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Slippery Clee Hills

Dean Partington only dropped one mark to win the car class. However Dean could only claim victory on the last section as until then Matt Facey had been clean. John Reeves was best bike with a clean sheet on his KTM

Colin Gwyer captures Matt Facey giving his BMW some air at the top of Longville. Matt was clean and in the lead when he arrived at the last section but spun to a stop on the slippery mud and it was Dean Partington who was best car with one mark lost on Oak Dingle.

It had been very wet in the week leading up to the trial, but it was dry when competitors set off from The Squirrel in Ludlow after completing the Clees very efficient administration. After many years in the hands of the Midland Automobile Club the reigns had been transferred to the Midland Manor Motor Club. However the old team were still at the helm in the form of Simon Woodall, Pat Toulmin and crew. Pat was using the Spotify App to keep competitors up to speed before, during and after the event and this was very successful.

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Dean Partington wins Yorkshire Dales

Julian Lack was back in his familiar Liege and finished one position behind Dean

Northern Trial organiser Myke Pocock struggles for grip crossing the stream at the foot of Watergate.

Although this years Yorkshire Dales was held in good weather there had been a lot of rain during the week and some of the sections were ultra competitive. The first section Watergate proved very challenging with water being dragged up the section. Clerk of the Course John Rhodes made the difficult decision to cancel the hill to reduce delays so early in the event as it was taking a lot of time for failures to clear the section.

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