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Expensive mistakes at Bootle

It's crucial when riding a trial that is known to be four laps of ten sections to ensure that each and every section is located within the marked route as a failure to miss...

A Brief History of Brookhouse Brickworks

This website, as the title suggests, is totally dedicated to the Northern Centre and all its related subjects within Cumbria. However, we've just received a fascinating communication that tells the history of the trials...

Bootle award winners for 2024

Not only is there a Bootle SC, Gowan Construction multi-class trial this coming Sunday, December 15, but there is also a pie and peas afternoon feast  and prize presentation at the nearby Brown Cow,...

A trio of class winners at the tallontire

Three winners, three different classes - that's the result from the Bassenthwaite Club's open to centre Stanley Tallontire Trial held over the high fells between Caldbeck and Mosedale in the Lake District on the...

Here’s the December offerings

Well, as I write, December is almost upon us so here's the stuff that is on offer for the final month of the year.Starting on the first day of the month, Bassenthwaite have the...

Trial GB for 2025 – all the details

You may well have picked up the news from the ACU, circulated through their Friday press releases that there are big changes to the 2025 ACU Trials Championship.There are a small number of riders...

Abbo turns up trumps

With our boss photographer Eric Kitchen out of action for a few weeks (he's much improved and we expect to see Kitch back in action soon, following his tumble at home), Ian Abbott kindly...

Bootle Trial on 24th cancelled

A phone call from Gary Gowan tells us that the trial on Sunday, November 24th at Fell Green, Bootle  has been cancelled due to the weather conditions on that part of the west coast.Snow...

Greenhead for next Cumberland County trial

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...

Richard’s Roughton win

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...

New Look for Trial GB series

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...