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Tough Tamar

Jack Selwood strengthened his position in the Wheelspin Trophy over Dean Partington who moves up to second place eight points behind the car he bought back into the sport.

Paul Jones captures Henry Hoggart on Tanks Terror. Henry was passengered by Norton Selwood the force behind the ACTC FB Group and Instagram.

This was a challenging Tamar Trial, especially for the cars, where even the most hardened competitors struggled on the new woodland sections towards the end of the trial.

Kevin Miller was third bike overall and would have won if he had not failed the first observed test. Kevin is the Admin of the FB Group “Long Distance Trials, LDT’s, South UK Lightweight Bikes” Photo by Paul Jones

Motorcycle competitors had some bike only routes and sections that were difficult enough to ensure there were no clean sheets. The classic lanes that started the morning didn’t prove too challenging but then came the Solo only section at Ladye Park where three was the lowest score. John Luckett dropped four here and was the only bike to clean the grassy Tanks Terror but had the misfortune to retire later.

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Dean Partington wins Dry Kyrle

Dean was one of five clean sheets, winning the trial by being fastest on the tests. Fellow Wheelspin contender Jack Selwood retired so the championship is still wide open

Bryan Hunt captures Matt Facey using BMW power at the foot of Blaize. Matt dropped his only point on Tee Pee’s to finish 6th overall. Only Matt and Dave Haizelden were able to break inside the Class Eight stranglehold on the top ten.

Ross and DMC managed to overcome the difficulties associated with running a forestry based trial and the Kyrle was held on a dry day making it a little easier than usual.

The results were dominated by some very competitive Class Eights, many in the hands of drivers in the lower end of the age spectrum which is good for the future of the sport.

Sadly Simon Lewis had to retire when the diff cried enough but was kind enough to post some great InCar Video. Click Here to catch up with Simons Blog

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Charlie Merson wins Close Mechanics

Held in dry conditions Charlie only dropped two and the top ten were only spanned by a further four marks.

Charlie Merson is a picture of concentration on his way to an overall win on The Mechanics Trial. Photo by Calvin Samuel

This years Mechanics Trial was earlier this year and held on a dry, sunny day. It was a low scoring, but very close battle between the leading contenders. However, unlike the Exmoor Clouds last week Class Eight dominated the leader board.

Wood Lane was early in the event and traction was at a premium at the top. (Video by Bultaco Boy)

Mackhouse was back on the agenda this year, there were only a couple of failures but it was considered a bit rough by some competitors.

Dave Sargeant was out in his new VW Buggy but had the misfortue to damage the bodywork early in the trial and retired shortly afterwards when the transmission cried enough.

The trial was decided in the Catswood complex where Charlie Merson dropped his only marks of the trial on Sapseds Surprise in his Ford Special. Charlie got to the two followed by Mark Hobbs in his trial on a three.

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Chairman Jack

Two in a row for Jack Selwood in his DP Ford. Can he make it a hat trick on the Torbay?

MCC Newsletter Editor Joe Wills getting his feet wet on the the first section as he crosses the Sutcombe Ford. Joe followed up his win on the Clee Hills with another on the Chairmans. Photo by Paul Morris Motorsport Photography

Holsworthy Motor Club’s Chairmans Trial is now established in the ACTC Championship alongside their September Taw and Torridge event.

Starting at Holsworthy Cattle Market the route headed out towards the Hartland Peninsula, embracing Sutcombe, Hackmarsh and Cutliffe Lane, all well known from the Land s End.

Duncan Stephens captured the action at Cutliffe Lane
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Charlie Merson takes narrow win on Cotswold Clouds

It all came down to special test times and the restart on Jerrys

No IFS here! Calvin Samuel captures Charlie Merson on Climperwell. Click Here for more of Calvins Photos

It was a dry Cotswold Clouds this year and most competitors were able to see the top of the majority of the sections. It was a competitive and closely fought event though. Crooked Mustard was on form but the event was decided on Jerrys and the Special Tests.

Crooked Mustard

Despite the dry conditions Mustard was on form this year, entertaining the usual crop of spectators. Most of the Class Eights went clear but otherwise only Scott Aldridge in the Class 7 Smart Roadster got over the rock step and went on to clean the old hill.

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Charlie Merson wins Kyrle

Charlie won a closely fought battle with a packed field of competitive Class Eights

Charlie Merson beat off a competitive field of Class Eights to win a returning Kyrle. Photo by Calvin Samuel. Click Here for more of Calvins work.

The Kyrle returned for the first time since 2019 after issues with access to forestry sections on top of the Covid epidemic.

The event attracted a big Class Eight entry with 16 of the 44 starters coming from the specials class.

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Closely fought Taw and Torridge

Narrow wins for Tristan Barnicoat and David Haizelden

Tristan Barnicoat was one of three Solos to score a clean sheet, taking the Demar Trophy with a narrow Special Test Win over Rom Dobbs. (Photo by Paul Morris Motorsport Photgraphy)

In the car classes ACTC Chair Dave Haizelden (Reliant Scimitar SS) fought of the class 8 challenge to win the Penhale Cup, just one mark better than Charlie Merson in his Ford Special.

Kracken constructor Lee Peck was third car and came so near to a win but dropped four after going the wrong way after the restart on Wembsworthy 3.

Special mention to Nick Deacon for the only car clean on Rat Trapper.

Dave Haizelden
Charlie Merson
Lee Peck
Photos by Paul Morris Motorsport Photgraphy

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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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Tonkin Ends Run

Ben Tonkin wins a well supported Tamar Trial

Ben Tonkin and family on their way to their Tamar victory (Photo by Duncan Stephens)

Ben Tonkin won Launceston’s Tamar Classic Trial on Sunday, returning in his 1600 VW Beetle with 2 year old son George passengering for the first time. It was a very close scoring day that saw the lead change multiple times on the last hill.

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Merson Victorious on the Exmoor Trial

It was Charlie Merson in his Ford Special doing the winning this time, not Paul in the Shopland, who had to settle for second

Charlie Merson successfully restarting on High Bray to take the Premier Car Award on the Exmoor Trial. Photo by Chris Barham. More photos from Chris Bikes and Cars

Chris Barham and his team worked hard to get this years Exmoor Trial on the road, rescheduling because of Covid and having to battle all the issues running an event at this difficult time involves. They were rewarded by an excellent entry of 60 to do battle with the dry sections in North Devon.

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