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...
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...
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...
Round 3 of the prestigious Trial GB series was hosted by the Bootle Club on Easter Sunday where current British Champion Toby Martyn was victorious just 40 hours after his brilliant fourth place finish in the Bordeaux round of the X-Trial World Championship series.The ever-smiling Cornishman aboard a privateer Montesa claimed a narrow win over series...
It was a disappointing entry for Westmorland's Clubman Trial at Firbank on Easter Monday, perhaps because of the appalling weather that morning that should have forced all to stay at home.However, 23 hardy souls ventured out to tackle the four laps of ten sections, which, because of the change in the conditions from Good Friday when...
Cumberland County MCC will be running round three of the Frank Smith Series on Sunday 23rd April at Milburn near Temple Sowerby, Cumbria. The trial will consist of an Adult Solo category plus Youth A&B Classes with a start time of 11.00 amThe plan is for Four laps of ten or twelve sections which will be all...
Entries for the third round of the Talon/Wulfsport/ACU Trial GB series closed on Sunday evening and finished at a healthy 54 riders for the trial which the Bootle Club are running at Po House this Easter Sunday, April 9. The venue postcode is LA18 5LU.The Trial GB series is the premier selection of events for the...
The loss of a single mark riding his Montesa was all David Tallontire (lead picture) needed to win the Cumberland County's Frank Smith series trial held at Haresceugh, an excellent location for trials high on the eastern Cumbrian hillside. Andrew Scott and Graham Teasdale took the second and third positions on 3 and 6 marks respectively...
Having recently seen the latest full list of riders scheduled to take part in the upcoming Scottish Six Days Trial, we believe that there are currently 12 father/son / daughter combinations riding - 11 dads and lads and one dad and daughter.Obvious leading pair to most enthusiasts is likely to be Dougie and Alfie Lampkin which...
Next to the Lakes Two Day, the biggest trial of the year in the Northern Centre is rapidly approaching with the Bootle Club's running of round three of this year's Talon/ACU Trial GB championship for the five classes, Trial GB, Trial 2, Trial 125, Trial Electric and Trial Expert.Whilst entries have been slow in coming in,...