Results Round 4 Peak Classic Trials Club Championship Dudwood Farm Sunday 20Th

[old trials fanatic]

The Peak Classic Trials Club held round 4 of their club championship at Dudwood Farm, Elton nr Matlock Derbyshire last Sunday 20^th May and were blessed with an excellent turnout of 48 riders but sadly only 2 observers but this didn’t deter the riders from enjoying a great days sport in the beautiful Derbyshire Peak district as they all pulled together and observed each other. Well done lads.

The weather on the day was much kinder than of late and with summer just around the corner it stayed fine and dry which kept the 11 sections in prime condition and all three routes remained doable for all classes for the whole four laps.

It was really nice to see a new face and Matthew Mison brought his immaculate Matchless to Derbyshire to take the win in the Expert British Bike class for a loss of 44 marks. Matthew said he really enjoyed the trial and the two hour drive from grimsby was definitely worth it. We really look forward to seeing him again at one of our future trials as we are desperate to get more of the big capacity British singles at our events.

The Expert Twinshock class was a close fought affair with Bob Gent coming out top on his Fantic losing 12 just piping John Walker, Majesty, on 13 and John Fearn, Honda, who lost 15.

Another closely fought David and Goliath battle was the Classic Expert British Bike class with evergreen Pete Carson on his rigid Bantam, just taking it from Mick Atmore on his Big Red Bike Trifield, by one mark both losing marks on the same section, section 4 a rocky climb up the stream with a slippery muddy exit, but Peter only dabbed once whilst Mick had two. Nice one guys

In the Classic Expert Twinshock category Ashley Hallows took the win to pull ever closer to current Championship leader Anthony Sprinks. Ashley losing 20 to Tony’s 25 this is going to go down to the wire at the end of the year.

Close fought battles were the order of the day in the Classic Intermediate class too with Pete Elvidge just taking it from Cliff Bradley on the most cleans tie decider both competitors losing 7 marks. You had to feel sorry for Cliff but it could so easily have been a three way thing as John Morely on his Honda came third on 8 marks.

With the weather of late being so temperamental the Clubman route was eased considerably during laying out but there were still some great rides worthy of mention with Graham Dukes on his BSA C15 losing a miserly 5 marks to seal the win from Jim Wickstead,BSA B40, who lost 26 marks in second place.

The Clubman Twinshock win was a walk in the park for Jims son Sean Wickstead on his Honda who kept his feet on the pegs all day to stay clean keeping Paul Smedley, also Honda mounted, in second place on 14 marks lost.

Last but by no means least it was fantastic to see ex ACU East Midlands Centre multiple Championship winner Barrie Rodgers back on form taking the win in the Clubman Pre95 Air Cooled Monoshock class. Barrie kept his losses to a credible 9 to close on Championship leader Graham Lyons who lost an uncharacteristic 18 marks to take second.

Looking at all the scores, especially those of the clubman competitors, the decision to ease the sections on the Saturday was the right one and we will try to maintain this sort of level at the remaining trials this season.

So the action now moves on to Carson’s Farm for round 5 on 24^th June start time 11.00. See you there.

For more details along with Club Champoinship positions see our website www.peakclassic.co.uk

Expert British Bike

1^st Matthew Mison Matchless 44 marks

Expert Twinshock

1^st Bob Gent Fantic 12 marks

2^nd John Walker Majesty 13 marks

3^rd John Fearn Honda 15 marks

Classic Expert British Bike

1^st Peter Carson Bantam Rigid 1 mark

2^nd Mick Atmore Trifield 2 marks

3^rd Derek Carson Bantam 18 marks

Classic Expert Twinshock

1^st Ashley Hallows Yamaha 20 marks

2^nd Anthony Sprinks Bultaco 25 marks

3^rd Ian Bend Bultaco 27 marks

Classic Expert Pre95 Air Cooled Monoshock

1^st Gary Martin Yamaha 45 marks

Intermediate British Bike

1^st Colin Fray Dot 28 marks

2^nd Mark Elvidge Francis Barnett 36 marks

Intermediate Twinshock

1^st Stephen Eyre SWM 33 marks

2^nd Mark Kearsley Yamaha 71 marks

Classic Intermediate British Bike

1^st Paul Beswick James 8 marks

2^nd Rob Goodwin Francis Barnett 27 marks

Classic Intermediate Twinshock

1^st Peter Elvidge Honda 7 marks

2^nd Cliff Bradley Majesty 7 marks

3^rd john Morley Honda 8 marks

Clubman British Bike

1^st Graham Dukes BSA C15 5 marks

2^nd Jim Wickstead BSA B40 26 marks

3^rd Peter Cotterell Bantam 44 marks

Clubman Twinshock

1^st Sean Wickstead Honda 0 marks

2^nd Paul Smedley Honda 14 marks

3^rd Stephen Baker Yamaha 22 marks

Clubman Pre95 Air Cooled Monoshock

1^st Barrie Rodgers Yamaha 9 marks

2^nd Graham Lyons Honda 18 marks