Friday, May 3, 8.10pmIt’s fairly late on Friday evening following the first full day of the Pre 65 trial, so my first impressions.The level of bike preparation is exemplary with very few old knackers being ridden and there is a very strong contingent off big four strokes, principally Triumph twins with far fewer AJS or Matchless...
THURSDAY, MAY 2, mid-eveningIt was when I reached Glen Coe that I realised that in all the years I’ve been travelling the A82 to Fort William, rarely have I seen the famous mountains in such clear, beautiful weather as they were on Thursday afternoon, and upon reaching Kinlochleven where the Scottish Pre 65 takes place, the...
TUESDAY, APRIL 30Well, I never expected to be writing something as early as this about Scotland, but here goes.I was having a Monday afternoon brew with my local Carnforth pal Neil Buckley, who was on the Reserve List for the two day trial, but a long way down, somewhere about the last 4 or 5 of...
Just a reminder about the first two events for May - the Sedbergh Club have a multi-class trial which incorporates round 2 of the Northern Centre Youth Championship at Ghyll Farm, Bowston on Sunday, May 5 which will have just two routes, Clubman standard and Clubman Easy and for the youths is primarily aimed at Youth...
With the Scottish Pre 65 Two Day Trial and the Scottish Six Days Trial due to begin later this week (from May 2) your author of most of the material that appears on this website will be away from home at the Scottish festival, which in past years has meant that updating of the site has...
Eleven year old Cameron Batty (pictured earlier this year) who has already had some adult scalps when he has ridden major trials in the Northern Centre began his challenge for the National C class youth championship at Hookwoods over the last weekend of April with a pair of second places each day in the ACU/Oset Bikes...
Nord Vue, once the British home to the World Championship series, remains a great trial venue for events of all levels and Cumberland County held the third round of the Frank Smith series on the last Sunday of April with a decent entry of 56 riders to compete over the predominately sandstone sections in this old...
Many weeks of planning finally came to fruition on April 21 when the Bootle Club's opening round of the 2024 Trial GB Championship took place at the marvellous Fell Green venue having been forced to move from the originally planned location of Po House.But no matter where the trial was held, it was always going to...
It's less than two weeks now before folks begin to filter their way up to Scotland for the Pre 65 Scottish Two Day trial or the Scottish Six Days Trial - and sometimes both - so now is a good time, with the entry lists for both events having been published, to list those riders normally...