When it comes to Northern Centre Championship rounds you can generally expect the Bootle Club;'s Fell Green Trial to be a tough one, but this year the event had been eased a little for the 33 starters, but that made no difference to Tim Swindlehurst who won once again to comtinue his thrust to retain the...
On January 25 the Westmorland Club's Lonsdale Trial is another round of the Northern Centre Championship for which the on-line entries are building nicely and there's still another week for you to make your entry at the standard price of £25 through the ACU Sport 80 on-line entry system.However, if you simply can't commit to entering...
Holmscales Activity Centre is an all weather centre and it's a good job it is for the Lakes GTRC D3 Racing trial, the first round of this year's series was hit by lots of rain and very strong winds which made for a pretty unpleasant day for those NOT on a bike.Riding trials when the weather...
A bitterly cold day and with many sections either frozen or rocks covered in ice failed to deter 56 riders from entering the Bassenthwaite Club's Turner Trophy Trial at Baggra Yeat near Caldbeck on the first Sunday of January, however the day did result in 17 of the riders retiring, mostly due to the difficult conditions...
Pictures in the Gallery from IAN ABBOT Yet again, Cumberland County attracted a healthy entry for their New Year's Day Trial at Nord Vue where Stuart Gaskell went clean to win the Adult Clubman course from Scottish rider Ross McCullough on a TLR Honda with local Carlisle rider Richard Fisher in third.The entry was split almost 50/50...
The Bassenthwaite Club's Turner Trial is a Northern Centre championship round, at Baggra Yeat, the start is flagged off B5299 between Uldale and Caldbeck the nearest postcode is CA71HN with Hard, Easy and Green courses for all adult solos plus youth A&B. Start time is 10.30amObservers required with bikes if possible due to remoteness of sections...
As promised in one of my recent posts, the Northern Centre list of dates has now been updated with no amendments necessary from the hand outs that have been available at recent trials.If you haven't yet picked up a dates handout whilst at the Bassenthwaite, Bootle or Barrow trial held in December, they will be available...
Both the Clubman course and the easier Black course enjoyed a level of severity appropriate for the riders in the Barrow Club's annual Boxing Day "Fun" trial, but judging by the scores, it was a tough day for the riders on the harder course, many of whom were expecting a less arduous day as they digested...
Entries into the Bootle club's trials have been disappointingly low for much of the past year, but for their "Fun" trial on December 21 some 52 riders arrived and signed on, a great improvement over recent trials and as such the club were delighted with the turn out to this far western venue.Only three riders took...
Just as we approach Christmas, here's wishing everybody who visits this site a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.Talking about the New Year, it could be a busy few weeks for trials riders in Cumbria and surrounding counties with events scheduled for every weekend at least until the middle of April.The calendar available on...