Manchester 17 MCC

manchester17A busy weekend for Manchester 17 Mcc Club started with a Dead Easy Trial last Saturday, preceding the popular Hipwell Road Trial in the same area the following day.

 

A healthy entry of 59 riders turned out to tackle four laps of ten sections at Harrat Grange Farm, near Peak Forest, in superb Peak District countryside not far from Buxton.

 

The weather stayed fine and dry for the event despite the forecast.

 

The sections are a variety of turns on grassy banks, which soon become greasy, a small disused quarry, and a few limestone rocks for good measure.

 

The trial was a little harder than normal, reflected by the fact there were no clean rides on the Easy Route. Best here was Chris Atherton who cast away a stray dab on the first section.

 

Only two clean rides on the Harder Route, N Worthington and Scott Hipwell. Gareth Salt, who doesn’t ride regularly these days, will be annoyed with his dab in section seven to finish in a runner up position. Only consolation, this section took quite a few marks. Also on one mark lost was Will Tyler.

 

After a lengthy lay off Harvey Nixon made a return and completed the course for a loss of only two marks.

 

Thank you to the landowner, and a huge thanks to the organisers, on what is a very busy weekend for the club’s stretched resources.

 

Report : Roger Townsend

 

RESULTS

HARDER ROUTE

N Worthington ( Yamaha) Scott Hipwell (Yamaha) both clean, Gareth Salt( Gas Gas) Will Tyler ( Francis Barnett) both one mark lost, Harvey Nixon ( Gas Gas) 2, B Ashmore ( Gas Gas) 4

 

EASY ROUTE

Chris Atherton ( Bantam) 3. P Sheldon ( Yamaha) 6, C Molyneux ( Beta) 7 Stephen Molyneux ( Beta) 7, Owen Good ( Oset) 18, Alan Critchlow ( James) 18,