NEW VENUE, NOW AT LOW GILL ON LAND UNUSED FOR ABOUT 7 YEARS

The North West Air Ambulance, a service used by the entire community, has benefitted to the tune of more than £1000 from Lancs County since the club decided to donate proceeds from the New Year's Day Trial to the charity and the club is hoping to boost that sum by even more following the 2013 running of the event on January 1 at Low Gill, off the Bentham to Slaidburn road.

Parking for this trial will be alongside the road where riders would normally park for our February trial, but the course, instead of being on the land on the lower side of the road, is now on the higher side. This has been used previously  but not for a good many years. The club has had to move to this venue as it's about the only land that appears to be available to us in the current wet conditions. The location shown is not quite accurate, it's actually about 400 meters further south than the postcode shown.

The club runs this trial over a single, sensible clubman style course with everybody riding the same sections - just as it was many years ago - and it works well. Start time is 11am, catering will be available and the trial will be over four laps of ten sections.