old trials fanatic Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Weather is such an unpredictable thing especially at this time of year and the bright warm spring sunshine that greeted the 54 riders who arrived at Cookes Wood near Youlgrave Derbyshire had transformed the very slippery conditions of Saturday into a much easier trial than was originally intended. Whatever trepidations that the course setter may have had that the trial would now be too easy were almost the case especially considering the fact that this was the first round of the East Midlands Classic ACU Championship, round 1 at Teversal being cancelled due to poor weather conditions, as well as Round 2 of the Clubs own Trials Championship. In the end nobody achieved a clean sheet but two riders came tantalisingly close. Peter Carson on his James taking the win in the Expert British Bike Class for a loss of 1 point and Stephen Garlick on the Armstrong winning the Expert Twinshock Class also on 1 point. Both having just the single dab on the same section number 10 which was a twisty one through the trees with a very tight turn over a log which soon dug out making the section the decider in most classes. Andrew Land who won the Expert Air Cooled Mono Class on his Yamaha also lost 3 of his total score of 4 on section 10. Stephen Holt on his Cub took the honours in the 50/50 British Bike Class with an excellent ride losing only 16 marks with just 2 of those on the infamous section 10 and Russell Walker rode his Honda to a win in the 50/50 Twinshock Class for a loss of just 9 with a single dab on section 10. The riders on the 50/50 route riding the expert line on section 10 made their scores even more special. Jonathan Tye on his Bantam headed a tie for the win in the Clubman British Bike Class with a loss of 12 matks from Adam Shelton BSA and Vincent Price who had an excellent ride on his Royal Enfield to also only loose 12 marks. Decided only by TSR 23 most cleans that was a tight one. Paul Beswick took the Clubman Twinshock Class out on his OSSA this year instead of his James for a loss of just 3 marks 2 of those on section 10 again and Michael Dorricott on his beautiful Honda secured a win in the Clubman Air Cooled Monoshock category for a loss of only 9 and he was the only person to have 5 cleans on section 10. Wow ! great ride Michael. All in all most seemed to have had an enjoyable day and the Peak classic Trials Club would like to thank Andrew Cooke for the use of his land and all the observers who manned the sections and finally a big thank you to Donna who manned Bes's Butties the burger van which will be attending all our events this coming season. Our next event is at Stathams Farm near Matlock on the 25th of April and is also an ACU round start 11.00. See you there. Results. Expert British Bike 1st Peter Carson James 1 mark 2nd Darren Cooper James 3 marks 3rd Mike Ransom Francis Barnett 37 marks Expert Twinshock 1st Stephen Garlick Armstrong 1 mark 2nd Stephen Bisby Ossa 7 marks 3rd Chris Garlick CCM 8 marks Expert Air Cooled Monoshock 1st Andrew Land Yamaha 4 marks 2nd Mark Weston Gas Gas 6 marks 50/50 British Bike 1st Stephen Holt Cub 16 marks 2nd Derek Carson Bantam 22 marks 3rd Stephen Cooper James 26 marks 50/50 Twinshock 1st Russell Walker Honda 1 mark 2nd Paul Edwards Montesa 15 marks 3rd Anthony Sprinks Bultaco 17 marks Clubman British Bike 1st Jonathan Tye Bantam 12 marks 2nd Adam Shelton BSA 12 marks 3rd Vincent Price Royal Enfield 12 marks Clubman Twinshock 1st Paul Beswick Ossa 3 marks 2nd Martin Booth Yamaha 13 marks 3rd Tony Shaw Bultaco 17 marks Clubman Air Cooled Monoshock 1st Michael Dorricott Honda 9 marks 2nd Robert Wright Yamaha 12 marks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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