With no competitive events taking place this coming Remembrance weekend, it's a good chance for riders and officials who either take part in or help to organise such events, to attend the Northern Centre's Annual General Meeting and Prize Giving which will be held at The Villa Hotel, Levens on Remembrance Sunday, November 13.These social occasions...
Following on from the opening round of the Northern Centre Trials Championship for a new season comes the Cumberland County MCC Memorial Trial on Sunday 20th November at Raughton Ghyll, Fellside, Caldbeck which will be flagged from Caldbeck school)As per Centre requirements there will be three routes, Hard, Green(50/50) and Clubman for adult Solos plus youth...
November heralds the start of the 2023 Northern Centre Trials Championship series, so for two months it's the 2022/2023 series, and traditionally it is the Bassenthwaite Club that open the season which is what happed once again with the club's D.K.Laing trial at Threlkeld Quarry near Keswick on November 6.Being the start of a new season...
Most enthusiasts of off-road bike sport will be aware by now that the sport's "bible" for the past 45 years is no more with Trials and Motocross News - TMX - having been published for the final time last Thursday.We understand that it came as a shock announcement by the owners, a national newspaper group, and...
Riders from all parts of the country descended on Fell Green, Bootle on the last Sunday of October for the final round of the 2022 Rockshocks Classic Trials Championship with 74 riders starting the two lap 20 section course high on the fells overlooking the Isle of Man across the Irish Sea.Six classes tackled either a...
Claiming a baulk in a trial is occasionally seen as a way of getting a re-run when the rider's initial attempt has been less than successful.However, there can be a situation when claiming a baulk and requesting a re-run is perfectly right and proper, and that was the case at the John Holmes Trial organised by...
Cumberland County MCC returned to Brownrigg Fell on Sunday, October 16 having had to postpone their trial at the venue earlier in the year due to the fire risk at the time.However, at this time of year the venue is fine for good club trials which was reflected in a decent entry of 54 riders over...
The infamous Scott Trial took place on October 15, the tradition time and observation trial ran for the 97th time and as usual, there were a number of Northern Centre riders taking part. Should you be unaware of how the trial result is calculated, riders lose marks in the sections (76 of them) as per normal...
In the report from the Lakes Two Day trial we wrongly said that Richard Gaskell, who won the Clubman class, that it was his third national trial win of the year having been the best Clubman class rider in the Milnthorpe, Travers and the Lakes.Well, we got it wrong because in actual fact, Richard has actually...
When Westmorland MC return to Holme Farm, Middleton near Sedbergh on Sunday, October 23, the course planners have a lot of new ground now available to them, land which they have not been able to use for about the past 15 years.This venue, which has been used annually for the club’s Nostalgia Trial, is now available...