Spen Valley

[scoobydo]

Big thanks and full marks for the hardy team from Spen Valley who braved harsh weather up at Harden Moor and pegged out the first Championship Trial of 2011.

The severity of the sections across the new formatt of 3 routes was as far as I could see SPOT ON.

I would encourage anyone to come along and try the new Spen Valley formula.

Pity about the weather though blew a howler with horizontal rain - so big thanks to all those brave and wet observers too.

If this is repeated in future events then the future is looking good !

Cheers

Giles.

[greg]

What happened to the shrimp hill trial,always early March at the brown cow and across the moors opposite Andy judsons, there was another trial that took you past the dam and up the road past the pub then over the moors, where did that go?

[theboo]

hi what was the new format of the sections

[svleigh]

What happened to the shrimp hill trial,always early March at the brown cow and across the moors opposite Andy judsons, there was another trial that took you past the dam and up the road past the pub then over the moors, where did that go?

Hi Greg

The club has lost access to the moorland there. However, As the shrimp hill trial was a road trial some of the committee have been looking at the possibility of linking venues the Spen club has access to like the brown cow with others not far away via the road network. Ok, it's not quite the same as riding over moorland but would that sort of trial still appeal to you?

[telecat]

hi what was the new format of the sections

Three different sets of flags. Red/Blue for the Hard course, Yellow and white for the middle course and Green and Orange for the Easiest. Only thing was that the Orange was a bit close to the red and could cause confusion.