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Taw and Torridge wins for Andrew Rippon, George Godkin and Steve Urell

Tough event for Class Eight with a lot of restarts

The Taw and Torridge had a strong outfit entry. Here Vince Feeney pictures Richard Maddern storming Hembury Castle on his way to a First Class Award. Steve Urell and Julie Williams were the best Outfit. Click Here for more of Vinces work on Facebook

After taking a year off Holsworthy’s Taw and Torridge was back to resume the season after the summer break. There were some new faces in the organising team and some new sections but the start was still at its familiar Clovelly location.

It was nice to see a strong entry in Class D with six outfits taking the start. Andy Beveridge had the only “conventional” chair, the others having an Enduro style chassis.

Class eight dominated the car entry with fourteen of the 35 starters. A glance at the route card showed the specials were going to have a challenging day with a lot of restarts in store.

Although it was a dry day there was an awful lot of mud on Sewards Shimmy and after the bikes went through Rob Holdens BMW got well and truly stuck and couldn’t be extracted with manpower and the section had to be cancelled from the car results.

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Tristan Barnicoat and Jack Selwood overcome difficult conditions for Chairmans wins

Competitors and Marshals were challenged by persistent rain turning the muddy sections into a quagmire.

With his BSA’s crankcase deep in mud retiring ACTC Championship Motorcycle coordinator Chris Barham resorts to leg power on Smallbrook Wood (Photo by Vince Feeney)

Tristan Barnicoat pipped John Luckett by one mark to be best Solo. Steve Urell and Julie Williams came out on top amongst the outfits

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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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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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Aaron Haizelden wins Chairmans Trophy with Class Eight Car

This years event was a round of the ACTC Championship for cars and motorcycles and attracted a good entry

With his successful Reliant Scimitar now sold Aaron Haizelden has shifted his attention to Class Eight. Photo by Paul Morris

The car classes were dominated by a Class Eight battle between Paul Merson in his familiar special, Duncan Stephens in his red top powered Sandrail and Aaron Haizelden, who has sold his familiar Scimitar SS, and moved to the specials class in what used to be known as the Deere Special, hence the colour.

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Duncan Doubles Up on T and T

Duncan Stephens followed up his win on the Exmoor Clouds with a dominating drive on the Taw and Torridge

Paul Morris captures Duncan Stephens and Stuart Bartlett on their way to a win. Click here for more photos from Paul Morris

With Stuart Bartlett in the passengers seat of his UVA Fugitive Duncan had a day long battle Keith Sanders in his Reliant Scimitar SS. At the end of the day these were the only cars with single digit scores, the win going to Duncan on six with Keith on nine.

Apart from Duncan and Keith the remainder of the entry attracted some high scores on what was reckoned to be a tough event with some very steep sections.

The motorcycles had a strong class X entry. Ian Thompson was the best Solo amongst the regular classes

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Chairmans Trial

Chris Bareham Reports

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Norton Selwood captures Chris as he approaches the tricky mud on Linton Field

Chairman’s 2019 One of my favourite trials of the year, with a good breakfast at the start and a great mixture of sections through out the day. Continue reading “Chairmans Trial”

Tough Chairmans Trial

High Scoring Event for most of the Four Wheeled Brigade


Video by Duncan Stephens, Norton Selwood and Gavin “BigDave” Lane

Holsworthy Motor Clubs Chairmans Trophy Trial on 16 February 2019 was an ACTC round for Motorcycles. Guy Windsor was the best Solo with the only clean sheet of the event. Simon and Bekki Eddy were best motorcycle.

It was a tough trial for cars. Paul Merson and Dan Keat dominated in their Class Eight equipment with Paul coming out on top. There were some pretty high scores from the rest of the four wheel entry with only David Haizelden joining Paul and Dan under 20 marks.

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Season Resumes with Taw and Torridge

There was plenty of grip after the dry summer even though there was some drizzle on the day.

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Richard Maddern and Chris Barnicoat gun their outfit in the dry conditions (Photo by Adam Walter)

Videos by Duncan Stephens and Josh Cook

Competitors appreciated Holsworthy Motor Clubs revised route which still included the classic Cutliffe Lane

Paul Merson was best car, dropping nine marks, the only four wheel competitor in single figures. Aaron Haizelden was second on 14 in his Reliant Scimitar.

Tony Hocking was best motorcycle, followed by Kathy Martin who was also best in Class B1. Steve Urell was best outfit.

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Challenging Chairmans

Matt Facey overcame the difficult conditions for the win.

Videos by Norton Selwood, Patrick Warren, Matt Facey and Duncan Stephens

Starting from Holsworthy Cattle Market, Holsworthy’s Chairmans Trial had a compact 55 mile route, incoporating woodland and farm tracks in addition to the well known classic Cutliffe Lane and other sections.

The event was an ACTC qualifier for motorcycles as was the Northern Trial in the Lake District the day before but only Kathy Martin had the stamina to tackle both!

The wet weather prior to the event meant both Holsworthy Motor club officials and the competitors were faced challenging conditions with the farmland and wooded sections being especially tricky.

There was quite a high retirement rate amongst the cars with nine of the 31 starters failing to finish. They included Martin Kessell with a broken diff in his Marlin and Sticker Martin in his newly acquired Liege.

Matt Facey put in a dominating performance with his BMW, dropping only 7 marks on his way to being best car overall. His nearest challenger was Paul Merson in Class Eight with 17.

Geoff Walker was best solo motorcycle. In the sidecars Bekki Eddy celebrated her return passengering Dad Simon by guiding him to victory in the class.

On Bike with Martin Keswick and Josh Cook

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