Category: Exmoor Clouds

Exmoor Clouds wins for John Reeves and Jon Moores

Richard Maddern was best outfit on a very muddy day.

Vince Feeney captures Bike winner John Reeves peering through the gloom on Ski Slope

This years Exmoor Clouds turned out to be a tough trial. Perhaps a little tougher than Paul Merson and his team had intended, as rain before the event made the long, steep, forest sections muddier than expected.

After picking up points on the first two hills John Reeves scored a run of cleans, punctuated by an eight on Vinegar Hill, to be best solo. Vinegar Hill was cleanable though, as demonstrated by Richard Sparks in B2 and Leon Youlton and Mark Bowden in B1.

Car winner Jon Moores restarting his CMR Ford on Vinegar Hill (Captured from a Norton Selwood Video)

In the cars Jon Moores put in a dominant performance in his CMR Ford, getting to the two on Periton Hill, which has yet to be climbed on four wheels. Dave Haizelden, having a run in Class Eight with the Deere Special, also got to the two but had picked up quite a few marks earlier in the trial.

The Suzuki engine in John Early’s Leige is now behaving itself after a long development period, and John was 2nd overall and best in Class 7.

The leading car positions were well spread among the classes. Matt Facey was 3rd in his family crewed BMW E30 in Class 3, Jack Selwood 4th in his 1300 Beetle and Ian Facey 5th in Class Five.

ACTC Motorcycle Coordinator Andy Beveridge on Water Run, the only D1 outfit, meaning the chair can be detached from the bike (Photo by Vince Feeney)

Results:-

SoloJohn Reeves KTM Freeride21
OutfitRichard Maddern & Tegen MaddernHusqvarna11
CarJon MooresCMR Ford10
AStephen KingstoneBSA Bantam44.5
B1Dan WelburnHonda TLR 20027
B2Les FoyScorpa R-Ride24
1James ShallcrossPeugeot 20545
2Steve HillFord Model A42.5
3Matt FaceyBMW E3017.5
4Jack SelwoodVW Beetle19.5
5Ian FaceyBMW Z320.5
6Karen WarrenVW Beetle45.5
7John EarleyLeige15.5
8Emma WallTroll28
90Brian HampsonSuzuki X9039.5

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Pinn Quarry
Ski Slope
Steep Lane
Luxborough Lawns
Vinegar Hill
Lena’s
Periton Hill
Slade Lane
North Hawkwell

InCar with Steven Price 1300 Beetle

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Exmoor Clouds Wins for Matt Facey and Andrew Leahy

Matt pipped Tom Jones by one point

Arnie Martin gives the thumbs up to photographer Vince Feeney. Forsaking his Escort Arnie was driving his Hollier Mountaineer in Class Eight and was instrumental in persuading Simon Groves to fix the driveshaft on his Troll when it snapped right at the point it fits in the diff.

Minehead Motor Club attracted a good four wheel entry for this years Exmoor Clouds Trial, although the motorcycle entry was a little disapointing.

Clerk of the Course Paul Merson presented a formidable challenge to Class Eight with restarts on almost every section. Even so Tom Jones came close to the win but had too give best to the ever dependable Matt Facey in the family E30 BMW.

Duncan Stephens was third overall in his UVA Fugitive and Dave Haizelden fourth with his familiar Reliant Scimitar SS1.

Andrew Leahy was best Solo and Martin Keswick best Outfit.

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Exmoor Clouds win for Neal Vile in his X90

A Tough Trial with only four marks separating the top ten cars. Restarts and deviations made it challenging for Class Eight and only Tom Jones broke into the top ten to gain Wheelspin points.

Paul Watson has just pulled away from the Class 7 restart and is about to blast past the Class Eight line. Paul was second overall in his Class 7 Imp, now with 2.0 Golf GTi power. (VidCap from a Josh Moss video)
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Xanthia Petherick and Christina McClary KTM 525 (with permission of Xanthia Petherick)

Minehead Motor Club restarted the season after the summer break and Clerk of the Course Paul Merson had worked hard to create some exacting sections in the inevitable dry conditions. He succeeded and there was a closely fought battle amongst the cars with Neal Vile and Paul Watson ending the trial on 17 points in Class 90 X90 and Class 7 Hillman Imp respectively.

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Dean Partington wins Exmoor Clouds in Historic Car

Charlie Merson was second and Jack Selwood third on a day dominated by lightweight front engined Class Eights

Dean Partington and Henry Hoggart returned Deans Falcon to the hills after thirty years and came away with the overall win.

Paul Merson and his team returned the Exmoor Clouds to the roads this year after a couple of years as a Covid imposed single venue event. They were rewarded by a full entry including no less than 20 Class Eight Cars.

Dean in his Falcon pictured on the front of Triple coming out the top of Calton on the 1991 Edinburgh Trial. He sold the car and moved on to improving Cannons before creating the Wasp. A few years ago he had the opportunity to reacquire the Falcon, updating it a little before returning it to the hills.
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Exmoor Clouds Restarts Season

Wins for Tristan Barnicoat and Duncan Stephens

Run last year as a Single Venue Event Minehead Motor Club had planned to run a road trial this year. Unfortunately there were problems a few weeks before the event and the route had to be confined to the extensive Headon Woods. Tristan Barnicoat dominated the Motorcycles while Duncan Stephens had a hard fight with Charlie Merson and Stewart Green to win the cars.

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Nick Farmer wins Single Venue Exmoor Clouds

Classic Trialling resumed in the current difficult Covid situation with Minehead MC running their event at a single venue.

Classic Trialling came to a halt after the Launceston Trial in March due to Covid 19. With the Government, Motorsport UK and ACU restrictions to contend with Minehead MC were able to run the Exmoor Clouds as a single venue event in Headon Woods. Unfortunately the event couldn’t cater for bikes and sidecars. The other big change was that drivers could run without passengers if they wished as crews from different passengers would have to wear a face mask.

Nick Farmer and Trris White in the Deere Special on their way to a narrow win over Aaron Haizelden (Photo by Peter Browne)

It was tee shirt weather but there was quite a bit of mud around and even getting to the sections proved challenging at times.

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Exmoor Clouds

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In Car with Ray and Hannah Ferguson

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Exmoor Clouds

Last years winner Stuart Bartlett won the Exmoor Clouds again, dropping 18 marks in his Cannon, one less than Anthony Andrews in his Buggy

Held on the same day as Strouds Mechanics Trial the sections on this years Exmoor Clouds were mainly muddy, held on private land, compared to the rough stoney Byways of a few years ago.

Stuarts win was despite dropping 12 on Bratton Ball 2 when the other leading contenders lost only five or six.

Rom Dobbs was best Motorcycle on his GasGas.

In Car on the Exmoor Clouds with Mark and James Smith in their Class Six Beetle
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Exmoor Clouds – 9 October 2016

The Derek Merson Exmoor Clouds Classic Trial on 9th October was won by Geoff Walker, best solo motorcycle on his Gas Gas pampera, and best overall car was the Cannon of Stuart Bartlett and Kieran Bartlett.

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Stuart and Kieran Bartlett showing their gritty style in their Cannon as they go clear to win the Exmoor Clouds (Photo by Paul Merson)

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