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‘Tis the season to thank you all

It being Christmas, well it will be in a couple of days, now is a good time to thank everybody for supporting this Northern Centre ACU website, which came into being back in late April, 2022.In those two and a half years, there have been 360 posts, all of which are still available through the many...

Make sure you are licenced up for January 1 at Nord Vue

Cumberland County MCC have their New Year's day trial at Nord Vue, Armathwaite, Carlisle on Wednesday, January 1, the location of which is What3words : ///buck.pigtails.subjects At the request of the club they ask that you *****PLEASE READ IN FULL***** - the trial will have classes for Adult Solo Plus Youth A&B classes over two courses, Clubman and...

Expensive mistakes at Bootle

It's crucial when riding a trial that is known to be four laps of ten sections to ensure that each and every section is located within the marked route as a failure to miss a section, and to miss it four times, is going to make a mess of one's result no matter how well or...

A Brief History of Brookhouse Brickworks

This website, as the title suggests, is totally dedicated to the Northern Centre and all its related subjects within Cumbria. However, we've just received a fascinating communication that tells the history of the trials land known as Brookhouse Brickworks, where the Lancs County MCC run their events. Whilst Brookhouse village is outside the Cumbrian borders, many...

Bootle award winners for 2024

Not only is there a Bootle SC, Gowan Construction multi-class trial this coming Sunday, December 15, but there is also a pie and peas afternoon feast  and prize presentation at the nearby Brown Cow, just up the road from Fell Green, where the club will have their usual offering of 4 laps of 10 sections.The award...

A trio of class winners at the tallontire

Three winners, three different classes - that's the result from the Bassenthwaite Club's open to centre Stanley Tallontire Trial held over the high fells between Caldbeck and Mosedale in the Lake District on the opening Sunday of December.For a change the temperature was mild but persistent rain all day was marginally better for all concerned as...

Here’s the December offerings

Well, as I write, December is almost upon us so here's the stuff that is on offer for the final month of the year.Starting on the first day of the month, Bassenthwaite have the Stanley Tallontire Trial at Mosedale, that's the minor road that links the village of Caldbeck with the main road between Penrith and...

Trial GB for 2025 – all the details

You may well have picked up the news from the ACU, circulated through their Friday press releases that there are big changes to the 2025 ACU Trials Championship.There are a small number of riders in the Centre who possibly wish to take part in next year's series, and to this effect, we have decided to reveal...

Abbo turns up trumps

With our boss photographer Eric Kitchen out of action for a few weeks (he's much improved and we expect to see Kitch back in action soon, following his tumble at home), Ian Abbott kindly sent some pictures he took at the recent Cumberland County trial at Roughton Gill which are now in the Gallery, linked from...