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Spiers spikes Dean Moor glory

Report: Arran MurphyRounds 3 and 4 of the West Cumbria Motocross Club championship were held at the superbly prepared Dean Moor circuit near Workington.First up on Saturday were the Auto pilots and it was Daniel Morris who took home maximum points and stood on the top step of the podium followed home by Archie Armstrong who...

Rockshock duo successes

Two glorious days of Rockshock trials were enjoyed over the Saturday and Sunday of May 20 and 21 when the Sedbergh and Westmorland Clubs held the third and fourth rounds of this popular series.Aimed at Air-cooled monoshock machines, Twinshocks and British Bikes originally built prior to 1975, both trials attracted very healthy entries in all three...

Two including a champ round this Bank Holiday

Two trials this coming weekend, May 28 and Bank Holiday, Monday, May 29 with Bootle having a Gowan Construction multiclass trial at Fell Green with a 10.30am start, then on Monday it's the Lakes GTRC at Redscar, Underbarrow near Kendal LA8 8UH, flagged from the Black Labrador pub LA8 8JQ and from the B5284 near The Sun...

Mick the main man at Barbon

The Percy Duff Barbon Speed Hill Climb will bounce back into action once again this year when the go-ahead Westmorland Club stage the event on Saturday, July 22 at the popular Cumbrian tarmac track at Barbon Manor.Speed hill climbs in the UK are relatively few in number so to have one in our own area makes...

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...