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Andy Scrivens pipped Alan Keat for best Outfit on Test Times
Emma Groves captures Colwith Cup winner, for Best Motorcycle, Mark Seward cleaning Westlakes Wonder, the last section. Mark dropped five marks on the trial, the only Solo to finish on single figures
Camel Vale have regained some of the Cornish forestry they lost but with strict conditions prohibiting spectators. Simon Groves and his team put a lot of effort in preparing the venues, not helped by storms the previous week, but on the day the sections were in prime conditions for the expected challenging trial.
Simon Oates was best car in Class 7 Leige, dropping 10 marks. Jack Selwood was second on 12. Photo by Vince Feeney
Emma Groves was at Westlakes Wonder to capture the Motorcycle action. Click Here for more of Emmas Bodmin Videos
TNT’s Garage captured the action on Robbyduggen and Corner Climb
InCar with Julian Lack and Sam Lindsay in their DP Wasp
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Matt Facey and Richard Maddern take premier IOP awards.
Camel Vale stalwart Alan Keat looked as if he was heading for a win in the well supported Outfit class until he dropped two on the infamous Clinnick and it was Richard Maddern who took home the Wadham Stringer Trophy. (Photo Carnkie Camera Club)
By tradition the Camels Premier Trophies are awarded on Index of Performance.
For the bikes the Wadham Stringer Trophy went to an outfit on a very muddy event. Richard Maddern dropped only two marks on the event, the lowest motorcycle score on the event. This was two better than Camel MC stalwart Alan Keat on four.
Mark Wills won the B1 Class for smaller engines Bikes (Photo Carnkie Camera Club)
Matt Tilley was the best solo, dropping six, followed by John Reeves who had become unbeatable in the Pouncey League before the event.
Duncan Stephens had the lowest ACTC points counting score for the cars in a Class Eight dominated event (Photo Paul Jones)
In the cars Matt Facey took home the Dave Keat Trophy with the lowest score on index in his familiar class 3 family crewed BMW E30.
Matt dropped 40 on the event but it was Class Eights who dominated the ACTC championship scores on the hills, headed by Duncan Stephens on 13, followed by a further nine class mates before John Early just entered the top ten on 35.
Karen Warren had already clinched the Crackington Trophy before the Camel (Photo Carnkie Camera Club)
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Camel Vale had ACTC Championship status for the Car Classes in their second annual Bodmin Heights Trial.
Building on last years inaugural event the trial used some of the clubs single venue locations, adding some new sections. This involved clearing new routes, challenging the Simon Groves and Ben Tonkin led teams road building skills.
Last years event was for Cars and Outfits. This year Solos were added and Ross Hancock came out on top on the only Class C entry.
Richard Maddern on his way to win the well supported Outfit Class. Photo by Vince Feeney
Richard Maddern was best outfit in a well supported Class D2, only dropping 9 marks. Gareth Andrew had the same score on the hills, the win going to Richard on test times.
Duncan Stephens overcame the challenging muddy sections to win the appropriately named Mudlark Trophy in his Fugitive. It was definitely a day for rear engined Class Eights with ACTC Chair Dave Haizelden second in the family Deere Special and Dan Keat third.
Interestingly although Duncan has won many events in the various trials disciplines this was his first win on a Camel Vale event.
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There was a strong Class Eight Entry but Mark Seward and Patrick Keat had the lowest score of the day on their outfit.
ACTC Pouncey League Winner John Reeves negotiating the slippery leaves on Clinnick on his way to an emphatic Solo win Photo by Paul Jones
Camel Vale Motor Club had a full entry for their popular, season ending Camel Classic. In line with club tradition the Index of Performance is used to calculate the overall results. So it was Matt Facey in his familiar E30 BMW who went home with the Dave Keat Trophy as overall car winner.
ACTC points are awarded on total scores rather than Index and the lowest car score of the day was achieved by Keelan Hancock in the family Buggy, heading a field of 23 Class Eight specials.
In the motorcycle classes Mark Seward and Patrick Keat only dropped four marks all day on their outfit to win the Wadham Stringer Trophy.
Solo winner was John Reeves, the only motorcycle to clean the penultimate section, Hellings. This ensured his win over Mark Courtney who dropped ten here. This topped off a successful season for John, assuring him as winner of the ACTC Pouncey League for solo motorcycles.
Matt Johnston on his way to a narrow win on the first Bodmin Heights Trial (Cap from a Video by Duncan Stephens)
Camel Vale had planned to run their single venue Bodmin Trial in November but it had to be called off after principal organiser Simon Groves broke his leg motorcycling. Simon didn’t spend his time convulsing idly, resulting in a new 40 mile road trial incorporating sections in Dunmere, Cardinham and Laneskin Woods, The first Bodmin Heights Road Trial.
Class Eight dominated the event Matt Johnston pipping Dean Vowden to the win by a single point.
Camel Vale Motor Club were able to resolve forestry problems that prevented the Camel Classic running last year and attracted a good car entry although they would have liked to see more motorcycles.
Kofi Farley was onboard with Mike Greenwood in his Suzuki X90
Camel Vale use the Index system to determine the winner of their Presidents Trial, a single venue event held in Bonyalva Woods near Hessenford in Cornwall. Historically the club has run the Bodmin Trial at this time but couldn’t overcome the problems in running that event in Cardinham Woods.
Ben Gladwyn had the lowest score on the day but David Haizelden won the Presidents Cup on Index
Ben Gladwyn had a successful Presidents, dropping 3 marks on the day, the lowest score. The Presidents Cup was awarded to David Haizelden who was best on Index. (Photo by Nicola Butcher).
Camel Vale drew an excellent entry of 28 for their single venue trial in Bonyalva Woods. The restarts rather got the better of Class 8 and the days main battle was between Ben Gladwyn in his 1300 Beetle and Dave Haizelden, back in the Reliant Scimitar which won the Torbay in the hands of Jack Selwood while Dave was organising the event.
With Covid still affecting Road Events Camel Vale were still able to run a very successful Single Venue Presidents Trial
Camel Vale acknowledged the forthcoming American election by naming the sections after former Presidents. There was no ballot but Matt Facey came out on top of a competitive field.
If you go down to the woods one day…… Presidents Cup Winner Matt Facey and Hollie Wood emerging from the ferns in a capture from one of Matts YouTube Videos.
Clerks of the Course Ryan and Ben Tonkin laid out ten observed sections, attempted twice, which went down well with competitors, providing a challenge for the experts but giving the less competitive cars the chance of seeing the top of some hills.
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