The Annual General Meeting of the Northern Centre of the ACU took place on Remembrance Sunday at the Villa Hotel with a small attendance who heard a brief welcoming speech for Keith Quinn, the Centre President followed by the Chairman's speech from Angus Jenkinson who said :"This is now my second year as Chairman of the...
Just a reminder now, this coming Sunday, November 10 is the Northern Centre's Annual General Meeting where everybody and anybody can attend to discuss the forthcoming and past year of the Centre's happenings.It's all very informal and you get tea and scones afterwards, so if anybody is thinking about attending, then please do so as your...
The next round of the Northern Centre Championship will be Cumberland County's Memorial Trial on Sunday 17th November 2024 for which entries are now open but please take note ENTRIES CLOSE 7PM ON WEDNESDAY 13TH NOVEMBER.The trial will be held at the excellent venue of Raughton Ghyll, Fellside, Caldbeck Cumbria, CA7 8HA what 3 words /// study.cups.decking...
The winners in all three classes of the Bassenthwaite Club's D.K.Laing trial at Threlkeld on the opening Sunday of the 2025 Northern Centre Trials Championship provided a masterclass of how to win to all their rivals in this well supported trial that attracted nearly 70 entrants.Tom Swindlehurst, the defending champion over the hard course showed that...
With the season changing and the clocks having gone back, November is almost upon us so here are the events for the penultimate month of the 2024 season.First up is the opening round of the 2024/2025 Northern Centre trials championship with the Bassenthwaite Club's D.K.Laing trial at Threlkeld quarry with a start time of 10.30 and...
The instructions to the guys who set out Sunday's John Holmes Trial by the Westmorland Club at Lindale on the final Sunday of October was quite clear. It's primarily a twin-shock/Pre 65 trial so it needs to be easy, the sections need to be wide and without tight turns. Numerous riders over the past months had...
Parking at Lindale for Sunday's Westmorland Club John Holmes trial has been dramatically improved following a good number of hours spent leveling out the gateway between the two fields, removing the two large rocks that have prevented the club using part of the first entrance field and piping and leveleling the stream crossing in the...
As a hectic year for the Westmorland Club draws to a close having organised three classic scrambles, a tarmac hill climb, a three day road-run and seven trials, the final event of 2024 is the John Holmes Trial which will be held on Sunday October 27 at the club’s own land at Lindale, starting at 10.30am...
There has not been a Northern Centre trial suitable for the riders who can't or don't want to ride a tough national event since the end of September, so the Cumberland County club's Dixie Dee trial at Brownrigg Fell on October 20 attracted an excellent entry - all on-line - of 52 riders. But well forecasted...
Following on from the last Northern Centre Board Meeting which was also the Dates Meeting for the 2025/2026 season, all the dates that were decided are now on the calendar (found under Events from the Home Page or from the quick link at the bottom of this page) together with the provisional dates and locations of...