of 11 sections at the Barrow Club's Boxing Day Fun trial, with only two riders from the 52 strong entry managing to record a single figure score. Chris Dixon lost just two marks - an incredible ride no matter who else could have been at the trial and...
Westmorland MC are introducing a Championship series in both their Sunday trials and also their three evening trials scheduled to be held through 2024.Only the Milnthorpe trial in March is excluded as this is a round of the National S3 series and not everybody would wish to ride this event, it being a bit more difficult...
Lead picture: The Winter Observer!It seems as if the sport has been on hold for the best part of a month as the last event to have actually been held in the Northern Centre was Bootle's club trial on November 26. Since then, Bassenthwaite's Tallontire trial didn't take place due to the weather conditions and nor...