James Fry continued his domination of the S3 Parts Championship series by winning the Allan Jefferies Trophy Trial at Halton Gill on Sunday from Dronfield fellow MRS Sherco teamster Chris Pearson and Faceby’s Guy Kendrew. Richard Sadler, Luke Walker and Ian Austermuhle headed the leaderboard.
Skipton’s James Moorhouse confounded his rivals by riding his forty year Bultaco machine to victory in the Clubman category ahead of Ilkley brothers Graham and Andrew Tales. Andrew Jackson, Darren Wasley and Katy Sunter finished in that order.
The trial underwent dramatic changes to reduce road mileage on the tourist jammed Dales valleys. Two loops from Halton Gill across the moors to Hubberholme meant half a dozen miles of soft going consequently machine were plastered with mud and riding number visuals a lottery that tested all observers. The sections, mostly limestone were green with moss and treacherous but it all helped to reduce road mileage to 4.5 miles. As far as winner James Fry seemed to be one gear on his rivals and gapped mud king Chris Pearson to the tune of nine marks with Guy Kendrew on 22 then Richard Sadler who was the only clean on Section 33 in Ellershaw Farm where Austermuhle footed on the big step. The Waterfall did not surrender at all. Only Pearson, Austermuhle, Danny Gamble and James Carr reached the summit albeit with plenty of leg power.
The wild man of trialling, James Moorhouse, just threw his old Bultaco at every section in his extreme style, and won the Clubman class by a country mile. He wrestled the forty year old machine and even cleaned the grassy yards of the thirty third section. A real winner on Sunday.
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