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One dab Sadler reigns supreme

When Richard Sadler ventures into the Northern Centre, there's a pretty fair chance that he will walk off home to Yorkshire having been successful, and that was the case once again when he won the Westmorland Club's road based Lonsdale trial starting from the club's own land at Firbank above Sedbergh.Very much the hot property at...

Email the bass boys first

It's a busy spell at the moment for trials in Cumbria, which is always a good thing. Upcoming over the next two weeks is the Lonsdale from the Westmorland Club on January 29 which is exclusively enter on the day, followed by the Frank Jackson at Torver on February 5 by the Barrow Club for which...

Revamp for the Lonsdale

Westmorland MC open their 2023 season with the Lonsdale Trial on January 29, a round of the Northern Centre Championship in a revised format, that will start from the club's own land at Firbank near Sedbergh which can be reached from junction 37 of the M6. Please note that overnight works at this junction take place...

Thanks, from our man Kitch

A few weeks ago (January 6) it was ace photographer Eric Kitchen's 90th birthday, celebrated in fine style over a long weekend when he was taken out to lunch on the day itself, followed by a trip a day later to the DL12 Indoor Trial where he was presented with the "camera cake" seen elsewhere on...

Patronage 100 years on

On Friday, January 20, 1923, the Auto Cycle Union at their Annual General Meeting, then based in Pall Mall, congratulated by telegram, the Duke of York, patron of the ACU, upon his engagement to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later to become King George VI and the Queen Mother, to which the future King replied that he very...

On line entries for Barrow and Cumberland County

Most riders will be aware that the ACU recently introduced a new website through a company called Sport80 (see elsewhere on this site) which has proven to be very difficult to navigate.Now, thanks to assistance, both the Cumberland County Club and the Barrow Club have managed to put their next events - on February 5 (Barrow's...

Cleans galore at Holmescales – Now with pictures

It's always a problem when setting out a trial, particularly during winter when the weather can change considerably from one day to the next, and that was the situation for those who set out the Lakes Club's trial at Holmescales, for on the Saturday, the previous day it was very wet and inclement whilst on the...