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Braithwaite best on his Future

David Braithwaite is not one of those riders that rides every trial possible, he picks and chooses, but when he does take part, he is always a force to be reckoned with. And that was again the case at the Cumberland County MCC's J.D.Pattinson multiclass trial at Brownrigg on August 20.Riding his 300 Future, a Italian...

Third evening jaunt at Gatebeck on video

VIDEO ON FACEBOOK - Trials riding at Gatebeck by Phil Haygarth, the link is https://youtu.be/5_bsikp30Zc,Returning to a previously used venue at Gatebeck resulted in a turnout of 31 riders for the final round of the Westmorland Club's evening series of trials.Previous trials on Wednesday evenings, over predominately dry rock outcrop resulted in low scores, but the...

Last round battles for title points

With the Northern Centre Trials Championship entering its final days, the Bootle Club's Presidents Trial began the first of the final three rounds with a good entry in all three classes at Fell Green on a mild, dry day in mid-August.Absent from several rounds earlier in the year due to commitments in British Championship rounds, Tom...

The passing of Dick Harrison

We are very sorry to have just learned of the passing of Dick Harrison of Sedbergh who was a very well known and most likeable bike dealer who had his shop in the centre of the village.Dick was very much a "character" and though his connection with recent motorcycle sport had long gone, when he was...

Cumberland’s Two Dayer info from Facebook

***PLEASE READ IN FULL - IMPORTANT EVENT INFORMATION*** *******ENTRIES NOW OPEN******** MIKE HODGSON CLASSIC TWO DAY TRIAL 9th & 10th September 2023 Pre 65, Twinshock & Aircooled Mono (NO C&D CLASS OR MODERN BIKES) TWO ROUTES - STANDARD AND EASY VENUE: LIGHTFOOTS CARAVAN PARK, GILLSIDE FARM GLENRIDDING, CUMBRIA. CA11 0QQ Camping available, please contact Lightfoots Caravan Park, 017684 82346 START TIME: SATURDAY 1PM SUNDAY 10AM COURSE: ALL...

Rockshock gang storm Newcastleton

 Report by John Dickinson and courtesy of the Rockshocks Classic Trials Championship website. The ninth round of the 2023 Rockshocks Classic series hit its most northerly destination when Cumberland County MCC staged the Diane Shield Memorial Trial near Newcastleton, right on the English - Scottish border, and bucked the recent trend with a healthy entry of over...

Final Westmorland evening trial all set-up

The five man team of Westmorland club members were out last Monday evening planning and plotting the sections for the club’s final round of their Wednesday evening trial series which will take place from 6.30pm on Wednesday, August 16 at a venue unused by the club for many years at Gatebeck near Kendal flagged from the...

Zeke Myers opens last few champ rounds

The last three rounds of the Northern Centre Trials Championship due over the next few weeks opened with the Barrow DMC Zeke Myers trial at Torver overlooking Coniston water, a fantastic stretch of land thanks to the farmer and the Lakes District National Park.With a much improved entry of 49 when compared to recent events, it...

A question from Bassenthwaite

Bassenthwaite entry secretary writes: "Entry numbers have been on the low side in general recently across most trials in the area so the club  would like to know peoples' thoughts on the night trials we put on, section severity, classes, courses etc. Would a Saturday afternoon/evening be better ? Any thoughts/comments anybody has, please let us know,...

All action August

Now that we have entered August, the height of the holiday season, it doesn't alter the fact that there are plenty of events this month to enjoy.So here's a brief synopsis of what's on starting with the Barrow Club's Zeke Myers trial on Sunday, August 6 at Torver Common which starts from the Land Rover garage...