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Bootle award winners for 2024

Not only is there a Bootle SC, Gowan Construction multi-class trial this coming Sunday, December 15, but there is also a pie and peas afternoon feast  and prize presentation at the nearby Brown Cow, just up the road from Fell Green, where the club will have their usual offering of 4 laps of 10 sections.The award...

A trio of class winners at the tallontire

Three winners, three different classes - that's the result from the Bassenthwaite Club's open to centre Stanley Tallontire Trial held over the high fells between Caldbeck and Mosedale in the Lake District on the opening Sunday of December.For a change the temperature was mild but persistent rain all day was marginally better for all concerned as...

Here’s the December offerings

Well, as I write, December is almost upon us so here's the stuff that is on offer for the final month of the year.Starting on the first day of the month, Bassenthwaite have the Stanley Tallontire Trial at Mosedale, that's the minor road that links the village of Caldbeck with the main road between Penrith and...

Trial GB for 2025 – all the details

You may well have picked up the news from the ACU, circulated through their Friday press releases that there are big changes to the 2025 ACU Trials Championship.There are a small number of riders in the Centre who possibly wish to take part in next year's series, and to this effect, we have decided to reveal...

Abbo turns up trumps

With our boss photographer Eric Kitchen out of action for a few weeks (he's much improved and we expect to see Kitch back in action soon, following his tumble at home), Ian Abbott kindly sent some pictures he took at the recent Cumberland County trial at Roughton Gill which are now in the Gallery, linked from...

Bootle Trial on 24th cancelled

A phone call from Gary Gowan tells us that the trial on Sunday, November 24th at Fell Green, Bootle  has been cancelled due to the weather conditions on that part of the west coast.Snow has already forced some road closures and the high winds combined with the snow on the higher ground means it's not possible...

Greenhead for next Cumberland County trial

Cumberland County MCC have their Greenhead Trial on Sunday, December 8 where the entries will be limited due to the restricted parking space at this venue which is at Greenhead, near Caldbeck where the What3words are: diets.impulse.lividThe start will be at 10.30 am over two courses : Clubman and Easy and suitable for  Adult Solo plus...

Richard’s Roughton win

Round 2 of the Northern Centre Championship for 2025 took place at Roughton Gill with the Memorial Trial organised by Cumberland County MCC and which attracted 53 riders.Three laps of 12 sections was the offering at this deep Cumbrian venue on a very cold day that turned wet in the early afternoon. Lowest score of the...

New Look for Trial GB series

As far as we are aware, riders who have a current ACU licence receive press releases from the ACU, however it would seem that not everybody gets these and not everybody reads them, but this latest communication may well be of interest to several riders and parents.Women and men to compete on the same ACU Trial...

Get your C of C licence here

It is essential from an insurance point of view that every club has a member who holds a current ACU Clerk of the Course licence, particularly those who actually set out trials.In recent years many  holders have unavoidably let their licences lapse, generally because there has not been local clerk of the course licencing seminars.However, this...