Category: Trial Summary

Yorkshire Dales Stuff

Ian Davis was best car on the 2016 Yorkshire Dales Trial. Ian had one of three clean sheets in his VW Buggy. Mick Whitehouse was best motorcycle. Videos and links here, including provisional results. Keep checking back as I will add new stuff when I find it. Event report will follow soon.

Dan Keat won the Presidents Trial

It was a battle of the Class 8’s in this Single Venue Trial in Bonyalva Woods on 3 April 2016. Tris White led until two sections before the end when it all fell apart for the Troll driver and Dan Keat went on to win.

This was a well attended event with an entry of 30 doing battle with the sections organised by Ryan Tonkins young team.

 

Lands End 2016 Stuff

Keep Checking Back. This is frequently updated. A collection of links and notes while I compile a report over the coming week.

The above Video Playlist starts with the latest YouTube Video. Sorry can’t embed Face Book Videos 😦

You can comment on The Lands End Trial 🙂

 

 

Craig Allen Best Car on Tough Torbay

It was a tough trial. Craig dropped 19 marks in his Class 4 Beetle, one less than Ben Gladwyn in Nicola’s similar car. Geoff Walker was best motorcycle loosing only one mark all day.

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Peter Browne captures Dan Keat working hard on Simms. Unfortunately to no avail, but Dan still came third in a closely contested Class 8

This years Torbay lived up to its reputation as a tough, but well thought out trial, giving all the classes a shot at the overall win. With Simms, Tipley and Wooston Steep on the agenda it was familiar territory for many but Dave Haizelden and Keith Sanders worked hard to provide some new sections as well.

Bill Bennett came close to an overall win in his familiar MG J2 but dropped 5 on Annies when the two Beetles went clear putting Bill 3rd overall on 22.

The organisers laid on a tough challenge for Class 8 and they didn’t come into overall contention. Dean Partington was best with 30 marks lost. Fellow DP Wasp driver Mike Chatwin retired with mechanical issues as did Dudley Sterry who stripped the teeth from 2nd gear on Coombehead.

If anyone has Video they can upload to YouTube I will include it here

 

Kathy does the Northern -Chairmans Double

Aaron Haizelden and John Luckett won the big trophies but Kathy Martin will be remembered for riding two big trials, hundreds of miles apart, during the weekend.

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Mark Milne pictures Kathy and Humphrey at Wigton Auction Mart in Cumbria on Saturday. After the Northern Trial she loaded him in the van and drove down to the West Country to ride the Chairmans on Sunday

Wasps Swarm Northern

It was a Wasp one-two at Fellside AC’s Northern Trial on 21 February. Both Dean Partington and Mike Chatwin finished with five marks, victory going to Dean on test times.

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Mark Milne pictures David Golightly on Sandale. David was 3rd overall, dropping only eight marks in his magnificent Morton & Brett Board Racer. Mind you he didn’t have any problem with mud getting jammed in his front brakes!

As Myke Pocock would say it was a very clarty Northern Trial this year. The rain generated a lot of mud but it didn’t stop this being a low scoring trial with the leading competitors dropping very few marks.

Launceston Trial

Single Venue Classic Trial in Lew and Eastcott Woods on 14 February 2016

Some Videos by Duncan Stephens. No Results yet

Dean Partington won The Cotswold Clouds

The wet weather made this a tough trial

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Dave Cook pictures Dean Partington cleaning Crooked Mustard on his way to winning the Cotswold Clouds

Dean dropped his only five marks on Pheasants Run, one better than fellow DP Wasp driver Mike Chatwin. These weren’t the lowest scores on this section but they both cleaned all the others. Deans success came when, along with Mike, Aaron Haizelden (Reliant Scimitar) and Nick Cleal (Peugeot), he was in the elite group that came out the top of Merves Swerve.

It was a very tough trial with the rain making Axe a real mud bath and Cowcombe Wood becoming so slippery the sections were cancelled as the access tracks were becoming dangerous.

Exmoor Trial 31 January 2016

Dan Keat won The Exmoor Trial with the only clean sheet. There were eight car competitors on zero at the start of Floyds Bank, the last section on the trial but the other seven all lost one mark making Dan the winner of the event.

Chris Lidstone was the best motorcycle overall with a zero score as were Steve Urell & June Williams on their combination in Class D.