Tom Swindlehurst was in a total class of his own in Sunday's Milnthorpe Trial by the Westmorland Club on their own land at Lindale, losing just 12 marks over the hard course of three laps and 13 sections. Tom Swindlehurst was in a class of his ownSet out by Anthony Brockbank with the intention of testing...
A reminder now to all you good trials riders in the north of England, the Milnthorpe Trial is up and ready with a dozen sections (maybe 13) set out and just waiting for some action on Sunday, March 2 having been plotted by Anthony Brockbank, and he has cut out some new variations and subtly altered...
Five trials this month (no motocross, enduros grass track or road racing in this centre any more, much is the pity), the events being the Westmorland Club's Milnthorpe Trial on March 2, the Barrow Club's Founder Members Trial on March 9, Sedbergh MC have a multi-class trial on March 16, then it's Barrow again with the...
Just to make everything clear; first of all the scheduled Barrow Club trial on February 23 will not take place due to unavailability of the land used for this trial at this time of year. The club are hoping to be able to return to the land owned by Holker Estates, but not this year. However,...
This is an urgent plea from the Westmorland Club who need two or three riders able to set out the Milnthorpe Trial this coming weekend (March 2). Obviously everything will be supplied and advice as to where the trial needs to be, starting from the club's own land at Lindale.The problem is that those who regularly...
Trevor Fawkes (lead picture) and Simon Brice had a very close finish in the Cumberland County Club's opening Frank Smith series of easy trials at Aughertree near Caldbeck in the middle of February on their Betas, with Fawkes claiming the win by a single mark from Brice.Yet another bitterly cold but dry day with a chilling...
The Westmorland Motor Club was the only Northern Centre club to have a stand at the Telford off-road show last weekend where they promoted the variety of events the club hosts.In addition to the 8 trials the club holds every year - and already they have hosted the first round of the S3 Parts Championship, Westmorland...
Our ace photographer Eric Kitchen took a day off from the Bassenthwaite trial, it being so cold, (who would want to be handling a cold camera all day), so Rappers snapped a few whilst observing, the few being in the Gallery now.When riders complete a section then sit on the bike complaining they've got arm pump,...
More Kitch pictures in the Gallery. Riders with the surname beginning with B, seemed to be the trials men in a different class at the Barrow Club's Frank Jackson trial, which started from the Old Railway Line, Torver and was a round of the Northern Centre Trials Championship.Over the Green course, a mix of the hard and...
It's that time again when we take a quick look at the upcoming events in the Northern Centre.Starting off on February 2, the Barrow Club have the Frank Jackson trial which is a round of the Northern Centre Championship. It starts from The Old Railway Line, Torver, which is a regularly used base for a trial...