It is with regret that we have learned that long-time Bassenthwaite club member Richard "Dick" Tallentire passed away on Monday morning, February 16, following a relatively short illness.Dick, was an enthusiast for off road sport and in his youth raced scrambles at the long-forgotten track at Bewaldeth, and when not racing was the commentator at the...
The Northern Centre Trials recorder Anthony Hayhurst has calculated the current Centre Championship positions after seven rounds with 6 events remaining.They are: HARD COURSE Experts Tom Swindlehurst 68 points, Wilf Shuttleworth 33 Intermediate: Mike Instance 50. Novice:Sam Metcalfe 58 , Connor Anderson 56, GREEN COURSEMatt Edmondson 33, Nigel Birkett 32, Lewis Gaskell 23, Jack Dixon 20, Stuart Gaskell 20, Owen Boow...
Yet another Northern Centre Championship round victory has fallen to Tom Swindlehurst, who has now won six of the seven rounds held so far in the 2025/2026 championship series which began in early November.This time it was the Bassenthwaite Club's Robin Hood trial at Glenridding alongside Ullswater in the Lake District, when he lost just five...
Barrow's secretary Angus Jenkinson was besieged in his van, taking entries for the Frank Jackson Trial on February 1, and ended up with numbers up to 74 numbers, in fact only 73 were issued as he refuses to allow any rider to be number 13.However it was number 69 that proved to be the winning digits...
The opening three trials for February are forthcoming from this weekend, February 1 with the Barrow Club's Frank Jackson trial which is another round of the Northern Centre Championship. The venue is once again the Old Railway Line, Torver but please note the start time will be 10am as last year the trial finished a bit close...
Having been heavily involved in the organisation of the Westmorland Club's Lonsdale Trial on January 25 which was a Northern Centre Championship round, writing a positive report may seem to be gilding the lily, but the event went off without a hitch, it attracted 75 riders - a really decent entry in these challenging times and...
This event is still many months away, but now is a good time to make a change to any calendar you may have.The Lakes 2 Day Trial will now be held on October 10/11 and the Richmond Club's Scott Trial will be a week later on October 17....
Entries for the Westmorland Club's Lonsdale Trial have reached 62 through the Sport 80 system and riding numbers have been allocated in order of receipt as per the list which will be displayed at the start. There's plenty of room for entries on the day up until the 10am start time. The sections will close at...
ALL SORTED NOW Just a note to advise all visitors to this site that we are currently without pictures illustrating each page. This is due to a massive error on my part which I am hoping the company that hosts this site can correct. This doesn't affect the articles, but please be patient with the site appearance...
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...