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Flora Wins for Kevin Miller and Ryan Tonkin

Popular trial with 118 bikes entered

Ryan and Claire Tonkin on their way to winning the car category on The Flora Trial

The sports most southerly event was well supported with 118 bikes and 15 Cars entered for the Pendennis Motorcycle & Light Car Club’s Flora Trial which started in Redruth and followed a figure of eight route.

With the nature of the sections the club need to limit the number of cars taking part and their entry mainly comes from west county drivers. Needless to say the cars don’t tackle some of the narrow sections.

Bike winner Kevin Miller also won last years event. Kevin runs the popular Facebook Group Long Distance Trials, LDT’s, Lightweight Bikes UK covering the LDT scene which embraces trail bikes competing on a road event with sections more challenging than ACTC or MCC events.

Bike Videos from Andrew Kearns
Outfit and Car Videos by Lisa Gregory and Simon Oates

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Andrew Rippon Best Car on the Flora Trial

Last Years ACTC Pouncey Champion Richard Maddern was Best Solo in Class A

Andrew and Lorraine Rippon in their big engined Beetle were best car on the Flora Trial. Photo by Arthur James.
Previous Flora car winner Keith Sanders crossed the Tamar to compete but had to give best to Andrew Rippon. Video by Mark James

Organised by The Pendennis Motorcycle and Light Car Club the Flora Trial is held in deepest Cornwall. Starting and finishing at The Star Inn, Vogue. near Redruth there were 26 sections for bikes over the 7o mile route.

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Keith Sanders Best Car on Flora Trial

It was a narrow victory for the Scimitar

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Keith and Dawn Sanders avoiding the Bluebells in Frasers Wood on their way to the best car award. Photo by Ian Butler. Click Here for more of Ian’s Flora Photos

Organised by the Pendennis Motorcycle Club The Flora Trial, starting in Redruth, must be the most westerly event on the calendar.

Keith Sanders was best car, dropping six marks, one better than Clive Kalber in his Dutton Melos. The result came down to the wire though. Clive was leading when he dropped two at the last section at Lanner Green which Keith cleaned.

A. Kearns was best Solo motorcycle.

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Simon Groves Best Car on Flora Trial

Starting in Redruth the event took place over 65 road miles and attracted a wide variety of machinery

Video by Emma Groves

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The Eyes Have It as Xanthia Petherick Concentrates (Photo by Steve Powell)

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The Flora was a very Inclusive Event. L. Darnell on one of several Quads taking part (Photo by Steve Powell)

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Ryan Tonkin emerges from the Jungle (Photo by Steve Powell)

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Steve Urell was on his familiar Outfit (Photo by Steve Powell)

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S. Martin gets some air on his Monkey Bike (Photo by Steve Powell)

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