Cumberland County MCC have their Greenhead Trial on Sunday, December 8 where the entries will be limited due to the restricted parking space at this venue which is at Greenhead, near Caldbeck where the What3words are: diets.impulse.lividThe start will be at 10.30 am over two courses : Clubman and Easy and suitable for Adult Solo plus...
Round 2 of the Northern Centre Championship for 2025 took place at Roughton Gill with the Memorial Trial organised by Cumberland County MCC and which attracted 53 riders.Three laps of 12 sections was the offering at this deep Cumbrian venue on a very cold day that turned wet in the early afternoon. Lowest score of the...
As far as we are aware, riders who have a current ACU licence receive press releases from the ACU, however it would seem that not everybody gets these and not everybody reads them, but this latest communication may well be of interest to several riders and parents.Women and men to compete on the same ACU Trial...
It is essential from an insurance point of view that every club has a member who holds a current ACU Clerk of the Course licence, particularly those who actually set out trials.In recent years many holders have unavoidably let their licences lapse, generally because there has not been local clerk of the course licencing seminars.However, this...
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...