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Lad thrashes dad

The day was bound to come when the lad thoroughly thrashed the dad; not just by a "lucky" mark or two, but by a hefty 20 marks and that was the situation on Sunday at the Bassenthwaite Club's Turner Trophy Trial held at Baggra Year near Caldbeck when Cameron Brice won the trial over the Hard...

Eric takes the cake!

This website is extremely fortunate to have Eric Kitchen as an enthusiast and supporter of this site as he is virtually the sole supplier of photographs used within the site and not only does he regularly send pictures following his attendance at a trial or the occasional scramble, as riders will know only too well, he...

Vet nurse Leana shows ’em how

Kicking off the 2023 season was the Cumberland County MCC with their New Year's Day Trial at Blaze Fell, High Hesket which attracted a fine entry of 58 riders.The harder clubman course was dominated by two riders who went clean round the four laps of 12 sections, Jamie Bingley and Steve Stamper - who was celebrating...

Electric ace stars

Taking a break from riding trials has obviously worked for electrician Anthony Brockbank as his winning ride was electrifying over the Clubman course in the Barrow Club's Boxing Day trial at the Old Railway Line, Torver.Brocky lost just four marks to finish with less than half the score of his three nearest rivals, Karl Ratcliffe, Danny...

All you need to know to date about ACU/Sport 80

BY MIKE RAPLEYIt's not often that I write in this website from a personal perspective, but I think the time has come for me to make some pertinent observations and hopefully, riders who take part in Northern Centre events will be aware of what the current situation is. (See article above about how to renew your...

Bootle cancelled for December 18

Two good reasons not to ride at Fell GreenNot unexpectedly, the Bootle Club has decided to cancel this coming Sunday's trial at Fell Green which would have been December 18.The week long frozen spell has left the ground totally solid and as such is definitely not suitable for holding a trial as the surface rapidly becomes...

Chilly Greenhead ends Cumberland’s year

A bitterly cold December day didn't stop the Cumberland County MCC from running their final trial of the year at Greenhead near Caldbeck, a place chilly even on the warmest of sunny days, so on a cold December morning, the club did well for the trial to go ahead and attract a small but determined entry.Over...

Just turn up and enter

Potential riders in two of December's trials in the Northern Centre which will be the Bootle Club's trial on December 18 and the Barrow Club's event on December 26, Boxing Day, will both be enter on the day only with no availability to enter on line.The ACU website change is causing some difficulty until both riders...